Annelise Osborne on TradFi x DeFi, RWAs & Building the Future of Finance | Consensus 2025
July 2, 2025
Annelise Osborne, Chief Business Officer at Kadena
“We’re building the bridge between traditional finance and the blockchain future.”
At Consensus 2025, Annelise Osborne, Chief Business Officer at Kadena, breaks down how the Layer 1 protocol is driving institutional adoption and developer momentum through innovation, incentives, and interoperability.
In this wide-ranging conversation, we dive into Kadena’s $50M grant program for real-world assets (RWAs) and EVM builders, its path toward EVM compatibility, and the push to make finance more efficient. Annelise also shares her views on regulation, public chains, Canada’s crypto ecosystem, and why the next wave of Web3 won’t even mention blockchain.
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