TradFi and DeFi come together — Davos 2023

TradFi and DeFi come together — Davos 2023
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The episode is available on spotify as well.. These are the great themes seen by the cointelegraph team as they covered the action during a busy week at davos, Switzerland. In a late-night recording session, the team recapped everything readers need to know about the week for the new Decentralize With Cointelegraph podcast.

During a night-time recording session, the team summed up everything readers need to know about the week for the new podcast Decentralizing with Cointelegraph. She also highlighted the on-going synergies between traditional finance and decentralized finance, or challenge, that were evident from the myriad of events taking place in the crypto industry. Cointelegraph journalist gareth jenkinson was commissioned to cover these crypto meetings, which took place in a number of renovated shops for events at the bottom of the central davos promenade.

Engage with a number of industry insiders and exchange attendees, Jenkinson noted that cross-pollination is taking place between sectors, while a handful of crypto participants were involved in conversations within the WEF.

From jpmorgan chase chief executive jamie dimon's renewed scepticismism towards bitcoin () to the cointelegraph team almost getting stranded due to frozen diesel in their gas tank, davos 2023 turned out to be a fun and educative trip.

Davos was for a long time the spiritual focus of the World Economic Forum.

While crypto proponents mixed with TradFi members and curious visitors from both public and private institutions on the promenade, just a handful of crypto-related institutions took part in workshops inside the WEF.

Cointelegraph editor-in-chief Kristina Lucrezia Corner (right) on stage with Rhett Power (left), Forbes columnist, hosting Webit Founders Games in Davos during WEF 2023. There appeared to be general agreement that crypto and blockchain space was increasingly being discussed at the WEF, with an increase in industry workshops and discussions as of May 2022.

Cointelegraph spoke with representatives from Circle and Ripple, who gave an inside view into the WEF’s changing perception toward the sector, while the heads of metaverse platforms While crypto developers blended with TradFi members and curious visitors of both public and private institutions on the boardwalk, Kristina Lucrezia Corner (right) and Rhett Power (left), Forbes columnist, Webit Founders Games hosting in Davos at WEF 2023.

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The Sandbox and Upland also addressed the various perceptions within and outside the WEF.

Cointelegraph reporter Gareth Jenkinson (right) with Brooks Entwistle (left), APAC managing director at Ripple. Source: Cointelegraph

Cointelegraph journalist Gareth Jenkinson (right) with Brooks Entwistle (left), APAC's Ripple general manager. Source: Cointelegraph

To hear Corner and Jenkinson reflect on changing perceptions and increased conversations between the old guard of traditional finance and the innovative cryptocurrency and blockchain ecosystem, listen to the first episode of Decentralize With Cointelegraph on Cointelegraph’s newly launched podcasts page — and be sure to check out the additional lineup of new shows. The episode is also available on Spotify.