Our guest for this METACO TALKS episode is Swen Werner, Managing Director and Global Product Manager at State Street Digital – a new division of State Street Bank focusing on digital assets and technologies including cryptocurrencies, central bank digital currency, blockchain, and tokenization.  Swen is responsible for designing new products, leveraging different emerging technologies, including distributed ledger technologies and engagement with industry partners to design industry-leading service and operating models.  Swen has been working in the financial services industry for over 15 years and has held senior roles in Europe, U.S. and Asia with JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank and Deutsche Boerse, focusing on product management for custody, clearing and collateral management.  He was selected by the Global Custodian magazine in December 2019 to be one of “30 names who will shape the future of securities services.”   In this episode, we discussed, among others:    -  The strategic imperative for asset administrators to have a digital asset service;     - The steps a traditional custodian must take to embrace the new world of digital assets;   - The demands of institutional clients from their custodians in the set up of digital asset systems;   - The gains for efficiency and markets from digital asset adoption.  Disclaimer: This is not investment advice.  --------- Subscribe to not miss out future events:  https://www.metaco.com/talks/ METACO TALKS Live conversations with the people operating at the frontier of crypto innovation: entrepreneurs, bankers, investors, fund administrators, traders, analysts and other crypto and digital asset market participants. Our objective is to help the broader ecosystem navigate this complex environment and unlock the market opportunity.  This show is hosted by METACO - the leading provider of security-critical infrastructure enabling financial institutions to enter the digital asset ecosystem.

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