Alex Nwaka sits with Dan Doney, Managing Director and CTO at DTCC Digital Assets, for a rare and in-depth conversation. With a career spanning the U.S. Navy, the Defense Intelligence Agency, founding the pioneering blockchain company Securrency, and now driving innovation at DTCC, Dan brings a uniquely far-reaching perspective to the future of digital finance. Alex and Dan dive into DTCC’s critical role in modern capital markets, why blockchain is both an opportunity and a necessity for institutional finance, and how global financial systems are converging towards tokenization and institutional DeFi. From commanding nuclear submarines to architecting the next era of market infrastructure, Dan is a one-of-a-kind expert in the blockchain space.

Dan Doney is the Managing Director and CTO of DTCC Digital Assets, the firm’s institutional-grade, digital asset infrastructure and products. Prior to DTCC, Dan founded Securrency and served as the first Chief Innovation Officer at the Defense Intelligence Agency. A former U.S. Navy nuclear submarine officer, Dan brings decades of experience at the intersection of blockchain, security, and financial infrastructure.

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