Business Journalist and Author of "Out of the Ether"
Matthew Leising was one of the first mainstream journalists to understand the implications of blockchain technology for finance, culture and industry in general when he began covering it for Bloomberg News in 2015. After working for Bloomberg for 17 years, he co-founded Decential Media in 2021 to focus exclusively on telling the stories of the founders, builders and visionaries who are creating a new decentralized economy and Internet experience.
His expertise lies in Ethereum, where his sources include the people who invented and then built the world’s most-used blockchain. His 2020 book Out of the Ether is the definitive history of how the Ethereum blockchain was created.
Digital-asset lending and borrowing platforms are redefining how liquidity moves across financial markets. Once the domain of crypto natives, these platforms now sit at the intersection of traditional finance and decentralized infrastructure, enabling new models for collateral management, credit intermediation, and yield generation.
As institutional players explore tokenized collateral, stablecoin liquidity, and on-chain credit protocols, the opportunity—and the regulatory complexity—is expanding fast. The panel brings together experts from banking, asset management, and crypto to unpack the evolution of digital-asset lending. Panelists will provide a clear understanding of where digital-asset lending fits within modern credit markets and how traditional institutions can participate responsibly in this emerging ecosystem. Key discussion points include: