Metaco Talks | Crypto podcast on building the future of Digital Assets

For this episode of METACO Talks, we are joined by Kevin Lim, Director for the Blockchain Team at Temasek. He is heavily involved in the team’s venture building and ecosystem development activities and leads a series of strategic initiatives.

Prior to joining Temasek, Kevin has worked in the Financial Institutions Coverage Team within Standard Chartered Bank with responsibilities over key accounts in the region. He is also a strong advocate for community led initiatives and is an active volunteer/advisor to various non-profit organizations including Leap201, TEDxSingapore and Project Chulia Street.

In this episode, we’ll discuss, among others:

- How Kevin got in the crypto space;

- DeFi as an investable opportunity;

- The possibility of investing in DeFi without having a technology background;

- The challenges of managing the regulatory risk, volatility and constant change in custody.

Disclaimer: This is not investment advice.

---------

Subscribe to not miss out future events: 

https://www.metaco.com/talks/

METACO TALKS

Live conversations with the people operating at the frontier of crypto innovation: entrepreneurs, bankers, investors, fund administrators, traders, analysts and other crypto and digital asset market participants. Our objective is to help the broader ecosystem navigate this complex environment and unlock the market opportunity.

This show is hosted by METACO - the leading provider of security-critical infrastructure enabling financial institutions to enter the digital asset ecosystem.

For this episode of METACO Talks we are going to be discussing digital identity with Greg Kidd, co-founder and CEO of Global ID. Greg is a serial entrepreneur, early investor in Twitter, Square, Coinbase, Filecoin. In a highly interesting career so far, Greg was also Chief Risk Officer at Ripple Labs and a senior analyst for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve in Washington. In his latest venture Global ID, Greg is acting on his long-held belief that people’s identity should be truly portable and owned by individuals themselves rather than corporations or governments.

Our guest for this episode of METACO Talks is Mathias Imbach, Co-Founder & Group CEO of Sygnum, the world’s first digital asset bank, founded on Swiss and Singapore heritage, operating globally.   Prior to Sygnum, Mathias was General Manager at RNT Associates, Mr. Ratan N. Tata's personal investment platform, where he joined as first employee. He led multiple venture capital and private equity investments and participated in Blockchain/ DLT related equity deals globally.  

In this episode, we discuss, among others: 

Disclaimer: This is not investment advice.  

--------- Subscribe to not miss out future events:  https://www.metaco.com/talks/ 

METACO TALKS Live conversations with the people operating at the frontier of crypto innovation: entrepreneurs, bankers, investors, fund administrators, traders, analysts and other crypto and digital asset market participants. Our objective is to help the broader ecosystem navigate this complex environment and unlock the market opportunity.  

This show is hosted by METACO - the leading provider of security-critical infrastructure enabling financial institutions to enter the digital asset ecosystem.

Our guest for this METACO TALKS episode is Laurent Marochini, Head of Innovation at Société Générale Securities Services (SGSS), based in Luxembourg. Since 2018, Laurent is Blockchain Leader for the Group and founder of the Innovation Lab #LePlateauLUX Laurent is highly involved in the Fintech ecosystem. He is Co-Chairman of the ALFI (Association Luxembourgeoise des fonds investissements) Working Group Blockchain & Crypto Currencies and Member of the Fintech & Digital Executive Committee, President of the taskforce Blockchain and Crypto at the LHoFT (Luxembourg House of Financial Technology), as well as Vice Chairman at ABBL (Association Banques et Banquiers Luxembourgeois) for the Fintech and Innovation Committee.  Prior to joining SGSS, Laurent has held various management positions in the banking sector in particular in BNP Paribas Securities Services and Credit Suisse Private Banking.  In this episode, we discussed, among others: [00:02:03] Ecosystems as barometers for innovation; [00:10:43] Blockchain: the innovator’s dilemma; [00:14:59] Société Générale’s successes in institutional digital asset management so far; [00:24:29] Tokenization, stablecoins and how should large organizations grasp with these innovations.   Disclaimer: This is not investment advice.  --------- Subscribe to not miss out future events:  https://www.metaco.com/talks/ METACO TALKS Live conversations with the people operating at the frontier of crypto innovation: entrepreneurs, bankers, investors, fund administrators, traders, analysts and other crypto and digital asset market participants. Our objective is to help the broader ecosystem navigate this complex environment and unlock the market opportunity.  This show is hosted by METACO - the leading provider of security-critical infrastructure enabling financial institutions to enter the digital asset ecosystem.

