The Future of Collateral Management: Research from the Frontier of DLT-based Lending This will be the main topic of today's keynote by the Frankencoin Association's Director of Collateral Management @PaoloDiStef, who will be representing Frankencoin at the Collateral Management Forum, hosted by @Fleming_Finance at the Novotel Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands. A high-level introduction to decentralized finance, followed by a closer look at how collateral management works in blockchain-based lending protocols, and how these systems operate without traditional intermediaries. In addition, Paolo will present a comparison of how different blockchain-based lending protocols manage collateral risk, pricing, and liquidations. 12:10 PM CEST

Today at @money2020 USA 🎙️ How will hybrid DLT models and interoperability shape the future of finance? @GregoryLBell @hashgraph, Jason Emery @The_DTCC, Raquel Look @Deloitte and @GSaulsbery @bankingdive weigh in.

This junior security researcher just got paid for the first time 🔥 They found a single critical vulnerability in a Blockchain/DLT target, netting them a whopping $20k from just one finding. And with their first-ever bounty secured, they’ve officially landed on the @Immunefi leaderboard, sitting at #55# on the 90-day leaderboard. Not a bad way to start. Welcome to the leaderboard @mute1008 🚀

FM Speaker Highlight: @Iam_JohnCho CEO & Co-Founder of @ratiofx and Chief Stablecoin Officer at Kaia DLT Foundation, leading enterprise-grade stablecoin FX and settlement infrastructure across key Asian markets. With 18 years of experience bridging TradFi and Web3, he previously served as Director at Ground X — Kakao's blockchain subsidiary — and led global platform initiatives at LG Electronics. Really excited to have him joining us at FM26. FUTUREMODE 2026 📍 Taipei Expo Dome | Sep 4–6, 2026 🌐 🏟 Early Bird Till 7/1 Local - International -

Onchain credit is growing. But is access to financing growing with it? AFME’s latest DLT Capital Market Report puts the tokenized alternative fund market at $14.3bn as of 30 September, up from $11bn in 2025. Credit makes up ~$8bn of it. Businesses can have customers and receivables while struggling to secure financing. As our co-founder @ARafayGadit writes in his recent article on the next phase of onchain lending: “What is often missing is an efficient way for global capital to understand, price and finance those exposures.” Connecting those businesses with investors takes credit assessment, structuring and distribution. That’s the work we bring together through ZIG Markets. The opportunity is turning that scale into wider access: more investors able to participate and more businesses able to reach capital they can put to work.

Can banks trust AI agents with customer money? @Hashgraph CIO @gregorylbell highlighted the clear solution in @TheStreet: DLT. An immutable, on-chain audit trail is exactly what institutions and regulators need to understand the actions of agentic AI.

Security researchers on @Immunefi found 33 critical vulnerabilities in 30 days. Between Sept 25 and Oct 25, they found 33 critical bugs across the programs we run. ✦ 18 in smart contracts ✦ 9 in blockchain and DLT infrastructure ✦ 6 in websites and applications Critical means the worst category: the kind of bug that can lead to stolen funds, permanently frozen assets, or a network going down. Don’t wait until an attacker finds yours first.

UBS looks like it’s getting serious about commercializing tokenized products. The bank recently posted two digital asset roles in New York: • Product Manager ($225K-$242.5K base) to build and scale tokenized products, stablecoins, settlement rails and other DLT-based businesses across the investment bank. • Distribution Manager ($164K-$211K base) to get tokenized money market funds and structured products into the hands of customers through fintechs, neobanks, brokers and digital wealth platforms. The interesting part to me is that UBS isn’t just experimenting with putting financial products onchain but actually building out the distribution muscle to get them into customers’ hands.