Chair and CEO
Vast Holdings Inc.
Linda Jenkinson is a pioneering entrepreneur and board director; she was the first woman founder and CEO to list a company on the NASDAQ. She’s built and led multiple global businesses, chaired public company boards, and currently serves as Chair of three ASX-listed companies. She’s also the founder of LevelUp, a program that helps growth-stage founders scale their companies with confidence and vision. Linda combines deep experience in fintech, logistics, and strategy, and she’s passionate about mentoring the next generation of leaders. Linda holds an MBA from Wharton and is a Chartered Accountant.
As the digital-asset ecosystem matures, banks are exploring how to bring the trust and stability of traditional deposits onto new digital rails. Tokenized deposits—bank-issued, blockchain-based representations of fiat money—could redefine payments, liquidity, and market infrastructure. This session brings together leading voices from the banking and crypto worlds to examine how tokenized deposits can bridge TradFi and DeFi, enabling 24/7 settlement, programmable payments, and more efficient markets—without compromising on compliance or safety. Among the things the panel will discuss: