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Tokenized stocks trading 24/7 alongside crypto on one app. One European bank planning on-chain equity infrastructure by year-end. A "financial supermarket" where every asset class converges. This isn't a forecast from a think tank — it's what Vlad Maltsev, Deputy CCO at WhiteBIT, is hearing from the banks themselves.
Vlad Maltsev joins Alex Richardson at Paris Blockchain Week to unpack tokenization timelines, MiCA's real-world impact on European banks, WhiteBIT's upcoming US expansion, and why compliance is still the only door that matters for institutional adoption.
In this interview:
- Why compliance is the gateway for every institutional entrant
- How MiCA is pulling German and Dutch banks into crypto licensing
- The "financial supermarket" thesis — one app, every asset class
- Why tokenized equity could settle in seconds instead of days
- WhiteBIT's MiCA status and US expansion timeline
- What could dominate crypto narratives a year from now
Filmed at Paris Blockchain Week
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Host: Alex Richardson
Chapters:
00:19 - Welcome and Guest Introduction
00:35 - Conference Overview
01:04 - Institutional Adoption in Crypto
01:49 - WhiteBit's Ecosystem
02:30 - Sponsorships and Partnerships
03:53 - Institutional Adoption Insights
05:05 - WhiteBit's Market Focus
06:12 - Stablecoins and Tokenization
08:06 - Future of Financial Platforms
09:07 - Crypto Trading Cup
10:10 - Trading Strategies
10:59 - WhiteBit's Future Projects
12:17 - Future Use Cases in Crypto