​Topic

​“Institutional grade” is one of the most abuse phrases in this crypto cycle, used to describe everything from centralized L1s to custodians, to funds unloading junk on retail. But does it refer only to technical strength — uptime, security, and throughput — or to a legal and operational regime shaped by compliance, accountability, privacy, and enforceability.

​Canton makes this concrete: a public-permissioned L1 designed around selective disclosure and institutional coordination, raising the question of whether this is a genuinely new model for financial infrastructure or a more efficient version of consortium-style systems.

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​Session Guide

​Dharani is Head of Product, APAC at Nethermind, focused on crypto and AI infra and institutional adoption. Previously at Liminal, she worked across custody, payments, and digital assets. She holds an MEng in Aeronautical Engineering from Imperial College London, where her thesis focused on data modelling and fluid-structure interaction :)

​Nethermind is a leading blockchain engineering and research firm focused on Ethereum, protocol design, Layer 2s, DeFi, smart contracts, and enterprise blockchain infrastructure.

​Session Format

• ​10 mins silent reading to start

• ​Discussion-first, no panels

• ​Bring questions (technical depth welcomed)

• ​Short notes + key takeaways shared after the session
  

​Important: Not a promotion of any project :)

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​The Great Room Park Silom

​Thank you Great Room for hosting us!

​The Great Room opens its second location in the heart of Bangkok’s “Wall Street”. Set in an oasis away from the city’s hustle and bustle, The Great Room, Park Silom features a sky garden, floor-to-ceiling windows, and 360-degree views of Bangkok’s skyline and iconic monuments. Directly connected to Saladaeng BTS Station and Silom MRT Station via sky walkways, makes transportation a breeze.

​Whitepaper Reading Club

​We are a community of 800 builders, founders, researchers, in Singapore, Malaysia, San Francisco, Lagos, Bangkok, and New York. We come together in person every month to discuss the latest blockchain projects (website)

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​​​​​Summaries

​​​​​​We create detailed and easy to understand summaries for each paper (summaries) and have held 70+ sessions since June 2023, covering topics from Account Abstraction, Parallel Chains, EIPs, Bitcoin Ecosystem to AIXCrypto. We are ecosystem-agnostic, not for profit and with a strong focus on projects with technical, product or social innovations.

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