Trends in institutional adoption of digital assets
As the crypto world continues to break barriers and with the recent shift in public company interest, how will the institutional digital asset landscape evolve in 2021 and in the years to come?
- Macro backdrop: Monetary policy, devaluation of fiat currencies,
- The role of crypto on an institutional balance sheet
- Recent shift in public company interest
- Performance and investment characteristics
- Avenues to access: How can institutions gain exposure to digital assets
Event Recording
BlockFi - "Trends in Institutional Adoption of Digital Assets" by David Olsson and Bryan Bodner
Speaker
David Olsson
- Title
- VP & Head of Institutional Distribution @
- Company
- BlockFi
- Role
- Speaker
David Olsson is Vice President and Head of Institutional Distribution at BlockFI. He started his career in proprietary trading firm and a hedge fund, Caxton, and later moved to Merrill Lynch where he spent time in New York and London and was responsible for a structured financing and structured products desk. In London he built a team from the ground up, and launched several businesses including a managed account platform for fund-linked derivatives. He then moved to Credit Suisse, where he also led a team in Equity Derivatives, and then was asked to spearhead an effort focussing on sophisticated UHNW clients in its Private Banking unit before taking up his role at BlockFi. He graduated from Duke University with a BA in Philosophy, and Columbia University with an MBA.
About
BlockFi
Bridging the gap between the worlds of traditional finance and digital assets, BlockFi Global Digital Markets provides lending and borrowing of cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and U.S. dollars, powered by our retail cryptocurrency balances. We can customize our lending products for each client’s specific business strategy, and are constantly evolving our services to address any future needs that might arise. BlockFi is backed by leading institutional investors and operates with a focus on compliance with the laws and regulations in the jurisdictions in which we provide services.