Merkle Science Meet Singapore: Shaping the Future of Digital Asset Compliance
Join Merkle Science for an exclusive Merkle Science Meet in Singapore during Token2049, bringing together senior leaders across digital assets, payments, compliance, regulation, and financial services.
Sumsub — The first AI-powered trust infrastructure for compliance operations at scale. It connects identity and business verification, fraud prevention, transaction monitoring, and risk workflows, helping teams reduce manual work and enter new markets.
Drew & Napier — Leading Singapore law firm with a dedicated Blockchain & Digital Assets practice advising companies on regulation, licensing, compliance, and digital asset activities.
Movantis — Global financial infrastructure platform connecting payments, remittances, FX, wallets, and stablecoin settlement across traditional and digital rails.
Utexo — Payment and settlement infrastructure enabling instant USDT payments and settlement on Bitcoin through APIs and Lightning Network infrastructure.
Aleo — Privacy-focused Layer-1 blockchain enabling developers to build private and programmable applications using zero-knowledge technology.
Merkle Science Meet Singapore — Agenda
1:30 PM – 1:50 PM
Arrival & Networking
Light refreshments and informal networking.
1:50 PM – 2:00 PM
Welcome Remarks
Opening remarks from Mriganka Pattnaik, CEO & Co-Founder, Merkle Science, welcoming attendees to the Merkle Science Meet Singapore.
2:00 PM – 2:40 PM
MAS, MiCA & the Race to Set the Global Standard
Singapore and the EU are pursuing distinct but closely watched approaches to digital asset regulation, with both influencing how jurisdictions across APAC develop their own frameworks.
This panel will compare the MAS licensing regime with MiCA, explore how trading venues and exchanges are structuring their operations across both markets, and examine whether a global standard for crypto regulation is emerging — or whether regulatory fragmentation will remain the defining challenge.
Speakers:
Wee Siang Lee — Executive Director, Head of APAC Compliance, Paxos
Markus Franke — Head of Stablecoin, Celo
Delphine Forma
Grace Chong — Drew & Napier
Maggie Qiu — Head of APAC, Bitpanda Enterprise
Moderator: Alvin Wang — CEO, Rheo
2:40 PM – 2:55 PM
Merkle Science Technology Demo
A live demonstration showcasing how blockchain intelligence and analytics can support compliance, risk management and investigations.
2:55 PM – 3:35 PM
Stablecoins & Cross-Border Payments
Stablecoins are rapidly reshaping cross-border payments and financial infrastructure across APAC.
This panel will examine the regulatory and compliance considerations surrounding stablecoin adoption and digital payment infrastructure, while exploring how financial institutions, payment providers and digital asset companies are navigating an increasingly interconnected market.
Speakers:
Kelcent Tan — Legal & Regulatory Lead, Reap
Sophia Roman — Director of Partnerships, Aleo
Patrick Ngan — CEO, Alchemy Pay
Zack Yang — Co-Founder, FOMO Pay
Pei Ling — President, MetaComp
Tristan Wallaert — CEO, Request Network
Moderator: Donato Pio Gianera — Head of BD APAC
3:35 PM – 3:55 PM
Networking Break
3:55 PM – 4:35 PM
Real-World Asset Tokenization: Compliance at the Intersection of TradFi & Blockchain
Tokenized funds, bonds, real estate and private credit are moving from pilot programmes toward live issuance across Singapore, Hong Kong and Europe.
This panel will explore the compliance infrastructure required to support RWA tokenization at scale — from KYC and investor eligibility controls to secondary-market monitoring and cross-border regulatory coordination.
Speakers will share insights from live deployments and discuss the remaining challenges facing institutions as traditional financial assets move on-chain.
Speakers:
Ilya Brovin — CGO, Sumsub
Sheena Lim — CEO, 1exchange
Jenna Peterson — COO, Midnight Foundation
Arthur Breitman — Co-Founder, Tezos
Heslin Kim — Co-Founder & CBO, Zenith
Yan Ma — Executive Director, Spartan Group
Moderator: Mark Tang — VP, Client Solutions, Hydra X
4:35 PM – 4:50 PM
Merkle Science Technology Demo
A second opportunity to explore Merkle Science's blockchain intelligence and compliance technology through a live demonstration.
4:50 PM – 5:30 PM
AML, Sanctions & Crypto Crime in APAC
Southeast Asia has become a focal region for large-scale crypto fraud and financial crime, including pig-butchering scam networks, money mule operations and sanctions-exposed flows.
This panel brings together investigators, compliance professionals and industry experts to examine how illicit networks are evolving, how blockchain analytics can be used to trace and disrupt financial crime, and how cooperation between law enforcement and the private sector can strengthen the regional response.
Speakers:
Arnaud Wenger — General Counsel, Sakura Linkage Int
Jason Chan — Head of Government Relations APAC, Sumsub
Nick Woolliscroft — Trident
Mac Thiele — Head of Investigations & Law Enforcement Relations, KAST
Remi Gai — CEO, Inco
Summer Yu — Group CCO, Alpha Ladder Group
Moderator: David Suzuki — Founder & CEO, Kikutora Special Risks
5:30 PM onwards
Networking Reception
Continue the conversation during an exclusive networking reception, bringing together a select group of C-level executives and senior decision-makers from across the digital asset, financial services, compliance and technology ecosystems.