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Karin Keller-Sutter
Federal Councillor & Head of the Federal Department of Finance, Switzerland
Rafael Mastroberardino
Digital Assets Partnerships & Strategy
Franklin Templeton
Rafael Mastroberardino is part of the Digital Assets Partnership Development & Strategy team at Franklin Templeton Digital Assets. Bridging traditional finance and blockchain innovation, he focuses on building strategic partnerships and advancing initiatives around tokenization and the BENJI Technology Platform, with their US Onchain Money Market Fund as flagship product. His work helps strengthen Franklin Templeton’s leadership in blockchain-enabled investment solutions and expands access for a wide range of investors - from corporates and institutions to banks, market makers, hedge funds, and blockchain protocols across Europe and globally.
Speaking at
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4:00–5:30pmTue 23 JunGFTN InsightsRoundtable Room 1, Ground FloorOpen
Blueprint for Digital Assets
Practical Settlement Options in Tokenized Markets
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Dr. Anna-Naomi Bandi-LangExecutive Director, Digital Asset StructuringUBS Investment Bank
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Chengyi OngDirector of Policy and Regulatory Strategy, APACCircle
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Danilo DeceglieHead of Product OperationsSchroders
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Kelvin LiGeneral Manager of Platform TechAnt International
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Melvin SeahHead of Corporate Development & Strategic PartnershipsStraitsX
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Rafael MastroberardinoDigital Assets Partnerships & StrategyFranklin Templeton
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Sabih BehzadHead of Digital Assets & Currencies TransformationDeutsche Bank AG London
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Simone CorteseChief Product OfficerFnality
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Tang WeiHead of Public Policy, Southeast Asia & Greater ChinaStripe
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Vid HribarHead of Institutional PartnershipsQivalis
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Alan LimDirector & Head, Financial Infrastructure & Artificial Intelligence OfficeMonetary Authority of SingaporeModerator
About this session
The development of tokenized settlement assets plays a key role in enhancing liquidity and improving settlement efficiency in financial services. Yet the diversity of settlement assets – regulated stablecoins, tokenized deposits, tokenized central bank reserves – could introduce fragmentation and substitution risk if token interoperability, yield and incentive mechanisms, and financial stability considerations are not well addressed.
This roundtable brings together the financial industry and policymakers to address the multi-faceted considerations for tokenized settlement assets, ensuring they are fit-for-purpose across banking, capital markets, and wholesale payments. -
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2:30–3:30pmWed 24 JunLaunchpadLaunchpad Room, Level 1Open
Others
Building the Bank-Grade Backbone: How Pioneer Banks Are Anchoring the Digital Asset Ecosystem - Powered by Banking Circle
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Georg SchneiderGlobal Head of RWADigital Asset
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Rafael MastroberardinoDigital Assets Partnerships & StrategyFranklin Templeton
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Tero ReunaChief Executive Officer, Paxos Issuance EuropePaxos
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Aymeric SalleyHead of Digital Assets PlatformBanking CircleModerator
About this session
The rails of money and assets are being redrawn. Digital assets are already reshaping treasury management, settlement, and payments, but making this technology work under a bank umbrella demands an entirely different standard of infrastructure. This session places first-mover banks at the centre of fast-growing digital asset ecosystems: as the trust anchor connecting stablecoin issuers, tokenized asset managers, payment companies, fintechs, and institutional settlement networks. Hear from the pioneers already building to that standard, and what it truly takes to get there.
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