Laser Digital

Laser Digital, part of the Nomura Group, is a crypto business redefining the frontier of digital finance for institutional investors.

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Laser Digital bridges the gap between institutional-grade finance & the innovative promise of DeFi ⚡️

We’re a crypto-native team, backed by @Nomura, Japan’s largest investment bank. This combination offers unparalleled credibility with a superior counterparty risk profile.

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@ZIGFinance has launched the zEMS vault, the first product from our strategic partnership, with Laser Digital as Risk Framework Advisor.

Diversified Saudi SME private credit for eligible institutional investors, tokenised through @KAIO_xyz on @BNBCHAIN. Laser Digital supports the design of the risk governance framework and provides tokenisation advisory.

No guaranteed returns: credit risk stays with the underlying SME borrowers.

https://t.co/FwCBK3yCWV

Professional and institutional investors only. Capital at risk. https://t.co/kgNbICFlww

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More from the Frontier Capital Summit at Nomura, One Angel Lane, London.

In his CEO's Address, Dr Jez Mohideen (@Jez_Laser) set out what waiting costs as 20-30% of new funds move onchain over the next five years:
- Auditing the code is not auditing the credit.
- Delegating to a curator does not delegate accountability.
- Build now and own the operating network, or wait and rent it.

Former @CFTC Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo (@giancarloMKTS) joined by video.

Afternoon panels with @KAIO_xyz, @paretocredit, @twinstake_io, @CIG_Crypto, @veda_labs, @SPGlobalRatings, @sygnumofficial, @Valos_io, Maples Group and Simmons & Simmons.

https://t.co/Y2cNL61Z7u

Professional and institutional investors only. Capital at risk. https://t.co/kgNbICFlww

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A question from the floor in Session 1 of the Frontier Capital Summit, London:

"How long did it take you, as a regulated firm, to bring your assets on-chain from an internal governance standpoint?"

Delegates put their questions to the panel from their phones. https://t.co/muxSBc4Syo

Professional and institutional investors only. Capital at risk. https://t.co/kgNbICFlww

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From the room at the Frontier Capital Summit in London.

Steve Ashley and Dr Jez Mohideen (@Jez_Laser) opened the programme.

Session 1, vault curation and distribution, moderated by @adamduritza:
Milko Pavlov, Houlihan Lokey
David Vatchev, @FasanaraCapital
Abdul Rafay Gadit (@ARafayGadit), @ZIGFinance

Session 2, vault strategies and liquidity, moderated by Alex McFarlane (@flipdazed), @KeyringNetwork:
Darren Camas (@DarrenCamas), @ipor_io
Alexandra Kugusheva (@kugusha), @Morpho
Ethan Luc (@consensus128), @upshift_fi
Anthony Fernandez, @kamino

Next: proof of reserve, then regulation. https://t.co/0cjd0d8sRG

Professional and institutional investors only. Capital at risk. https://t.co/kgNbICFlww

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The Frontier Capital Summit is now in session at One Angel Lane, London. Five sessions on onchain asset management, vault curation to regulation. https://t.co/kfOk8FKdmf

Professional and institutional investors only. Capital at risk. https://t.co/e5P4Q09obS

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Today at One Angel Lane, London: the Frontier Capital Summit, from 12:30 GMT. Five sessions on onchain asset management - https://t.co/6alJ0nV2EE

Professional and institutional investors only. Capital at risk. https://t.co/e5P4Q09W1q

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The full speaker line-up for the Frontier Capital Summit on 9 November: five sessions on onchain asset management, from vault curation to regulation. https://t.co/zDqQtxMScm

Professional and institutional investors only. Capital at risk. https://t.co/e5P4Q09obS

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From pilots to plumbing: new policy research from the Laser Digital Asset Management team, led by Andrea Vianelli, on what tokenised markets need to scale. https://t.co/Dr4qkRyuTp

Professional and institutional investors only. Capital at risk. https://t.co/e5P4Q09obS

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Market Colour | Week of 2 November

BTC was under pressure all week as the Binance hack added to the selling. Our Derivatives Trading Desk covers the Fed, the midterms and the election premium starting to come out of the front end.

