From 1995 to Onchain: How Finance Gets Better
The Big Whale is the leading Market Intelligence provider on Digital Assets, serving 150+ institutional & corporate clients across banks, asset managers, fintechs and digital asset companies.
Join The Big Whale, 21x, Franklin Templeton, the Ethereum Foundation and leading voices from the onchain infrastructure space for an exclusive breakfast in London.
T+2 settlement. Manual reconciliation. Siloed ledgers. Correspondent banking chains that take days. The core plumbing of global finance was built decades ago.
Onchain infrastructure is no longer a theoretical fix. Programmable settlement, tokenized assets, and blockchain rails are being deployed today by institutions that can no longer afford to wait.
The real challenge is deciding which layer gets rebuilt first, and who controls the new rails.
The question is how institutions like Franklin Templeton move from tokenized asset pilots to production at scale, how infrastructure providers like 21x build the trading and settlement venues that capital markets actually need, and what role open blockchain infrastructure, exemplified by Ethereum, plays in underpinning it all.
☕️🤝 08:30 - Welcome coffee & croissants
🎙️ 09:05 - From 1995 to Onchain: How Finance Gets Better
Marek Socha, MD Global Markets at 21x
Rafael Mastroberardino, Digital Assets at Franklin Templeton
Matthew Dawson, Enterprise Lead at the Ethereum Foundation
Raphaël Bloch, Cofounder & CEO at The Big Whale
🤝☕️ 09:50 - Final remarks & networking session
Seats are limited to foster deep, honest discussions and high-quality networking. Priority access will be given to Corporate subscribers.
🔴 Important: doors close at 9:00 AM. It will not be possible to join breakfast after that time.