Tokenisation of financial markets: Landscape, bottlenecks and future possibilities
Tokenisation is rapidly reshaping global finance. With growing involvement from major banks and estimates suggesting that as much as $16tn in assets could be available for tokenisation by 2030, the potential is clear. But despite this momentum, barriers such as regulatory uncertainty, low market liquidity and integration challenges continue to slow broader adoption.
To explore tokenisation’s potential hurdles and opportunities, OMFIF and Luxembourg for Finance convene for a virtual roundtable of leading policymakers and private sector participants from across jurisdictions. This discussion explores how tokenisation is being used today, possible bottlenecks and future use cases: from mobile collateral and tokenised fund structures to tokenised government debt and new private money models.
Speakers
Richard G. Brown
Chief Executive Officer
R3 Labs
Richard G. Brown
Chief Executive Officer
R3 Labs
Max J. Heinzle
Founder & Chief Executive OfficerÂ
21XÂ
Max J. Heinzle
Founder & Chief Executive OfficerÂ
21XÂ
Max J. Heinzle is an entrepreneur with a background in banking and finance, active in the DLT and fintech space since 2014. He is the Founder & CEO of 21X. With over a decade of experience in digitizing financial services, Max is driving the (r)evolution of capital markets infrastructure.
Johann Kerbrat
Senior Vice President & General Manager of Crypto  Â
Robinhood
Johann Kerbrat
Senior Vice President & General Manager of Crypto  Â
Robinhood
Johann Kerbrat is the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Robinhood Crypto. He oversees and leads strategy for the crypto business. Johann joined Robinhood to support the company in its mission to democratize finance for all and open up access to crypto to everyday investors. Prior to joining Robinhood, he held engineering roles at Airbnb, privacy-focused cryptocurrency startup Iron Fish, and founded an e-commerce and payments platform company. Johann grew up in Nice, France and holds an MSc in Software Engineering from Oxford Brookes University.
Lewis McLellan
Editor, Digital Monetary Institute
OMFIF
Lewis McLellan
Editor, Digital Monetary Institute
OMFIF
Tim Meirer
Senior Manager Capital Market Innovation
KfW
Tim Meirer
Senior Manager Capital Market Innovation
KfW
Tim has been part of the KfW Treasury Team since October 2022, where he is responsible for designing and implementing digitalization projects related to capital markets. As Senior Manager Capital Market Innovation, he co-led the implementation of KfW’s first two blockchain-based digital bonds in summer 2024. Before joining KfW, Tim worked as a Front Office Manager in the Treasury of Deutsche Leasing Group in Bad Homburg, Germany. He holds a Master’s degree in General Business Administration from Goethe University in Frankfurt and has been a Certified Corporate Treasurer VDT since 2022.
Varun Paul
Senior Director Financial Markets
Fireblocks
Varun Paul
Senior Director Financial Markets
Fireblocks
Varun previously spent 14 years at the Bank of England, where he supported key decisions on interest rates, managed risks to financial stability, and delivered a landmark review on the future of finance. Most recently, he was Head of the BoE’s Fintech Hub, where he focused on the future of money and the digital economy.
Varun graduated with a BA in Economics from the University of Cambridge and a MSc in Economics from University College London. He is also a Visiting Research Fellow at King’s College London.
Wee Kee Toh
Global Head of Business Architecture for Kinexys Digital Payments
JP Morgan Chase & Co
Wee Kee Toh
Global Head of Business Architecture for Kinexys Digital Payments
JP Morgan Chase & Co
Wee Kee is Executive Director and Global Head of Business Architecture for Kinexys Digital Payments at J.P. Morgan, where he is responsible for architecting business capabilities for digital payments, and developing strategies to address current needs and capture future opportunities. He works closely with the product team to develop product vision and strategies, and with the technology team on aligning technical solutions with business needs.
Prior to joining J.P. Morgan in 2022, Wee Kee was the Specialist Leader for Distributed Ledger Technology at the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and led Project Ubin, a collaborative industry project exploring the use of blockchain and DLT for clearing and settlement of payments and securities. He was also Advisor at the BIS Innovation Hub, where he led Project Dunbar with a vision of enabling interoperable CBDCs and connected multi-CBDC platforms.
Martin Watkins
Chief Executive Officer
Montis Digital
Martin Watkins
Chief Executive Officer
Montis Digital
Timings
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