Episode 2 - Where Blockchain meets TradFi

Sean Kiernan interviews Digital assets lawyer Charles Kerrigan on what is blockchain for, how traditional finance is digitising and where the technology is really being used today's market.🎧Link to our other podcasts: https://www.greengage.co/podcasts ABOUT CHARLES KERRIGANCharles Kerrigan is a partner in the Banking & International Finance Team at CMS London. Charles acts on finance and technology (fintech) transactions and projects. He acts for fintechs, funds, technology companies, governments, trade bodies and corporations.HIGHLIGHTS▶ An in-depth look at NFTs from a legal point of view▶ Security issuance will be fully digitalized soon▶ We need more crypto lawyersTO GO FURTHERVisit https://cms.law/en/gbr/people/charles-kerrigan TIMESTAMPS00:00:00 Intro00:01:23 The intersection of financial services and crypto00:04:09 Building a digital-asset-focused practice00:09:40 Different mindsets in Defi and Tradfi?00:16:24 Does the blockchain offers new ways of raising money outside the world of securities?00:23:44 Digitalization of security issuance00:24:32 The case of NFTs00:36:51 Why we need more crypto lawyers