Valerie Noel

With rising demand for institutional-grade security and efficiency, market participants must balance innovation, compliance, and seamless integration with the broader market infrastructure. The SEC’s repeal of SAB 121 marks a major shift, allowing regulated banks to custody digital assets without punitive capital requirements. This change is set to boost institutional participation, market stability, and drive the development of innovative financial products 

This panel will explore advances in custody, efforts to overcome key challenges, and institutional responses to evolving regulations. Speakers will also examine the global regulatory landscape and its impact on institutional adoption. 

For the digital assets market to ‘go mainstream’, institutions need trustworthy data, accurate price discovery, transparency and integrated execution systems. In this session, speakers will examine the advancements in market data, digital asset taxonomy, analytics, and execution systems that can integrate with traditional pre-trade and intra-trade workflows, as well as exploring the ongoing gaps that need to be solved.