Tokenization
Talks
Curated talks and podcasts on tokenization from major conferences. Stage talks, panels, and podcast interviews. Summaries, key takeaways, and the players who keep showing up.
Filterable by series, category, or asset class. What the players are saying about themselves and the field.
| Talk | Speaker | Dur. |
|---|---|---|
How Real Credit Becomes DeFi Collateral Vault Summit (Cannes) · Tokenized Credit | Reid Simon, Head of Digital Assets at Figure | 7 min |
Onchain MMFs vs DeFi Vaults: Competing for the Base Rate Vault Summit (Cannes) · Tokenized Treasuries | Redwan Meslem (Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, moderator), Merlin Egalite (Morpho), Rafael Mastroberardino (Franklin Templeton), Paul-Adrien Hyppolite (Co-founder & CEO, Spiko), Lancelot de Ferriere (Hyli) | 38 min |
Making Credit Yield Composable Onchain Vault Summit (Cannes) · Tokenized Credit | Simon Mathonnet (Gauntlet, moderator), Thibault Labidi (Maven11), Weso (CAP), Anlin Z (Gauntlet) | 34 min |
The Future Operating Model of Institutional Asset Management Vault Summit (Cannes) · Institutions | Christine Moy (Partner, Apollo), Paul Frambot (Co-founder & CEO, Morpho), Andy C (Co-founder, The Rollup, moderator) | 26 min |
Operational Infrastructure for Onchain Asset Management Vault Summit (Cannes) · Infrastructure | Patrick Hennes (Blockchain & Digital Assets Expert), Charles St. Louis (Ethereum Foundation, moderator) | 19 min |
How a Traditional Asset Manager Approaches Onchain Vaults Vault Summit (Cannes) · Tokenized Treasuries | Hong Kim (Bitwise), Dennis Bree (Morpho, moderator) | 16 min |
Deploying Capital into Onchain Vaults Vault Summit (Cannes) · Institutions | David Vatchev (Fasanara Capital), Patrick Barrett (MembersCap), Laszlo Szabo (Kiln), Thomas Lefort (Exponent), Nenter Chow (BitMart, moderator) | 40 min |
Building Compliant Vaults for Institutional Participation Vault Summit (Cannes) · Institutions | Sylvain Prigent (Societe Generale–Forge), Jeroen Offerijns (Centrifuge Labs), Darren Camas (IPOR Fusion), Max Engelen (Utila), Margaux Frisque (D&A Partners, moderator) | 32 min |
The Future of Onchain Credit RWA Summit (Cannes) · Tokenized Credit | Jonathan Han (CEO, Euler Labs), Reid Simon (President Digital Assets, Figure), Sam MacPherson (Co-founder & CEO, Spark), Nassim Alexandre (Head of On-Chain Asset Management & Curation, RockawayX, moderator) | 21 min |
Breaking Down Onchain Capital Allocations RWA Summit (Cannes) · Tokenized Credit | Parker Edwards (Partner & Director of Obex, Framework Ventures), Bhaji Illuminati (CEO, Centrifuge Labs), Kevin Chan (Co-Founder, Grove Finance), Krisztian Sandor (Reporter, CoinDesk, moderator) | 27 min |
DeFi Primitives to Maximize RWA Adoption RWA Summit (Cannes) · Yield | Sonya Kim (Co-Founder, 3F Labs), Dennis Dinkelmeyer (CEO & Co-Founder, Midas), Nuno Cortesao (CEO, Zharta), Johnny Reinsch (Executive Director, Tokenized Asset Coalition, moderator) | 30 min |
What It Takes to Put Tokenized Assets to Work RWA Summit (Cannes) · Tokenized Treasuries | Tomer Weller (Chief Product Officer, Stellar Development Foundation), Lorenzo Romagnoli (Co-Founder, USDT0), Ivar Wiersma (Head of EMEA, LayerZero), Jonathan Alexander (CTO, OpenZeppelin, moderator) | 32 min |
The Bear and Bull Case for RWAs RWA Summit (Cannes) · Tokenized Credit | Stani Kulechov (Founder, Aave Labs), Santiago Roel Santos (Founder & CEO, Inversion), Colin Jones (Founder, Outerlands Capital, moderator) | 23 min |
Approaches and Learnings from Tokenized Equities RWA Summit (Cannes) · Tokenized Equities | Val Gui (General Manager of xStocks, Payward/Kraken), Anna Wroblewska (Chief Business Officer, Dinari), Ayt Belyalov (Partnerships Director, Wintermute), Arush Sehgal (Head of Crypto & Digital Assets, Alpaca, moderator) | 29 min |
