Speakers
Fernando Vázquez
President, Capital Markets
Chainlink
Fernando is the President, Capital Markets, of Chainlink. Fernando started his journey in academia, where he first became deeply involved with the budding Linux community in the early 90s. This led him to the corporate world with a number of roles at the NTT Group starting in 2003, where he contributed to the mainstreaming of open source. He transitioned into the FinTech world, joining Japanese financial conglomerate SBI in 2016 where he held several roles including CEO of SBI Digital Asset Holdings, a pioneer in digital capital markets and founding member of Project Guardian. He also serves on the boards of regulated financial institutions and foundations globally and is a member of the Monetary Authority of Singapore's International Technology Advisory Panel.
Speaking At
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3:30–5:00pmMon 16 NovPublic-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 1Open
The Scaling Challenge in Tokenized Markets
Connecting Tokenized Capital Markets
Public-Private RoundtableRoundtable Room 1Open
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Aaron SeabrookChief Operating OfficerMarketnode
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Andrea DoreGlobal Head of Treasury OperationsWorld Bank Group
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Audrey MetzgerDirector of Innovation & Financial Market InfrastructuresBanque de France
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David KatzVice President for Strategy & Public Policy, Asia PacificCircle
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Fernando VázquezPresident, Capital MarketsChainlink
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Gabriel CallsenSenior Director, FinTech & DigitalisationInternational Capital Market Association (ICMA)
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Magnus HaglindSenior Vice President & Head of Capital Markets TechnologyNasdaq
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Martin K. MüllerChairman of the Supervisory BoardRegulated Layer One
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Samuel RileyChief Executive OfficerClearstream Securities Services, Clearstream Holding AG
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Selene ChongGlobal Head of Digital Assets, CIBHSBC
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Prof. Tālis PutniņšCo-Chief Executive Officer & Chief ScientistDFCRC
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Tim WaySenior Director, Global BankingFireblocks
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Sandra RoChief Executive OfficerGlobal Blockchain Business Council (GBBC)Moderator
About this session
Tokenized bond and fund issuance is growing quickly, but secondary-market liquidity hasn't kept pace — largely because issuance still sits on separate, platform-specific systems that don't connect to each other.
Interoperability standards exist, but adoption remains voluntary, and what should carry the cash leg (stablecoins, tokenized deposits, or central bank money) is still unresolved. This session brings together issuance platforms, interoperability infrastructure, and standard-setters to discuss what it would take to converge on shared rails, so liquidity can catch up to issuance. -