Full commentary: https://t.co/TqT5zgc5sr

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Speaking at the closing fireside of the Frontier Capital Summit on 9 November: Purvi R Maniar, Harjit Kaur and Sarah Crabb, with Professor Marco Dell’Erba moderating. https://t.co/vuKR1Et1oz

Professional and institutional investors only. Capital at risk. https://t.co/e5P4Q09obS

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Speaking at session four of the Frontier Capital Summit on 9 November:

Alexandra Wang, Ant Digital Technologies (@AntChain)
Sun Raghupathi (@sunandr_), @veda_labs
Andrew O’Neill, @SPGlobalRatings
Matthias Friedli, @sygnumofficial
Henri Nieminen (@Henri_Nieminen), @Valos_io

Moderated by Andy Martinez (@havmartinez), @CIG_Crypto. https://t.co/yN7aprCdkh

Professional and institutional investors only. Capital at risk. https://t.co/kgNbICFlww

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Curators of multi-strategy vaults act as investment managers. In @CIG_Crypto's 4Q26 Outlook, Andrea Vianelli lists 15 criteria for vaults institutions can underwrite.

https://t.co/OVeZtukpjP

Professional and institutional investors only. Capital at risk. https://t.co/kgNbICFlww

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Speaking at session three of the Frontier Capital Summit on 9 November:

Dr Pinku Surana (@PinkuSurana), @KAIO_xyz
Matteo Pandolfi (@pan_teo_), @paretocredit
Andrew Gibb, @twinstake_io

Moderated by Serena Wadsworth, Laser Digital. https://t.co/7M79GZ6jWh

Professional and institutional investors only. Capital at risk. https://t.co/kgNbICFlww

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Speaking at session two of the Frontier Capital Summit on 9 November:

Darren Camas (@DarrenCamas), @ipor_io
Alexandra Kugusheva (@kugusha), @Morpho
Ethan Luc (@consensus128), @upshift_fi
Anthony Fernandez, @kamino

Moderated by Alex McFarlane (@flipdazed), @KeyringNetwork. https://t.co/xEf2QhfhEw

Professional and institutional investors only. Capital at risk. https://t.co/kgNbICFlww

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Speaking at session one of the Frontier Capital Summit on 9 November:

Milko Pavlov, Houlihan Lokey
David Vatchev, @FasanaraCapital
Rainer Kobler, @hamilton_lane
Abdul Rafay Gadit (@ARafayGadit), @ZIGFinance

Moderated by Adam Duritza (@adamduritza). https://t.co/lIbpbAKGXh

Professional and institutional investors only. Capital at risk. https://t.co/kgNbICFlww

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Market Colour | Week of 26 October

BTC and ETH are holding reasonably well, with the Fed and a heavy week of tech earnings ahead. Our Derivatives Trading Desk covers ETF flows and where the vol premium sits into election week.

Full commentary: https://t.co/UmpjVtQSLV

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Laser Focus: Issue 35 is now live.

The story we would single out is digital vaults. Lending vault deposits grew ~6.7x in two years to around $10B, and S&P Global Ratings (@SPGlobalRatings) has launched a Vault Risk Assessment.

Also in the issue: regulation, real-world asset perpetuals, Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana's Alpenglow upgrade.

Read Issue 35 in full: https://t.co/0hEvv864gX

Professional and institutional investors only. Capital at risk. https://t.co/kgNbICFlww

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Which rules already apply to vaults, and where is the uncertainty real? The closing fireside at the Frontier Capital Summit, 15:30 GMT, 9 November. https://t.co/6alJ0nUuP6

Professional and institutional investors only. Capital at risk. https://t.co/e5P4Q09obS

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Who governs the vault? Our COO Asset Management Andrea Vianelli at @TheBigWhale_'s Future of Finance, on why discretionary vault curation should be regulated. https://t.co/jPXHDzc9XS

Professional and institutional investors only. Capital at risk. https://t.co/e5P4Q09obS

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Market Colour | Week of 19 October

BTC and ETH continue to hold up reasonably well despite the broader risk-off backdrop. Our Derivatives Trading Desk covers Strategy's potential MSCI exclusion, AI financing stress, the Fed and vol.

Full commentary: https://t.co/Ztf11hVBYm