31 January 2025
Ian Simpson | 2 min read
In St. Moritz during the Crypto Finance Conference, RULEMATCH Spot On and host Ian Simpson spoke to a select number of speakers and attendees about ongoing developments in the institutional crypto and digital assets industry – as well as outlooks for 2025.
Amar Kuchinad (Global CEO – Copper)
Amar Kuchinad, Global CEO of Copper shared his experience in crossing over from traditional finance to crypto finance – including what unique experience he is bringing to one of the industry’s leading crypto custody and collateral management providers.
Thomas Restout (Group CEO – B2C2)
B2C2’s Group CEO Thomas Restout talked with Ian Simpson about global liquidity in crypto markets, developments in 2025 and the activities of global hedge funds and trading firms in the digital asset space – including the role and effect of HFT firms on liquidity in the industry.
David Newns (Head SIX Digital Exchange)
David Newns of SIX Digital Exchange explained important custody and collateral management are for digital asset markets – especially for trading. And why RULEMATCH and SDX are a perfect match to combine trading and custody services of the highest order. He also commented on the potential changes in US crypto policy – and why things may or may not move as fast as some people think.
Dr. Joachim Schwerin (Principal Economist, European Commission)
As MiCA regulations roll out in the European Union, European Commission Principal Economist Dr. Joachim Schwerin discussed reactions to the regulation, potential global competition from other jurisdictions – plus the future of “public vs private” money, including stablecoins.
Eric Saraniecki (Co-founder/Head Network Strategy – Digital Asset)
Digital Asset Co-founder and Head of Network Strategy Eric Saraniecki sat down with Ian Simpson in St Moritz to discuss the current state of institutional adoption in crypto, the (continued) rise of stablecoins, the need for privacy in crypto finance and where tokenization will go…eventually.
Simone Maini (CEO, Elliptic)
From the UK to Switzerland and all around, Ellipitic CEO Simone Maini shared her thoughts on where the institutional crypto market is going, what role compliance and regulation has to play – and why the industry cannot “mess up” its big moment.
Michael Rossman (Radix Trading)
Michael Rossman of Radix Trading talked about the state of the crypto and digital asset market developments and the big picture for markets on the macro level – including what lessons from TradFi can influence how “good markets” form in the nascent digital asset and crypto industry.