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Jorgen Ouaknine
Speaker · Proof of Talk 2026
Euroclear

Jorgen Ouaknine

Global Head of Innovation and Digital Assets, Euroclear

Jorgen Ouaknine connects Euroclear’s work on digital-asset interoperability with governance of the Canton Foundation.

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The Significance

Why the room needs them.

Ouaknine’s documented roles span an established financial market infrastructure, an industry working group on digital-asset securities interoperability and governance of the Canton Foundation. The evidence supports a focus on regulated deployment, interoperability and collateral mobility without attributing Euroclear’s institutional products or transactions solely to him.

The Numbers
2
Proof of Talk Paris 2026 sessions
25 minutes
Scheduled duration per session
The Thesis · on the record

What Jorgen believes about the next ten years.

01
Meaningful progress in digital finance requires close partnership with the market.
Explicitly stated in a Canton Network announcement dated 15 January 2026.
02
Governance should keep Canton’s shared synchronisation infrastructure open, fair and trusted.
Explicitly stated while welcoming new members to the Global Synchronizer Foundation on 19 March 2025.
The Timeline

Years of shipping.

2025-03-19
The Global Synchronizer Foundation identified Ouaknine as its Chairperson and as Global Head of Innovation & Digital Assets at Euroclear.
2025-09-22
The Global Synchronizer Foundation changed its name to the Canton Foundation.
2026-01-15
Canton Network identified Ouaknine as Euroclear’s Global Head of Innovation and Digital Assets in an announcement about cross-border collateral-mobility transactions.
2026-03-04
A DTCC, Clearstream, Euroclear and Boston Consulting Group paper listed Ouaknine as a member of Euroclear’s working group and used the title Global Head of Innovation and Digital Assets.
2026-06-02
Appeared in Building Canton: A Conversation with the Foundation Board at Proof of Talk Paris, from 14:30 to 14:55 on the Hecto Main Stage.
2026-06-03
Appeared in Building DLT Infrastructure for Next Generation Capital Markets at Proof of Talk Paris, from 11:10 to 11:35 on the Hecto Main Stage.
In Their Words

Lines that keep proving correct.

“On behalf of the Global Synchronizer Foundation, I am pleased to welcome our new members and their valuable industry perspectives. Each of them contributes to strengthening the governance while ensuring the Global Synchronizer of the Canton Network remains an open, fair, and trusted blockchain infrastructure”

2025-03-19

“As a trusted financial market infrastructure, we believe that meaningful progress in digital finance can only be achieved through close partnership with the market.”

2026-01-15

The next Proof of Talk is in Abu Dhabi.

Louvre Abu Dhabi, 3–4 December 2026. Admission is by application, and the room is capped at 2,000.

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