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Hosted by
Karin Keller-Sutter
Federal Councillor & Head of the Federal Department of Finance, Switzerland
Melvin Seah
Head of Corporate Development & Strategic Partnerships
StraitsX
Melvin leads corporate development and strategic partnerships at StraitsX. He also invests in early-stage digital asset and fintech startups at Openspace Capital. He previously co-founded Vantient, a venture-backed customer identity platform serving digital asset and global brands. Before that, he held investing and M&A roles at Temasek, Deutsche Bank and Serendipity Capital. He holds a Bachelor of Business Management from Singapore Management University.
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. -
