The Plumbing Problem: Why Institutions Still Can't Move at Scale

Name: The Plumbing Problem: Why Institutions Still Can't Move at Scale
Start: 2026-10-28T16:10:00+01:00
End: 2026-10-28T16:40:00+01:00
Location: MERGE Stage

Date: 28/10/2026

16:10h. - 16:40h.

Place: MERGE Stage

Settlement, custody and credit remain the real bottlenecks for institutional scale. Not trading. A look at the regulated plumbing that banks need before they can move at scale, and why the less glamorous parts of the stack are actually where the competitive edge lives. Perspectives from regulated exchanges, on-chain analytics and European banks.

Speakers

Will Harvey

Vice President at Bullish

Shrutisagar Chandrasekaran

VP, Global Business Solutions at Fireblocks

Ioannis Roussos

Head of Deposits & Investment Sector at Eurobank

Viktor Banh

Managing Director | Digital Assets Markets at DekaBank

Moderator

Sol Cinosi

President at Association for Women in Cryptocurrency

Where banks, regulators and the crypto ecosystem sit at the same table.

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