, the global digital assets prime brokerage firm, and Global Digital Finance (GDF), a leading industry association advocating and accelerating the adoption of digital assets, announced a deepening of their strategic partnership that includes the launch of an industry group formed with the goal of bringing credibility and integrity to Decentralised Finance (DeFi) projects around the globe.
Co-chaired by Denis Vinokourov, head of research at Bequant, and John Salmon, Head of Blockchain Practice at global law firm Hogan Lovells, this DeFi working group is being formed with the goal of gathering together industry leaders to collaborate in efforts to create the uniform standards and regulatory framework needed to spur mass adoption and move the industry forward from being used largely as a speculative asset to one with mass appeal for consumers and institutions alike.
“There are many DeFi projects that have the potential to upend the traditional financial system that get lost in the news of projects going boom and bust within a span of weeks,” said Vinokourov. “We aim to create uniform standards that help mature the industry and make it more appealing to a wider audience.”
A virtual conference was jointly held November 18 by GDF and Hogan Lovells to dive deeper into this topic. Participants included Salmon; George Zarya, CEO at Bequant; Jake Stott, founding partner at dGen and Tim Grant, head of business at SIX Digital Exchange (SDX). More info about this event can be found here.
“Working with both industry leaders and regulators to create regulations that effectively oversee our industry while also encouraging entrepreneurship is key to fostering growth in DeFi,” said Lawrence Wintermeyer, executive co-chair of GDF. “By working together with Hogan Lovells, Bequant and our other members, I am confident we will make a positive difference for the good actors in the space.”
Bequant and GDF will also work together on a number of strategic initiatives aimed at further adoption of digital assets in both the retail and institutional sectors, along with supporting each other’s marketing and content strategies.
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GDF is the leading global membership association advocating and accelerating the adoption of best practices for crypto and digital assets, through the development of conduct standards, in a shared engagement forum with market participants, policymakers and regulators.
Our members are industry experts, business leaders, and technologists, committed to championing the new era of digital commerce.
Global Digital Finance endeavours to drive efficient, fair and transparent crypto asset markets by building a knowledge base and best practice for “truly digital” finance and the benefits tokens can bring all market participants. We promote an inclusive vision in which crypto assets and token markets can evolve and grow to complement traditional financial services.
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