Stellar’s Raja Chakravorti and Marketnode’s Rehan Ahmed discuss how APAC’s massive wealth and regulatory tailwinds are driving the commercialization of onchain assets.

Raja Chakravorti, Chief Business Officer at Stellar Development Foundation, and Rehan Ahmed, CEO of Marketnode, joined CoinDesk Live at Consensus Hong Kong to discuss the shift from blockchain experimentation to full-scale commercialization in the Asia-Pacific region. With 7 million millionaires projected in the region by 2030 and $10 trillion in assets managed between Singapore and Hong Kong, the duo outlines how APAC is outperforming the West in the race for onchain settlement.

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This episode was hosted live by Jennifer Sanasie at Consensus Hong Kong 2026, presented by Hex Trust.