Where Finance Finds Its Future

The New Face of Finance, Where Finance Finds Its Future. Future of Finance has one overriding goal. It is to host meetings (at the moment virtual meetings) that bring together long established members of the financial services industry (banks, brokers, asset managers, insurers, financial market infrastructures) with entrepreneurs (challenger banks, technology companies and FinTechs) and market authorities (central banks, regulators and policymakers) to explore how the financial services industry can grow faster by being more open, more innovative and more trustworthy. If you would like to get in touch about featuring on a podcast, please email wendy.gallagher@futureoffinance.biz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Where Finance Finds Its Future is a business podcast hosted by Future of Finance, with 203 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Future of Finance hosts Where Finance Finds Its Future, a business show with 203 episodes published.

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  Episode #213

  Generating sustainable yield in digital asset portfolios

  Jul 19, 20261h 7mS1

  Future of Finance Interview with Pavel Jakovlev at AMINA Bank, Artemiy Parshakov at P2P.org, Ray Dillet at Bitwise and Christopher Perkins at Franklin Templeton. As cryptocurrencies become a standard part of institutional portfolios, asset managers are increasingly focused on generating sustainable yield—without compromising custody, governance, or risk controls. Staking has emerged as a core mechanism to earn yield on proof-of-stake networks, and adoption is accelerating as custodians integrate staking services directly into secure custody frameworks. Beyond staking, certain assets—like Bitcoin—generate yield through lending, while yield-bearing Stablecoins are redefining how institutions earn returns on digital cash equivalents. Participants will discover how custodians serve as the gateway to secure, institutional-grade staking and lending, balancing asset safety with participation in yield-generating opportunities. The session highlights differences and overlaps between staking and lending, guiding institutions on opportunity assessment, risk management, and strategic decision-making in a rapidly evolving market. ⭐ Read more about this interview: https://www.futureoffinance.biz/gener... Learn more and connect with Future of Finance: https://www.futureoffinance.biz/ [in] / future-of-finance-fof Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Episode #212

  It is time to take tokenisation back from the tinkerers

  Jul 6, 20261h 10mS1

  A Future of Finance interview Ian Hunt, an Independent Advisor and Author. Tokenisation enthusiasts are frustrated. A technology capable of transforming the entire financial architecture of the world is reduced to searching for “uses-cases” where it can mobilise or settle assets cheaper and faster than the status quo provided a “business case” can be made for making the investment. So the time was ripe for a restatement of the case for revolution. In Replicating Legacy is Squandering the Promise of Tokenisation: We Are Building a Faster Horse , Ian Hunt, a consultant to the asset management industry, and Steve Whyman, the former Head of Debt Capital Markets Trading at Fidelity International, provide exactly that. They warn that if tokenisation continues to develop on its present course, it will merely replicate the existing system, complete with its excessive costs, poor investment outcomes, duplicative infrastructures and operational, regulatory and legal silos. The opportunity the paper describes is to build a “composable” financial system made up of interoperable components that conform to a single design, which can be assembled into any conceivable financial asset or liability. Its promise is not just lower costs but wider access and higher returns. Dominic Hobson, co-founder of Future of Finance, spoke to Ian Hunt, co-author of the paper, about what a composable financial system is and how to make it happen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Episode #211

  The tokenised fund revolution begins

  Jun 22, 20261h 4mS1

  On 19 March 2026 Coinbase Asset Management added a tokenised share class to the Coinbase Bitcoin Yield Fund (CBYF) it launched in April 2025. The tokens, issued on to the Base blockchain built by parent company Coinbase, are aimed at institutional investors. Digital fund administration pioneers Apex Group are supporting distribution of the tokens with blockchain-based transfer agency capabilities that automate investor on-boarding and keep transactions in tokenised versions of the CBYF aligned with the register of investors that hold CBYF in non-tokenised form. By conducting a bold experiment in combining the risk and rewards of generating yield on holdings of Bitcoin with the operational benefits of using blockchain technology without compromising on traditional levels of investor protection, Coinbase Asset Management and Apex Group may have found the key to scaling the tokenised funds industry. Future of Finance Co-founder Dominic Hobson will be asking the panellists why asset managers everywhere should be excited about this deal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Episode #210

  How to build a cryptocurrency trading, investing and custody infrastructure for your clients

  May 29, 20261h 13mS1

  Institutional adoption of cryptocurrencies is increasing. Why? In Europe, MiCAR has delivered regulatory certainty. In the United States, the new administration has embraced both cryptocurrencies and Stablecoins - the crucial bridge between the cryptocurrency and money markets - and the courts have authorised spot Bitcoin ETFs, turning cryptocurrencies into a legitimate institutional asset class. In Germany, where early and effective legislative progress in the domestic market is now reinforced by a standardised regulatory framework spanning the whole of the European Union - the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation (MiCAR) - both law and regulation facilitate the purchase and sale, trading and safekeeping of cryptocurrencies for both dealing and investment purposes. As a result of these developments, regulated institutions on both sides of the Atlantic are scrambling to build cryptocurrency trading, investing and custody services for their clients. This webinar explores how regulated institutions can offer their clients safe access to cryptocurrency markets in the form of brokerage, trading, settlement and custody services, unlock new business opportunities for their firms and manage the risks of cryptocurrency activities, while remaining fully compliant with their regulatory obligations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  Episode #209

  Lingfeng, LSEG and Archax build a bridge between tokenised and traditional funds

  Apr 23, 202629 minS1

  On 21 April 2026 Lingfeng Capital, the Hong Kong based private equity fund, launched its Digital Venture Fund (DVF) on Digital Markets Infrastructure (DMI) platform built by the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) to host private funds. Archax, the London-based digital asset exchange, brokerage and custodian, is simultaneously making the DVF available in tokenised form. While the case for investing in the fund stands and falls on the merits of its investment strategy, tokenisation offers issuers wider distribution to new classes of investor and investors secondary market trading as an alternative to traditional subscriptions and redemptions. By maintaining interoperability between the conventional and tokenised versions of the fund, DVF is endeavouring to prove that traditional and digital funds can be integrated successfully across issuance, distribution, trading and servicing, with sufficient cost savings and additional capital raising to spark a surge of tokenised fund issues. Dominic Hobson, co-founder of Future of Finance, asked Graham Rodford, Founder and CEO of Archax, and Brian McNulty, General Partner at Lingfeng Capital, about their expectations of the launch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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