Crypto Reporter
The Information
Yueqi Yang is a crypto reporter at The Information, covering exchanges, stablecoins and crypto banking. She previously worked at Bloomberg News, where she covered crypto exchanges and the intersection of digital assets and finance. A native of Shenzhen, China, she studied finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and business journalism at New York University.
As digital assets move from the fringe into institutional portfolios and market infrastructure, custody has emerged as the critical control point in the value chain. For traditional financial institutions, digital asset custody is no longer a niche offering—it is the foundation that determines who owns client relationships, who controls risk, and who participates in the next phase of tokenized markets.
This panel will explore the biggest opportunities and unresolved issues facing TradFi executives as they evaluate digital asset custody strategies. Panelists will discuss how custody underpins trading, settlement, tokenization, and payments; where banks have a natural advantage—and where they face new forms of operational and regulatory risk; and what decisions leadership teams must make in the next 12–24 months to preserve relevance and optionality. The conversation will focus on strategic choices, governance, economics, and execution realities, equipping executives with a framework to assess whether—and how—to engage, including: