Inside Digital Assets - Tokenization, Digital Assets and new market infrastructures

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Inside Digital Assets is the interview podcast on tokenization, digital assets, and the technologies that make them viable for capital markets. We focus on real-world use cases from issuance and structuring to trading, settlement, and custody, all the way to governance, compliance, and technology. Host Lidia Kurt (CEO of BX Digital & Seturion), Sven Wilke (CGO Seturion) and members of her team talk with people driving this transformation, about concrete projects, emerging market infrastructures, and the operational and regulatory implementation of digital assets across the value chain. What to expect (every two weeks): 🤝Institutional perspectives and real-world use cases: issuance, trading, settlement, custody of tokenized assets 🤝Practical insights on opportunities, limitations, and implementation questions 🤝Interviews with experts from market infrastructure, banks, issuers, tech, and regulation Episodes are published in German or English. Listen and subscribe!🔔

  1. Oct 26

    Will ETFs Survive Tokenization?

    How will tokenization reshape investment products and the asset management industry? In this episode, Claudio Tognella speaks with Aaron Renkers, Head of Investments Europe at VanEck, a family-owned global asset manager with over USD 250 billion in assets under management. VanEck is known for backing investment themes before they become mainstream. It was among the first to launch a gold fund, started its first ETF in 2006, and today offers ETFs on listed crypto companies and active digital asset strategies. It has also built an NFT collectibles platform, invested in early stage crypto companies, launched a venture fund and tokenized a money market fund. Aaron argues that the full benefits of blockchain for funds will take time to materialize, but that the direction is clear. Even ETFs still carry emails, duplicate processes and middlemen. Moving them on chain enables atomic settlement, efficient collateral movement and eventually 24/7 trading, once liquidity follows. Beyond efficiency, he sees better products: investors who can vote across all underlying companies of an ETF token with one click, more personalized portfolios and independent apps that check performance and best execution on public data. On the market today, he cautions that many tokenized securities are debt instruments or certificates that do not provide proper ownership. He expects the first true tokenized ETFs in the US, with Europe following one to two years later. He closes with a vision of on-chain vaults, automated bidding for portfolio building blocks and the combination of blockchain and AI. Subscribe on Spotify to Inside Digital Assets to never miss an episode here https://open.spotify.com/show/0gHCvwyeuAP6yssca2E2Kj

    Will ETFs Survive Tokenization?

  2. Oct 8

    Digital Asset Pioneer - Inside Bank Frick

    Ten years ago, Bank Frick launched Europe's first crypto-backed note. Today, they're building the regulated infrastructure that will make tokenization invisible to the market, as essential and taken for granted as SWIFT. In this episode, Raphael Haldner, Head of Banking Solutions at Bank Frick, shares the full journey from 2017 to today and offers a compelling vision for the next decade of capital markets. The conversation reveals how institutional client demands have fundamentally transformed. What began as demand for basic trading and custody access has evolved into sophisticated requests for regulated banking infrastructure that seamlessly integrates fiat and stablecoin accounts, permissioned blockchain environments, and compliance-first product development. Raphael explains why money market funds on-chain, brought to market by Franklin Templeton, BlackRock, and others, represent a treasury revolution, with interest paid on a minute-by-minute basis rather than daily or quarterly settlement cycles. A critical insight emerges: the early tokenization experiments of 2018 failed not because of technology, but because of missing infrastructure. Regulated secondary markets, standardized stablecoins, and institutional market makers were the missing pieces. Now that players like Seturion are building these solutions, the market is finally ready to scale. Raphael also discusses how DeFi and TradFi are converging in permissioned environments regulated blockchains where users are identified but the infrastructure remains decentralized. Bank Frick's approach combines innovation with rigorous compliance, using a gated product development process to ensure every new offering withstands regulatory scrutiny.

    Digital Asset Pioneer - Inside Bank Frick

  3. Sep 24

    Neue Episode

    When Thomas Moser started his career, he had no idea he'd end up at the Swiss National Bank—let alone leading one of the most ambitious central bank blockchain projects in the world. But sometimes the most interesting paths aren't planned. In this conversation, Moser walks us through the SNB's bold strategy on digital assets: why they're betting on wholesale CBDC over retail, how Project Helvetia is transforming settlement infrastructure, and why open, composable blockchains might be more important than the technology itself. We explore the tensions between public and private blockchains, the real threat stablecoins pose to traditional banking, and a future where intraday interest payments on assets become routine. Most importantly, Moser reveals why collaboration and ecosystem building matter more than technological innovation alone.

    Neue Episode

  4. Sep 10

    The Money Market Playbook – a conversation with Mike Reed, Franklin Templeton

    In this in-depth conversation, we sit down with Mike Reed, Head of Digital Assets Client Engagement at Franklin Templeton, to explore how the world's leading asset managers are transforming finance through tokenization and blockchain technology. Mike's story is a masterclass in institutional innovation. Having started in the mail room at Franklin Templeton decades ago, he worked his way through trading, sales, and fixed income—all while developing a quiet passion for emerging technologies. That passion led to the creation of Benji, one of the most sophisticated tokenized money market funds in existence. This episode is not about cryptocurrency speculation. It's about institutional-grade infrastructure that solves real problems for treasurers, exchanges, hedge funds, and global financial institutions.

