Jesse Knutson

Head of Operations Bitfinex Securities

Jesse Knutson is Head of Operations at Bitfinex Securities, a regulated security token platform offering issuers and traders access to capital and tokenized securities. He has nearly two decades of experience in financial services, split between traditional finance and digital assets. Jesse started his career in conventional securities, having worked at global investment banks, including Barclays and Macquarie. In addition to his role as Taiwan Head of Equity Capital Solutions, Jesse was also a founding member of Macquarie’s digital asset working group and deal lead on one of the first equity investments by a major investment bank into the Bitcoin mining space. Prior to joining Bitfinex Securities, Jesse was VP of Financial Products at Blockstream, where he worked on developing and distributing financial products built on Bitcoin and backed by Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining. Jesse is also the host of the Bitcoin Capital and Blockstream Talk podcasts.

Day 1 | 17th June

12:15 PM Tokenization & Digital Cash Panel: Scaling institutional adoption of tokenized securities- from pilots to commercialised products

Tokenization pilots have taken off around the globe, with many institutions running proof of concepts to test the feasibility, advantages and limitations of blockchain technology. The question is how traditional capital markets can get to scalable tokenized products for institutional portfolios. The speakers will address the current barriers to full scale adoption, the tangible benefits for end investors, and the progress being made to overcome digital payment and settlement, system integration and liquidity challenges.

How does tokenization benefit end investors, and how can you make the case beyond operational efficiencies [staking, easier dividend flow, increased liquidity]?
How are participants overcoming challenges around lack of integration between existing payment systems and digital currencies?
What are the successes, challenges and lessons learned from the latest use cases?
With a lack of secondary markets, is tokenization feasible for buy-and-hold products only, or is there a pathway to liquidity?

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Jesse.

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