Institutions make crypto mainstream at TOKEN2049
CME’s crypto derivatives open interest peaked near $40 billion in September — more than double the year before — a headline figure at TOKEN2049 Singapore that signalled how deeply institutions are now embedded in digital assets. Alongside mainstream ETF approvals, sovereign treasuries and programmable stablecoins, the opening plenary highlighted how traditional and decentralised finance are binding together into hybrid financial systems.
The opening plenary sessions of TOKEN2049 Singapore 2025 underscored how products, regulation and infrastructure are converging TradFi and DeFi. In a panel exploring institutional adoption of digital assets, Richard Teng, CEO of Binance; Hunter Horsley, CEO and…
