About this episode

Martin Watkins discusses the development of a blockchain-native central securities depository and its implications for the financial industry.

Martin Watkins is CEO of Montis Group , which is building a blockchain-native central securities depository — the settlement and issuance layer that makes tokenized assets work as real financial products. With 30 years inside Euroclear, AtosEuronext and EY, Martin chose to build the infrastructure the market was missing rather than keep advising on the existing system. We get into what a digital CSD unlocks for collateral mobility, why the ECB's DLT eligibility confirmation matters, and what Luxembourg's Blockchain Law IV could mean for Ireland's €5 trillion funds industry. Find Martin at info@montis.digital or visit montis.digital Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4F8uOLxiscYVWVGEfNxTnd CHAPTERS 00:00 The doom loop that tokenization solves 00:27 Introduction 01:13 Martin Watkins welcome 01:18 30 years inside the plumbing of capital markets 03:50 What a blockchain-native CSD does differently 05:48 The Friday afternoon collateral problem 06:22 The 24/7 problem in tokenized funds 07:46 The Irish question: settlement finality and €5 trillion in fund assets 09:27 Legal certainty, portfolio managers and the velocity of capital 10:39 Why the market infrastructure…

People in this episode

Host: Pete Townsend

Guest: Martin Watkins

Topics covered

• blockchain
• central securities depository
• tokenized assets
• capital markets
• collateral mobility
• financial products

Keywords

• blockchain
• CSD
• tokenization
• collateral
• financial infrastructure
• settlement finality
• fund assets

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Montis Group, Euroclear, AtosEuronext, EY, ECB

Places: Luxembourg, Ireland, €5 trillion

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