Ekaterina Daminova is part of the business development team at Gemini, one of the top companies within the digital asset space. In her role, Daminova focuses on developing partnerships and servicing institutions. She has a broad client base that includes digital asset managers, crypto funds, hedge funds, market makers, fintech businesses and more.
Before working at Gemini, Daminova was head of product at Copper.co, a custody and prime brokerage for digital assets.
In this week’s episode of Opto Sessions, Daminova explains Gemini’s offering and how decentralised finance has the potential to change financial services as we know it.
Listen to the interview:
For Daminova, this year is important for institutional adoption of digital assets. More and more institutions, she suggests, are considering it as an asset class.
“I would say that crypto and digital assets are essentially some form of an alternative investment, which would represent an asset class, similar to say venture capital,” Daminova tells Opto Sessions.
Daminova thinks that a lot of the new projects related to blockchain offer opportunities as investing in tokens can offer returns not correlated to the traditional markets.
“I would say that crypto and digital assets are essentially some form of an alternative investment, which would represent an asset class, similar to say venture capital”
“You are involved in the growth of some very exciting tech projects,” Daminova states. “I think that now more and more institutions understand this concept, and there is more institutional adoption happening,” she considers.
Furthermore, Daminova explains that these types of investments are also becoming available to retail investors and democratising investing. “Normally, the barriers to entry into venture capital [are] very, very high, so retail has always been locked out of investing in exciting projects like that,” Daminova explains, suggesting that this is democratising the way investors can gain access to these types of investments.
“Normally, the barriers to entry into venture capital [are] very, very high, so retail has always been locked out of investing in exciting projects like that”
To hear more on why Daminova thinks that decentralised finance could disrupt the finance space, listen to the full episode on Opto Sessions.
Listen to the full interview and explore our past episodes on Opto Sessions.
Disclaimer Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results.
CMC Markets is an execution-only service provider. The material (whether or not it states any opinions) is for general information purposes only, and does not take into account your personal circumstances or objectives. Nothing in this material is (or should be considered to be) financial, investment or other advice on which reliance should be placed. No opinion given in the material constitutes a recommendation by CMC Markets or the author that any particular investment, security, transaction or investment strategy is suitable for any specific person.
The material has not been prepared in accordance with legal requirements designed to promote the independence of investment research. Although we are not specifically prevented from dealing before providing this material, we do not seek to take advantage of the material prior to its dissemination.
CMC Markets does not endorse or offer opinion on the trading strategies used by the author. Their trading strategies do not guarantee any return and CMC Markets shall not be held responsible for any loss that you may incur, either directly or indirectly, arising from any investment based on any information contained herein.
*Tax treatment depends on individual circumstances and can change or may differ in a jurisdiction other than the UK.
Continue reading for FREE
- Includes free newsletter updates, unsubscribe anytime. Privacy policy
