RULEMATCH Spot On – Winter Edition (Davos)

Focused conversations with industry leaders

31 January 2025

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In Davos during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, RULEMATCH Spot On and host Ian Simpson spoke to a select number of speakers and attendees about ongoing developments in the institutional crypto and digital assets industry – as well as outlooks for 2025.

 

Anatoly Crachilov (CEO and Founding Partner – Nickel Digital Asset Management)

Anatoly Crachilov, CEO and Founding Partner of Nickel Digital Asset Management, one of the industry’s largest and most well-established crypto hedge fund managers discussed the evolving crypto and digital asset market, with perspectives from Davos – as well as how big hedge funds are operating in crypto, the evolving strategies and lingering challenges for asset managers, including counterparty risk and capital efficiency.

 

Ronit Ghose (Global Head, Future of Finance – Citi)

Ronit Ghose, Global Head, Future of Finance at Citi discussed the changes in finance with the rise of crypto and digital assets, how banks are engaging with the “future of money” and what stablecoins and tokenized assets will mean for the industry.

 

Alexandre Kech (CEO – Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation)

During the World Economic Forum in Davos, host Ian Simpson spoke to Alexandre Kech, CEO of the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). They discussed the evolving crypto and digital asset market, the need for universal identity to enable mass adoption of tokenized assets and the collaboration needed between public and private organizations to enable interoperability between blockchains and on-chain assets.