Banks Are Racing to Tokenize European Equity — WhiteBIT's Vlad Maltsev on the "Financial Supermarket" Era

Banks Are Racing to Tokenize European Equity — WhiteBIT's Vlad Maltsev on the "Financial Supermarket" Era

Author: Bitcoin.com April 23, 2026 Duration: 13:19

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

Bitcoin.com News: https://x.com/BitcoinNews

WhiteBIT: https://whitebit.com

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


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