CopperCasts

Benjamin Santos-Stephens - CEO at ClearToken - Reality check on tokenization and blockchain-based assets - Ep050

Join Benjamin Santos-Stephens, CEO at ClearToken, a UK based financial market infrastructure (FMI) provider for digital assets, and Fadi Aboualfa, Copper's Head of Research, in this episode of CopperCasts as they discuss topics ranging from the limitations of blockchain-based assets from a governmental and regulatory standpoint to the UK's digital security sandbox regime and how it may succeed in the road to tokenization of real world assets.

Crypto GDP and the future of machine economy - Lex Sokolin - Ep049

Join Lex Sokolin, Managing Partner & Co-Founder of Generative Ventures, a venture capital fund, and Fadi Aboualfa, Copper's Head of Research, as they discuss the concept of the machine economy, which combines AI and blockchain technology.

Key highlights:

• Blockchain & Crypto as the backbone for a new financial infrastructure
• AI’s role in transforming investment strategies and digitizing labour
• How to boost user adoption and the intricacies of token economics in the decentralized space
• The importance of fostering a positive and sustainable culture in crypto

Lending, Borrowing, and the Intersection of Traditional and Crypto Finance Panel

Tune in to listen to the full panel discussion entitled 'Lending, Borrowing, and the Intersection of Traditional and Crypto Finance', as part of the CfC St. Moritz 2024.

This is a live recording of the discussion which includes Copper's Marcos Benitez, Stani Kulechov (Avara), Sidney Powell (Maple), Balder Bomans (Maven 11) and David Wachsman (Wachsman) as moderator. 

Paul Wong - Director of Product, CBDC and Institutional Assets at Stellar Development Foundation - Ep048

Join Fadi Aboualfa, Copper's Head of Research, and Paul Wong, Director of Product for Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) and Institutional Assets, at Stellar Development Foundation, as they discuss the development and evolution of financial market infrastructure.

 

Together they delve into transparency and traceability of blockchain in public fund usage, the potential of CBDCs, the necessity for regulation, liquidity, real-time settlement, and the significance of user experience in adopting blockchain technology.

Collateral Mobility in Crypto: Security and Capital Efficiency Panel

Tune in to listen to the panel discussion entitled ‘Collateral Mobility in Crypto: Security and Capital Efficiency’, as part of the Digital Asset Summit 2024.

This is a live recording of the discussion which includes Copper’s Michael Roberts, (Global Head of Sales), Luuk Strijers (CCO of Deribit), Paul Kremsky (Global Head of Business Development of Cumberland), Leo Mizuhara (CEO of Hashnote), and Michael Ippolito (Co-Founder of Blockworks & Moderator).

Shaun Fernando - Chief Risk Officer at Deribit - EP047

Tune into our latest Coppercast as Shaun Fernando, Chief Risk Officer at Deribit, joins our series 'Exchanges that have nothing to hide - conversations with the ClearLoop network'. Simon Morgan and Fragkiskos Gonidis of Copper speak with Shaun about risk management frameworks, tokenisation, and the increasing efficiencies blockchain provides compared to the traditional market infrastructure.  

David Lo - Head of Financial Products and Wealth Management at Bybit - EP046

This is the first episode in our new series Exchanges that have nothing to hide - conversations with the ClearLoop network. 

Join Simon Morgan and Fragkiskos Gonidis of Copper as they speak with David Lo, Head of Financial Products and Wealth Management at Bybit about the maturing market infrastructure, the growing number of institutionally viable investment vehicles, and what seems to be a promising year ahead for crypto.

The conversation goes into detail about ClearLoop, Coppers off-exchange settlement solution as well as Bybit Institutional's fund pools and structured products. 

Jennifer Ewing - Head of Strategy at Center For Digital Assets And Democracy - Ep045

Why are blockchain and cryptocurrency important to democracy?

Join Eva Gustavsson, Copper's Head of Public Affairs and Jennifer Ewing, Head of Strategy at the Center For Digital Assets And Democracy (CFDAAD) and Founder, Ottersea Advisors. CFDAAD is built on the principle that everybody should own and control their own assets, with the state and its agencies acting as enabling and directly accountable public servants.

Together, Eva and Jennifer discuss how blockchain and cryptocurrency could be a tool for democracy, ownership of assets, and prosperity.

 

Henri Arslanian - Co-founder at Nine Blocks Capital Management - Ep044

Listen to Henri Arslanian, a lawyer who defines his passion in life as the future of money and the financial industry. Henri is the cofounder of Nine blocks capital - a crypto hedge fund for institutions. Nine blocks received $75 million in its first close and has spent the last 2 years deploying to digital assets.

With Fadi Aboualfa, Copper's Head of Research, this episode touches on the importance of due diligence for crypto-focused funds, regulation in the blockchain space, the potential of distributed ledger technology for the tokenisation of real world assets and the future impact of DLT and blockchain technology. 

Jonathan Reiter and Patrick Tan - ChainArgos - EP043

Dive deep into the world of on-chain data and the potential of CBDCs with our latest CopperCast episode. 

Join Fadi Aboualfa, Copper's Head of Research, as he engages in a thought-provoking discussion with Jonathan Reiter, Co-founder of Chainargos, and Patrick Tan, General Counsel. Together, they unravel questions that are reshaping the financial landscape:

• How will DeFi evolve?
• What insights do stablecoin movements offer us?
• What's the trajectory for blockchain adoption?