Martin Watkins is CEO of Montis Group, which is building a blockchain-native central securities depository — the settlement and issuance layer that makes tokenized assets work as real financial products.
With 30 years inside Euroclear, AtosEuronext and EY, Martin chose to build the infrastructure the market was missing rather than keep advising on the existing system. We get into what a digital CSD unlocks for collateral mobility, why the ECB's DLT eligibility confirmation matters, and what Luxembourg's Blockchain Law IV could mean for Ireland's €5 trillion funds industry.
Find Martin at info@montis.digital or visit montis.digital
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CHAPTERS
00:00 The doom loop that tokenization solves
00:27 Introduction
01:13 Martin Watkins welcome
01:18 30 years inside the plumbing of capital markets
03:50 What a blockchain-native CSD does differently
05:48 The Friday afternoon collateral problem
06:22 The 24/7 problem in tokenized funds
07:46 The Irish question: settlement finality and €5 trillion in fund assets
09:27 Legal certainty, portfolio managers and the velocity of capital
10:39 Why the market infrastructure isn't there yet — but nearly is
11:20 How to reach Martin and Montis
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