In "Let's talk Institutional Crypto'", podcast host Deborah Tan-Pink gets into the heart of institutional crypto with Samar Sen, Head of Asia-Pacific at Talos and Nicholas Foo, SVP of Trading at Sygnum Singapore.

Episode Highlights:

🔹 Beyond the investment thesis, are there certain aspects of crypto that most people aren't seeing or developing an appreciation for?

🔹 What are some of the major institutions doing in crypto? What does it mean for investors on both sides of the fence?

🔹 How are institutions getting more involved in the crypto space?

🔹 Quick-fire questions

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Join us in this episode as we dive deep into the world of restaking with Freddie Allen from Eigen Labs and Lucas Schweiger from Sygnum. We explore the fundamental mechanics of restaking, its benefits for validators and delegators, and how restaking affects network security and decentralization. Questions we cover include:

1. Can you walk us through the basic mechanics of how restaking works?
2. What are the primary benefits of restaking for both validators and delegators?
3. How does restaking impact the security and decentralization of a network?
4. In what scenarios does restaking provide the most value to participants?
5. What are the main risks associated with restaking, and how can they be mitigated?
6. How does restaking compare to other incentive mechanisms, like yield farming or liquidity mining?
7. How do you see the role of restaking evolving as the blockchain ecosystem matures?
8. What other new innovations in the space are you excited about?

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In the 4th podcast episode of Sygnum’s The Crypto Explorer, we look at the pressing issue of Ethereum’s scalability and explore the challenges and critical role of Layer 2 solutions.

Ryan De Souza from Offchain Labs and Rico Müller, Head of VC at Sygnum, discuss the current Layer 2 landscape and the dominance of Arbitrum with podcast host Aliya das Gupta.

Episode highlights:

🔹 The current state of Ethereum’s scalability challenges and why Layer 2 solutions are essential
🔹 Areas where Arbitrum is leading and why it stands out
🔹 Promising Layer 2 projects and what sets them apart in terms of innovation and adoption
🔹 How to approach fragmentation across Layer 1 and Layer 2 solutions
🔹 Addressing concerns around the security and centralisation of Layer 2 solutions
🔹 The role of Ethereum’s upcoming upgrades like ETH 2.0 in supporting Layer 2
🔹 Arbitrum’s roadmap and key trends for the future of the Layer 2 ecosystem

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In "What it Means for a Market to be 'Crypto-Ready'", podcast host Deborah Tan-Pink quizzes Sim Yew Ng, Head of Wealth and Investment Solutions at Azimut and Benedict Yap, SVP of Asset Management at Sygnum Singapore, about the conditions and considerations required for a market to be "crypto-ready".

It has been more than 10 years since crypto entered the consciousness of the Singapore public and today, it remains a much-discussed issue whether investors here are ready to participate in the ecosystem.

Episode Highlights:

🔹 How has the crypto landscape in Singapore evolved since the introduction of crypto here?

🔹 Why certain segments continue to think the market is not ready for crypto

🔹 What does it mean for a market to be "crypto-ready"

🔹 Discussing the synergies between institutional adoption and retail participation

🔹 Are there any gaps in market that need to be addressed

🔹 Famous last words?

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In "State of Crypto: The View from APAC", podcast host Deborah Tan-Pink joins Sean Lawrence, Head of APAC at Kaiko and Jason French, Head of Clients at Sygnum Singapore, in dissecting the state of crypto in the region and understanding the focus and concerns institutional investors have in their strategies for the markets here.

Prepare yourself for an energetic and engaging conversation, packed with light-hearted but valuable takes of crypto in the highly agile but heterogenous market that is the Asia-Pacific.

Episode Highlights:

🔹 Sentiments towards crypto in the APAC region

🔹 Which are the markets in APAC to watch and why

🔹 What about Singapore?

🔹 Kaiko sharing some interesting data about crypto in APAC

🔹 Sygnum on the considerations institutional investors are carrying into their strategies

🔹 How is this current bull cycle different from the bull cycles before

🔹 Famous last words?

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Back from hiatus! Season 2 of The Crypto Explorer kicks off with Mihai Grigore - Director of Research at Messari and Katalin Tischhauser, Head of Research at Sygnum Bank. Together, they give us a State of the (crypto) Nation, examining key market trends and what to look out for in the year ahead. The questions include:

1. What are the most significant trends in the crypto market today?
2. How have recent regulatory changes impacted the crypto landscape, especially with the launch of the ETFs?
3. What role do you see for DeFi in the future of finance?
4. What emerging technologies are you most excited about in the blockchain space?
5. What is your view on the layer 1 proliferation – where do we go from here?
6. What do think of the new generation of high-yield algorithmic stable coins?

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Stable coins continue to play a powerful role in the crypto sphere, so it was helpful to sit down with Teana Baker Taylor (Circle /USDC) and Thomas Eichenberger (CPO , Sygnum) to learn more about the growth in the space, addressing questions like:

1. Is deriving stability from the tradfi markets the best way for the crypto ecosystem to evolve?
2. How can players address issues around the stable coin market - e.g. transparency on backing assets?
3. With the entry of new big Web2 market players, how does this evolve? Will we see co-existence or do you see a winner take all scenario?

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In this episode, join us Dominic Williams (ICP) and Walter Strametz (CTO Sygnum) dive deep into the fascinating fusion of AI and Blockchain technologies. They explore the impactful use cases that distinguish them from classic blockchain applications, digging into the key intersections where AI and Blockchain converge, offering end users groundbreaking solutions. we look at questions like:
1. AI seems to be the hottest buzzword in tech - What sort of use cases do think have strong impact and how do they differ from classic blockchain use cases?
2. Where do you see the strongest intersection with AI and Blockchain? What are the key points of convergence between these two technologies in applications for end users?
3. Perhaps a steps further than pure use-cases – De-AI, or Decentralized AI is also catching headlines, why is this interesting to explore and what benefits does it offer it users?
4. Blockchain's smart contracts enable automated and trustless transactions. How can AI leverage smart contracts to automate processes, and what are the implications for different industries?
5. There are also suggestions around improving AI Data Security using blockchain, where do you see this being applicable?
6. What are some interesting applications listeners can already engage with, that are leveraging both technologies? How are these apps superior to their web 2 / non AI counterparts?

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