The Convergence of RWA and AI for the Future of Finance RWA Summit (Cannes) · Infrastructure | Cobe Zhang (Head of Web3 Product, Ant Digital Technologies), Wish Wu (Co-Founder & CEO, Pharos Network), Matt Stafford (VP Arc Network + Ecosystem Partnerships, Circle), David Newns (Former CEO of SDX, Currenex, FXConnect, Substrate Ltd, moderator) | 28 min |
Building for Compliance: Privacy, Security & Regulation RWA Summit (Cannes) · Verification | Ghazi Ben Amor (SVP Business Development and Partnerships, Zama), Philippe Engels (BD Director, Avantgarde Finance), Peter Bidewell (VP of Institutional Product Adoption, Rayls), Daniel Coheur (Global Head of Strategy and Innovation, Digital Assets, APEX Group, moderator) | 22 min |
Critical Infrastructure to Enable Tokenization RWA Summit (Cannes) · Infrastructure | Nik Kunkel (Founder, Chronicle), Seth Hallem (CEO, Certora Inc.), Alexander McFarlane (Founder, Keyring), Alim Khamisa (DeFi Partnerships & Growth, Optimism, moderator) | 25 min |
The Institutional Tipping Point: Why This Cycle Is Different RWA Summit (Cannes) · Institutions | Christine Moy (Partner, Head of Digital Assets, Apollo), Paul Frambot (CEO & Co-Founder, Morpho Labs), Kevin de Patoul (CEO, Keyrock), Michiel (Tioga, moderator) | 29 min |
Stablecoin Wars: What Structure Will Win RWA Summit (Cannes) · Tokenized Treasuries · Credit | Peter Grosskopf (CTO/COO, AllUnity), Benjamin Sarquis Peillard (Founder, Cap), Martin de Rijke (Head of Growth, Maple), Christopher Heymann (Founding Partner, 1kx, moderator) | 27 min |
Vaults: Legal, Technical and Structural Considerations RWA Summit (Cannes) · Infrastructure | Tuongvy Le (General Counsel, Veda), Jeroen Offerijns (Co-Founder & CTO, Centrifuge Labs), Andrew Hong (Co-Founder, Herd), Vikram Arun (CEO, Superform, moderator) | 27 min |
Why Markets Should Never Close EthCC 2026 · Tokenized Equities | Valy, GM of xStocks Tokenized Equities | 18 min |
The Rise of Composable RWAs EthCC 2026 · Infrastructure | Fredrik Haga, Co-founder & CEO of Dune | 25 min |
RWAs Done Right: Utility, Liquidity, and DeFi EthCC 2026 · Issuance | Bhaji Illuminati (Centrifuge CEO) & Christine Moy (Apollo, Partner) | 22 min |
Bringing Traditional Risk Analysis to DeFi EthCC 2026 · Verification | Andrew O'Neill, S&P Global Ratings | 30 min |
Solving the RWA Trilemma EthCC 2026 · Yield | Jonathan Han, CEO of Euler Labs | 30 min |
What's Next for DeFi UX: Behavior-Based Systems for the RWA Era EthCC 2026 · Infrastructure | Yeho Hwang, Product Designer at Ondo Finance | 25 min |
Investing for the Tokenization Revolution EthCC 2026 · Institutions | Zach Pandl, Head of Research at Grayscale | 25 min |
Building Markets Surrounding Tokenized Assets that Can Reach Enterprise Scale EthCC 2026 · Infrastructure | Chunda McCain, Co-founder of Paxos Labs | 20 min |
When Money Moves Onchain EthCC 2026 · Stablecoins | Jean-Marc Stenger (SG-Forge CEO), Stani Kulechov (Aave Labs founder). Moderated by Lory Kehoe (Aave Labs) | 25 min |
Why Aren't RWAs a Trillion-Dollar Market Yet? EthCC 2026 · Institutions | Johann Eid (Chainlink Labs CBO), Emma Landriault (JPMorgan/Kinexys), Theo Golden (Baillie Gifford). Moderated by Artum | 30 min |
Risk Ratings for DeFi EthCC 2026 · Verification | Marcin Kazmierczak, Co-founder of RedStone & Credora | 23 min |
Institutional Adoption: Bridging TradFi and Web3 EthCC 2026 · Infrastructure | Alina Tielnova, Everstake | 18 min |
From Five Stablecoins to a Thousand Deployments: The Infrastructure Gap Hiding in Plain Sight EthCC 2026 · Tokenized Treasuries | Jackie (agaperste), Bridge (Stripe) | 18 min |
DeFi for Institutions: Unlocking DeFi Through Regulated Custody EthCC 2026 · Infrastructure | Sebastian Widmann, General Manager at Komainu | 15 min |
Future of Family Office: Bringing Wealth and Impact On-Chain EthCC 2026 · Institutions | Sunny Jiang, CEO of Mass Ventures | 20 min |
Why Our $300B Asset Manager Is Dead Set on Tokenization EthCC 2026 · Podcast · Tokenized Equities · Treasuries | Theo Golden, Tokenization Lead & Portfolio Manager at Baillie Gifford | 22 min |
