Chief Business Officer
Gauntlet
Nicholas Cannon is the Chief Business Officer at Gauntlet, where he leads sales, marketing and commercial strategy. Before Gauntlet, Nick developed a multidisciplinary operating background across fintech and crypto. At Lively, a Y-Combinator-backed Fintech, he oversaw sales and success operations, taking the organization from Series A to Series C. His two prior crypto startups were Bloqboard, an early DeFi startup, where he led growth and operations and Coyn, a Series 65 crypto RIA, which he co-founded. Nick was formerly a professional high-stakes poker player for more than a decade.
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: