At the recent Token2049 Singapore week, Synthesys, along with Franklin Templeton, GSR, Fidelity International, KPMG, and Drew & Napier LLC, hosted “The Path Forward: Tokenized Securities”. Darien, Co-founder and CEO at Synthesys, addressed the audience on the future of financial markets and how infrastructural innovation can set the stage for a new wave of transformation driven by asset tokenization.
A century ago, the world’s first mutual fund opened its door to everyday investors. Six decades later, ETFs (Exchange-traded funds) made diversification as easy as buying a single share. Each of these milestones expanded investor access and reshaped how capital flowed through global markets— a little more open, a little more fluid. But still relies on traditional financial market infrastructure today, which is defined by market silos, restricted trading hours, and geographical constraints.
Darien makes a clear emphasis that asset tokenization represents the next paradigm shift as analysts now project trillions of dollars in assets to migrate onto tokenized rails, enabling liquidity and composability that conventional systems cannot match.
To make that future possible, the financial system needs more than new assets. Synthesys builds precisely that, an infrastructural layer for the next generation of capital markets— a connective tissue between distribution, liquidity and custody designed to bridge silos and support seamless movement of tokenized assets across markets.
As the world moves toward wallet-based capital markets, Darien explained, new infrastructure will be critical for wider mass adoption of tokenized securities.
As financial systems evolve, infrastructure like Synthesys will be the bridge that transforms today’s fragmented markets into tomorrow’s unified digital economy.
Participants:
Giselle Lai, Associate Investment Director, Digital Assets, Fidelity International
Darien Poh, Co-Founder & CEO, Synthesys
Grace Chong, Head, Financial Services Regulation, Drew & Napier
CJ Fong, General Manager APAC, GSR
Matthew French, Global Lead Digital Assets, Franklin Templeton
Aymeric Salley, Director – Financial Service Advisor, KPMG
About Synthesys:
Synthesys aggregates global distribution channels and utility partners across digitally-native and traditional venues leveraging blockchain technology. This enhances efficiency, reduces costs, and opens the door to new investor opportunities – bringing new liquidity and use-cases into legacy capital markets.
Click the following link below for the entire panel discussion: https://youtu.be/RISNBrf_qVI?si=8AVsTL4XuBcI645p