Talos Head of APAC Samar Sen Talks Institutional Crypto Adoption and Regional Expansion | Blockcast 52

Host Takatoshi Shibayama (ex-Copper, now Ledger APAC Head) chats with Samar Sen (APAC Head at Talos) about Talos's institutional-grade crypto trading infrastructure.
Sen details his transition from traditional finance (Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank) to Talos and explains how the firm provides SaaS solutions connecting clients to diverse liquidity sources with tools for execution, risk management, and connectivity, catering to buy-side and sell-side.

Samar discussed key characteristics of the APAC financial market, particularly its openness to fintech, digital payments, and crypto adoption, and shared his view on the evolving crypto regulatory landscape, with hopes for clearer guidelines in 2025, and the role of tokenization as a transformative force.

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Samar heads up the Talos business in APAC, delivering institutional-grade digital asset trading systems to customers on the buy-side and sell-side. Over his 20-year career, Sen has worked in a variety of product, strategy, and technology leadership roles at capital markets firms across the industry.

Prior to joining Talos, he served as the Global Head of Digital Products for Securities Services at Deutsche Bank, where he co-led the bank’s digital asset strategy and product delivery. In addition, he has held senior Asia-based roles at BNP Paribas, Barclays, and TradeHero after starting his career at Goldman Sachs in New York. Sen holds a degree in Computer Science from Northwestern University and an MBA from INSEAD.

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