Episode 21: Cryptoasset Insurance - What Professional Investors Need to Know

Episode 21: Cryptoasset Insurance – What Professional Investors Need to Know

In discussion with Engine member:

Fintech Speakers

Benjamin Whitby

VP of Strategic Partnerships and Regulatory Affairs

Igor Tesinsky

Co-founder, CFO & CTO

Igor is a technology enthusiast and a senior research analyst who spent the last 15 years working on the sell side and buy side in corporate lending and fixed income investment management. Igor has a master degree in Finance from London Business School and a postgraduate degree in Business from the University of Economics.

Mayank Agrawal

Co-founder, CTO & COO

Mayank is an entrepreneur who is passionate about FinTech and what the next generation of startups can do for the finance industry. Mayank is Co-Founder, COO & CTO of a IntelliBonds, a startup that tackle the big challenges of reducing cost and increasing margins for Bond investors through the use of technology. Prior to starting IntelliBonds, Mayank was running the FX options quant dev team at Citi Bank, London.

Episode Questions

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Question 1:

What do users need from digital asset insurance?

Question 2:

Has the insurance on offer grown in tandem with the wider crypto market?

Question 3:

How is insurance for digital assets different to that for traditional assets?

Question 4:

How do you get insurance for crypto?

Question 5:

Will more insurance offerings help accelerate institutional involvement in crypto/ DeFi?