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Jonathan Ovadia

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CEO

About

As the Founder and CEO of OVEX, Jonathan Ovadia is at the forefront of institutional Bitcoin adoption in Africa.

With a strong background in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Cape Town, Jonathan views market inefficiencies as engineering problems—and has built OVEX into the region's premier infrastructure for digital asset settlement and liquidity.

Jonathan is widely recognized for democratizing access to global finance for the continent's largest enterprises. He has been instrumental in opening up institutional access to Bitcoin, establishing the secure, high-volume payment rails required for companies to use cryptocurrency as a real-time settlement layer for cross-border trade and corporate treasury management. Having processed billions in volume, Jonathan is re-defining the utility of Bitcoin and stablecoins for African commerce.

Speaking Topics
OVEX is the bridge between African enterprise and the global crypto economy. While retail adoption grabs headlinesOVEX builds the heavy-duty infrastructure that allows institutions to move capital at scale. We are the premier liquidity provider and prime broker for the continentoffering the deep order books and robust banking rails across the continent that are required to ramp businesses into and out of the ecosystem instantly. Whether for cross-border settlement or corporate treasury managementOVEX provides the securehigh-volume access that African business demands. Option 1: The Corporate Treasury Playbook (The "MicroStrategy of Africa" Angle) Focus: Hedging & Balance Sheets Title: Defending the Balance Sheet: How African Enterprises use Bitcoin to Survive Fiat Devaluation. Synopsis: For US companiesBitcoin is a speculative treasury asset. For African companiesit is a survival mechanism. Jonathan will unpack the reality of corporate treasuries in high-inflation environments and how OVEX provides the "size-at-scale" liquidity needed for institutions to exit volatile local currencies and enter Bitcoin without moving the market. Option 2: The Settlement Layer (The "Infrastructure" Angle) Focus: Payments & Cross-Border Trade Title: Bitcoin as the Settlement Rail: Engineering a New Financial Grid for African Trade. Synopsis: Cross-border payments in Africa can take days and cost upwards of 8%. Jonathan will discuss how OVEX is using digital asset rails to reduce this to seconds and pennies. This session moves beyond "hype" to the engineering realities of settlementliquidity provisioningand how to bridge the gap between rigid African banking systems and the 24/7 crypto economy. Option 3: The Liquidity Reality Check (The "Market Structure" Angle) Focus: Market Depth & Prime Brokerage Title: The Liquidity Myth: Why You Can’t Buy $50M of Bitcoin in Africa (And How We Fixed It). Synopsis: Institutional adoption is impossible without institutional liquidity. Jonathan will pull back the curtain on the specific challenges of African crypto market structure—fragmented order booksbanking bottlenecksand slippage. He will explain how OVEX built the region’s largest OTC desk to solve the "on-ramp" problem for institutional capital.
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