This week, Boon-Hiong Chan, Asia-Pacific head of securities and technology advocacy and industry applied innovation lead at Deutsche Bank, joins the podcast. They discuss the importance of blockchain interoperability and go into some methods and key requirements to achieve that.

https://www.waterstechnology.com/emerging-technologies/7951853/ace-high-or-busted-flush-digital-assets-mixed-fortunes-mirror-dlt-adversity

https://www.db.com/news/detail/20240607-deutsche-bank-collaborates-with-industry-partners-to-launch-paper-on-blockchain-interoperability?language_id=1

https://www.waterstechnology.com/emerging-technologies/7951849/deutsche-bank-works-on-standardized-protocols-for-asset-tokenization

7:00 – Boon joins the podcast and gives an overview of his current role

10:30 – They discuss why interoperability between different blockchains is important

16:30 – Interoperability can mean two things

18:30 – Boon explains the highlights from the whitepaper Deutsche Bank contributed to

22:30 – Centralized hub vs. bridges and key requirements

29:30 – On and off chain interoperability

33:00 – Cybersecurity considerations

36:30 – Other blockchain challenges