At Sovereign Day Buenos Aires, hosted by Cosmos on November 18, financial institutions, policy makers, industry leaders, and blockchain industry leaders participated in a full day of programming. The event featured talks, live entertainment, and technical discussions highlighting how blockchain is transforming the global financial system. The event featured speakers from McKinsey & Company, Ondo Finance, Argentine Fintech Chamber, LNET, Solana, Piassist, and more.
To open the event, Maghnus Mareneck, Co-CEO of Cosmos Labs, delivered a keynote entitled “Blockchain Technology Built to Reimagine Finance,” outlining how the Cosmos technology stack currently powers over 200 blockchains in production. He highlighted that Cosmos’ footprint is expanding across Latin America, and that Cosmos Labs and partners are working directly with governments on digital currencies, national blockchain platforms, and cross-border interoperability testing. This highlights Cosmos’ commitment to supporting on-chain mobility in Latin America.
In the On-Chain Discussion: Diverse Visions for the Future of Open Finance panel, Cosmos Labs Co-CEO Maghnus Mareneck, Solana Head of Latin American Growth Antonio Neto, and Celestia Chief Operating Officer Nick White highlighted how institutions are choosing the architecture that best fits their regulatory, technical, and operational priorities. In this discussion, we noted a clear trend that global institutions are increasingly seeking customizable and compliant blockchain infrastructure that provides end-to-end control. While private chains provide a springboard for experimentation, panelists agreed that the future of open finance will be defined by interoperable networks that can coordinate activities on a global scale.
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Additional conversations covered compliance considerations, the rise of real-world assets and stablecoins, the importance of privacy and confidentiality, and considered the future of blockchain for institutions. In the panel “How banks and enterprises are using Web3 services,” Nicolas Poggi, chief marketing officer at Cosmos Labs, welcomed Andres Kim, chief expansion manager at Tether, and Cesar Matienzo, former system development manager at Banco Galicia, to discuss the main boundaries that Latin American banks must cross to go on-chain. In this regard, Poggi said, “Agencies are looking at the impact and the revenue and savings that their solutions will generate, and for the first time they are looking at technology.”
Commenting on the success of the event, Marenec said: “Sovereign Day Buenos Aires demonstrated how quickly and decisively financial institutions are moving on-chain. “We are excited to welcome Argentine institutions to Cosmos and have had productive meetings with policymakers.”
Sovereign Day Buenos Aires was the second event in the Sovereign Series, a curated global gathering aimed at exploring how blockchain solutions are expanding across markets.
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