Our guest for this METACO TALKS episode is Swen Werner, Managing Director and Global Product Manager at State Street Digital – a new division of State Street Bank focusing on digital assets and technologies including cryptocurrencies, central bank digital currency, blockchain, and tokenization.  Swen is responsible for designing new products, leveraging different emerging technologies, including distributed ledger technologies and engagement with industry partners to design industry-leading service and operating models.  Swen has been working in the financial services industry for over 15 years and has held senior roles in Europe, U.S. and Asia with JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank and Deutsche Boerse, focusing on product management for custody, clearing and collateral management.  He was selected by the Global Custodian magazine in December 2019 to be one of “30 names who will shape the future of securities services.”   In this episode, we discussed, among others:    -  The strategic imperative for asset administrators to have a digital asset service;     - The steps a traditional custodian must take to embrace the new world of digital assets;   - The demands of institutional clients from their custodians in the set up of digital asset systems;   - The gains for efficiency and markets from digital asset adoption.  Disclaimer: This is not investment advice.  --------- Subscribe to not miss out future events:  https://www.metaco.com/talks/ METACO TALKS Live conversations with the people operating at the frontier of crypto innovation: entrepreneurs, bankers, investors, fund administrators, traders, analysts and other crypto and digital asset market participants. Our objective is to help the broader ecosystem navigate this complex environment and unlock the market opportunity.  This show is hosted by METACO - the leading provider of security-critical infrastructure enabling financial institutions to enter the digital asset ecosystem.

Our guest for this METACO TALKS episode is Andy Flury, Founder and CEO of AlgoTrader – an all-in-one trading technology solution for financial institutions.  Andy is a serial entrepreneur and software development expert. He served as a senior project manager and software architect at Siemens Switzerland. Amongst others, he led projects at the Swiss Intelligence Agency and various major banks and insurance companies. After leaving Siemens, Andy became Partner and Head of Algorithmic Trading at Linard Capital AG, a small swiss hedge fund, where he was responsible for the definition, implementation, operation and monitoring of quantitative trading strategies.  In this episode, we discussed, among others:      - difficulties faced by financial institutions when trading digital assets today;     - challenges related to risk management and best execution;    - best-practices when it comes to integrating different systems;    - critical functional and technology capabilities that financial institutions are looking for.  Disclaimer: This is not investment advice. --------- Subscribe to not miss out future events:  https://www.metaco.com/talks/ METACO TALKS Live conversations with the people operating at the frontier of crypto innovation: entrepreneurs, bankers, investors, fund administrators, traders, analysts and other crypto and digital asset market participants. Our objective is to help the broader ecosystem navigate this complex environment and unlock the market opportunity.  This show is hosted by METACO - the leading provider of security-critical infrastructure enabling financial institutions to enter the digital asset ecosystem.

Our guest for this METACO TALKS episodes is Peter DeMeo, Global Lead at IBM Crypto Asset Solutions for institutional custody, exchange wallets, and tokenization which require advanced secure private key management. Peter is responsible for market development, technology roadmaps, and building sales and services infrastructure.  On the show, we’re going to be discussing the cutting-edge IBM infrastructure that allows institutions to retain full privacy and control of their data, from confidential computing capabilities to ‘Keep Your Own Key’ (KYOK) encryption, which allows financial institutions to retain sole access to their crypto keys, meaning by engineering design, IBM does not have access to clients’ keys.

