The role of DeFi in future financial markets
DeFi is sometimes said to be the next big thing in finance. Yet beyond stablecoins using official units of account, links with real-world assets are limited. What is the prospect of DeFi becoming useful for real world assets? How could scalability of underlying blockchains be overcome? How could the legal limits be overcome? Could DeFi become systemically important to financial markets?
DeFi conference 22, Conference hosted by the BIS Innovation Hub and the Swiss National Bank, 4 April, 2022, Zurich, Switzerland. https://www.bis.org/events/220404_def...
Moderation: Hyun Song Shin, Bank for International Settlements
Panel:
Thomas Eichenberger, Sygnum
Iota Nassr, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Jan Brzezek, Crypto Finance
Evan Van Ness, Starbloom Ventures