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Hosted by
Karin Keller-Sutter
Federal Councillor & Head of the Federal Department of Finance, Switzerland
Tim Way
Senior Director, Global Banking Initiatives Lead
Fireblocks
Tim Way is Senior Director, Global Banking Initiatives Lead at Fireblocks, an enterprise platform to manage digital asset operations and build innovative businesses on blockchain. His responsibilities include partnering with banks and financial institutions to equip financial institutions globally as they rewire how value is stored and moves. This includes helping institutions manage risk, unlock new revenue models, and scale with infrastructure that’s secure, enterprise-ready, and built for a digital economy.
Prior to Fireblocks, Tim spent over a decade at UBS, most recently serving as its APAC Digital Assets Lead, reporting into the APAC Chief Digital and Information Office (CDIO). Whilst there, he worked to scale blockchain initiatives to tokenise funds and structured products. He also led a team of over 100 to deliver US$50m of digitalisation to UBS China’s Wealth Management entities. His extensive experience at UBS spanned the Asset Management, Investment Banking and Wealth Management businesses.
He has also worked buy-side with a UK Hedge Fund and as a capital markets consultant at Accenture.
Originally from the UK, Tim holds a Masters of Maths from Warwick University and a Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) Diploma. He has called Singapore home for the past decade.
Speaking at
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5:05–5:45pmTue 23 JunForum StageKongresssaal, Level 1Open
Blueprint for Digital Assets
On-Chain Settlement: The Infrastructure for Atomic Finality
Forum StageKongresssaal, Level 1Open
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Emanuel VilaDirector, Strategy and Innovation, CEO OfficeCLS Services
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Isadora ArredondoVice President, Global PolicyHedera
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Ryan HaywardManaging Director, Digital AssetsBarclays
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Sébastien Van CampenhoudtDirector, Innovation & Digital Assets, Tokenized Cash LeadEuroclear
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Tim WaySenior Director, Global Banking Initiatives LeadFireblocks
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Laura NavaratnamUK Policy LeadCrypto Council for InnovationModerator
About this session
The promise of blockchain settlement has always been atomicity - simultaneous exchange of asset and payment, with finality in seconds rather than days. Live pilots from major exchanges, custodians, and correspondent banks are proving the technology works; the harder challenge is rebuilding the legal frameworks, operational workflows, and legacy infrastructure that surround it. This session examines what it genuinely takes to move from today's T+1 standard to a world where settlement is instantaneous, global, and always on.
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1:00–1:30pmThu 25 JunWorkshopWorkshop Room, Level 1Open
Others
From Float to Yield: How Banks can Integrate Defi and Offer Stablecoin Yield Safely - Powered by Fireblocks
WorkshopWorkshop Room, Level 1Open
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Dea MarkovaDirector of PolicyFireblocks
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Myles HarrisonChief Product OfficerAMINA Bank AG
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Thibault DubuisProduct Lead Staking & DeFiSygnum Bank
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Tim WaySenior Director, Global Banking Initiatives LeadFireblocks
About this session
Technology and client demand are converging: banks can deploy stablecoin deposits into pooled, KYC'd, RWA-collateralised lending venues today. What's missing is the regulatory scaffolding — the economic model is novel, prudential treatment is undefined, and supervision hasn't caught up.
Two implementation choices would create uncontested ground: separate institutional DeFi from retail/permissionless DeFi, and separate it from tokenised repo. From there, regulators should recognise an asymmetric permissioning model (permissioned borrowers, permissionless suppliers) and define the prudential treatment of bank-held positions in tokenised credit venues.
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