  5. Jul 2

    The Nasdaq x Seturion Alliance: A conversation with Roland Chai [EN]

    Digital assets, tokenized assets and regulated market infrastructure are becoming increasingly relevant for capital markets. In this episode of Inside Digital Assets, Host Lidia Kurt speaks with Roland Chai, President European Markets and Head of Digital Assets at Nasdaq, about tokenization, DLT and the future of financial market infrastructure. The conversation explores why the impact of tokenization may be strongest beyond trading itself: in post-trade processes, collateral management, asset servicing and the broader lifecycle of financial instruments. Roland Chai also discusses why structured products can be a practical starting point for tokenized market infrastructure, how fragmentation in European capital markets affects issuance and custody, and why interoperability and common standards are essential to avoid new digital silos. The episode also looks at developments in the US and Europe, including regulated frameworks for tokenized securities, digital-native infrastructure and the importance of connecting liquidity, transparency and price discovery across market structures. For institutional market participants, financial institutions, issuers and infrastructure providers, this episode offers a focused perspective on how tokenization is moving from experimentation towards implementation in regulated capital markets. Inside Digital Assets is going on a summer break. New episodes will be available again from September.

    The Nasdaq x Seturion Alliance: A conversation with Roland Chai [EN]

  6. Jun 18

    Solving the Digital Islands Problem - a conversation with Frank Frank Seibold, Chainlink [EN]

    Digital assets, tokenized assets and blockchain infrastructure are becoming increasingly relevant for institutional capital markets. In this episode of Inside Digital Assets, Lidia Kurt speaks with Frank Seibold (Managing Director and Global Head of Banking and Capital Markets at Chainlink). The conversation focuses on the infrastructure needed to make tokenized assets usable beyond digital representation. Key topics include trusted data for smart contracts, the oracle problem, interoperability between blockchain networks, real-time data, smart NAV, corporate actions, settlement and the coexistence of traditional finance and on-chain systems. Frank Seibold explains why tokenization alone is not enough. For digital assets to become relevant in capital markets, they need utility: reliable pricing, efficient settlement, interoperability and integration with existing financial infrastructure.

    Solving the Digital Islands Problem - a conversation with Frank Frank Seibold, Chainlink [EN]

  7. Jun 4

    The rational for a shared ledger - a conversation with Ivica Aračić, SWIAT [EN]

    How can digital assets scale in regulated capital markets? In this episode of Inside Digital Assets, host Lidia Kurt speaks with Ivica Aračić (CTO of SWIAT) about the role of distributed ledger technology in the future of financial market infrastructure. The conversation explores why shared ledgers matter, how tokenized securities can move from pilot projects to productive use, and what is needed for digital assets to become part of everyday capital markets. Key topics include SWIAT’s approach to regulated digital asset infrastructure, the concept of Regulated Layer One, the importance of interoperability, and the role of central bank money in settlement. Ivica also discusses initiatives such as Appia and Pontes, the relevance of delivery versus payment, and why DLT-based financial instruments still need to become “first-class citizens” compared to traditional securities. This episode is for anyone interested in digital assets, tokenization, DLT, shared ledger infrastructure, securities settlement and the future of regulated capital markets.

    The rational for a shared ledger - a conversation with Ivica Aračić, SWIAT [EN]

  8. May 21

    Making the Eiffel Tower investable via DLT? A converstion with Tom Rieder (ISP Group) [EN]

    What does it take for tokenization to create real value in capital markets? In this episode of "Inside Digital Assets", host Claudio Tognella speaks with Tom Rieder (Head of Digital Assets at ISP Group), about the practical implementation of tokenization and the role of digital assets in the future of capital market infrastructure. Tom explains why tokenization should not be an end in itself. Before an asset is tokenized, issuers need to understand the business case, the rights being represented, the target investors and the concrete benefits for all parties involved. The conversation covers real-world use cases such as real estate projects, pre-IPO shares, private equity and fund structures. It also explores why tokenized assets do not automatically become liquid and why secondary markets, custody solutions, distribution channels, market makers and reliable settlement infrastructure are essential. The episode also looks at the role of regulated infrastructure providers such as BX Digital and Seturion, and why banks, brokers and custodians may be key to making tokenized securities accessible to a broader investor base. A practical conversation about tokenization, digital assets, secondary markets and the next phase of capital market infrastructure.

    Making the Eiffel Tower investable via DLT? A converstion with Tom Rieder (ISP Group) [EN]
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Inside Digital Assets is the interview podcast on tokenization, digital assets, and the technologies that make them viable for capital markets. We focus on real-world use cases from issuance and structuring to trading, settlement, and custody, all the way to governance, compliance, and technology. Host Lidia Kurt (CEO of BX Digital & Seturion), Sven Wilke (CGO Seturion) and members of her team talk with people driving this transformation, about concrete projects, emerging market infrastructures, and the operational and regulatory implementation of digital assets across the value chain. What to expect (every two weeks): 🤝Institutional perspectives and real-world use cases: issuance, trading, settlement, custody of tokenized assets 🤝Practical insights on opportunities, limitations, and implementation questions 🤝Interviews with experts from market infrastructure, banks, issuers, tech, and regulation Episodes are published in German or English. Listen and subscribe!🔔

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