METACO TALKS - Live conversations with the people operating at the frontier of crypto innovation: entrepreneurs, bankers, investors, fund administrators, traders, analysts and other crypto and digital asset market participants. Our objective is to help the broader ecosystem navigate this complex environment and unlock the market opportunity. 

This show is hosted by METACO - the leading provider of security-critical infrastructure enabling financial institutions to enter the digital asset ecosystem. 

Disclaimer: This is not investment advice. Subscribe to not miss out future events: https://www.metaco.com/talks/​​​​

For this episode of METACO TALKS, we have partnered with The Network Forum – the global community for the custody, settlement and post-trade industry – and we streamed it live exclusively for the attendees of THE NETWORK FORUM VIRTUAL ANNUAL MEETING 2021. Our guest for the episode is Maxime de Guillebon, CEO of Zodia Custody – the Standard Chartered-backed digital asset custodian for institutional investors. Maxime is based in London, and previous to his appointment as CEO of Zodia, he worked in SC Ventures, the innovation arm of Standard Chartered. Maxime has worked for the Standard Chartered Group for 14 years in a variety of roles in transaction banking and digital channels, working out of Vietnam, Singapore and Dubai. Among other topics, we we discussed: - the business opportunity behind institutional grade custody for cryptocurrencies and digital assets - innovating at high speed while having the benefits of having a Tier 1 institution behind  - the digital asset partner ecosystem – fragmentation, cooperation and orchestrating the value chain - enabling institutions to access the DeFi market. 

METACO TALKS - Live conversations with the people operating at the frontier of crypto innovation: entrepreneurs, bankers, investors, fund administrators, traders, analysts and other crypto and digital asset market participants. Our objective is to help the broader ecosystem navigate this complex environment and unlock the market opportunity. This show is hosted by METACO - the leading provider of security-critical infrastructure enabling financial institutions to enter the digital asset ecosystem. |

Disclaimer: This is not investment advice. Subscribe to not miss out future events: https://www.metaco.com/metaco-talks/​​​​

This is a special episode. In a truly platform company fashion, everything we do internally must be done in a way that can be also consumed externally. We’re transforming the onboarding session of two of our recent new joiners – Craig Perrin (VP Sales) and Dario Duran (Solution Architect) – into a public-facing METACO TALKS event.   Craig and Dario interviewed METACO’s CEO, Adrien Treccani, and its VP of Strategic Alliances, Seamus Donoghue, on anything from the digital asset market opportunity to how institutions will manage the convergence of the CeFi and DeFi worlds.

METACO TALKS - Live conversations with the people operating at the frontier of crypto innovation: entrepreneurs, bankers, investors, fund administrators, traders, analysts and other crypto and digital asset market participants. Our objective is to help the broader ecosystem navigate this complex environment and unlock the market opportunity. This show is hosted by METACO - the leading provider of security-critical infrastructure enabling financial institutions to enter the digital asset ecosystem. |

Disclaimer: This is not investment advice. Subscribe to not miss out future events: https://www.metaco.com/metaco-talks/​​​​

Our guest for this week’s show is Alfonso Gomez, who is CEO of BBVA Switzerland. Alfonso has worked across the world in many capacities for BBVA, including running the global private banking from New York. Alfonso is a big proponent of digital assets and he recently spearheaded the launch of a crypto trading and custody service at BBVA.

Among other topics, we will discuss:

METACO TALKS - Live conversations with the people operating at the frontier of crypto innovation: entrepreneurs, bankers, investors, fund administrators, traders, analysts and other crypto and digital asset market participants. Our objective is to help the broader ecosystem navigate this complex environment and unlock the market opportunity. This show is hosted by METACO - the leading provider of security-critical infrastructure enabling financial institutions to enter the digital asset ecosystem. |

Disclaimer: This is not investment advice. Subscribe to not miss out future events: https://www.metaco.com/metaco-talks/​​​​