Institutional DeFi & Yield in Modern Markets EthCC 2026 · Podcast · Yield | Marcia Blacken (Anchorage Digital), Oya Celiktemur (Ondo), Jonathan Han (Euler), Marcelo Ruiz de Olano (KPK), Ilgiz (Gearbox), Mike Massari (RedStone), engn33r (Yearn), Giel Detienne (KPK) | 100 min |
Is the Yield Safe? Stable Summit IV (Cannes) · Verification | Chris Walker (Credit Coop), Nikola Markovic (BlockAnalitica/Sky), Phil Mendes (Certora), Andrew Hong (Herd Labs). Moderated by Filip (RedStone/Credora) | 30 min |
Building Secondary Markets for Onchain Real-World Assets Stable Summit IV (Cannes) · Trading | Emilio Frangella (Aave), Charles Jansen (S&P Global), Graham Nelson (Centrifuge), Amos Song (DigiFT). Moderated by Bianca Buzea (Chronicle) | 30 min |
DeFi Architecture in 2026: Stablecoin, Vaults and RWA Stable Summit IV (Cannes) · Tokenized Treasuries | Sebastien Derivaux, Co-founder of Steakhouse Financial | 18 min |
RWA Looping is Broken Stable Summit IV (Cannes) · Yield | Romeo Ravagnan, Co-founder of 3F Labs | 10 min |
Tokenization Is Eating the World DAS NYC 2026 · Issuance | John Wu (Ava Labs/Avalanche), Carlos Domingo (Securitize). Moderated by Danny K. | 25 min |
Tokenized Deposits: The Gateway to Mass Adoption DAS NYC 2026 · Tokenized Treasuries | Alex Gluchowski (Matter Labs/ZKsync, founder), Jake Orvidas (BitGo). Moderated by Marc-Thomas Arjoon | 10 min |
Vaults Are the New ETFs DAS NYC 2026 · Institutions | Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise | 10 min |
Rewiring Wall Street & The Evolution of Market Structure DAS NYC 2026 · Trading | Jason Yanowitz (Blockworks, moderator), Don Wilson (Founder, DRW / Cumberland) | 20 min |
Beyond Tokenized Treasuries: The Roadmap to Onchain Equities, Credit, and Derivatives DAS NYC 2026 · Tokenized Equities · Credit | Dennis Cristallo (Kinexys/JPMorgan), Nadine Chakar (DTCC), Jeremy Ng (Open Eden), Joshua Greco (Franklin Templeton). Moderated by Marc-Thomas Arjoon | 32 min |
Making Tokenization a Reality: Bringing Assets Onchain DAS NYC 2026 · Tokenized Equities · Treasuries | Samara Cohen (BlackRock, CIO of ETF & Index Investments / Global Head of Market Development). Interviewed by Jason Yanowitz (Blockworks) | 22 min |
From Issuance to Adoption: The Full Stack Infrastructure Behind RWA Distribution DAS NYC 2026 · Infrastructure | Nina Rong, BNB Chain | 10 min |
How Obex Plans to Deploy $2.5B into RWAs and Stablecoins DAS NYC 2026 · Tokenized Treasuries | Jacquelyn Melinek (Blockworks, moderator), Parker Edwards (Partner, Framework Ventures) | 10 min |
Ondo Finance & Franklin Templeton to Explore Tokenized Investment Products DAS NYC 2026 · Tokenized Equities | Ian De Bode (Ondo Finance), Sandy Kaul (Franklin Templeton) | 5 min |
Architecting DeFi's Yield Curve DAS NYC 2026 · Yield | Luke Leasure, Head of Research at Blockworks | 11 min |
From Legacy to Ledger: Building an Institutional Onchain Asset Manager DAS NYC 2026 · Institutions | Cynthia Lo Bessette, Head of Digital Assets at Fidelity Investments | 10 min |
Vaults & the RWA Yield Engine DAS NYC 2026 · Yield | Sebastien Derivaux (Steakhouse), David Vatchev (Fasanara Capital), Serafin Lion Engel (Yield XYZ), Sonya Kim (3F Labs). Moderated by Andy Kangpan | 30 min |
Tokenized Equities & the T+0 Revolution DAS NYC 2026 · Tokenized Equities | Robert Leshner (Superstate), Theo Golden (Baillie Gifford), Matthew Savarese (Nasdaq), Shyam Nagarajan (Hedera). Moderated by Ryan Connor (Rockaway X) | 30 min |
Integrating Stablecoins Into the Global Payments Stack DAS NYC 2026 · Stablecoins | Tom Zschach (SWIFT, Chief Innovation Officer), Austin Campbell (fmr Paxos), Lauren Berta (Ripple/RLUSD), James Brownlee (TZero Network). Moderated by Peter Suarez Ferrara (UBS) | 35 min |
Building the Onchain Fixed Income Ecosystem DAS NYC 2026 · Yield | Luke Leasure (Blockworks, moderator), Stani Kulechov (Aave), Guy Young (Ethena) | 32 min |