Few topics divide the financial world as sharply as crypto. To some, it’s the dawn of a new monetary era — faster, fairer, and freer. To others, it’s a bubble built on hype and speculation.This session cuts through the noise. We’ll trace crypto’s journey from its anarchic origins to its current place in global finance.

We’ll ask hard questions: How it really works? Is blockchain truly an innovation for payments and securities settlement? Are tokens and stablecoins real assets or just digital mirages? What about the digital Sterling, Euro and Dollar?

Whether you’re an investor, a sceptic, or simply crypto-curious, this event will help you navigate the promises and pitfalls of a technology that refuses to be ignored.

About the Speaker

Raymond Sabbah

Raymond Sabbah is a Partner at Bourse Consult LLP, a London-based capital markets advisory firm.

He brings extensive international experience advising central banks, governments, and regulators across Europe, Africa, Asia, and South America on capital market development, trading systems, and settlement infrastructures. Recognised as one of the world’s leading experts on government bond market infrastructure, Raymond has worked with the World Bank, the IMF, the EBRD, and other multilateral institutions. He is also co-author of a landmark European Commission study on consolidation and fragmentation in trading and post trading infrastructures in Europe.

Raymond has a PPE degree from Sc. Po. Paris. He is married with three adult children. They moved to London in 2011.