Jez Mohideen

BSB Member

Co-founder & CEO

About

Dr. Jez Mohideen is an accomplished entrepreneur and financial innovator, recognized for building businesses at the intersection of traditional finance and digital assets. As Co-Founder & CEO of Laser Digital — the digital finance arm of Nomura Group, he is leading the

creation of regulated, institutional-grade solutions across trading, asset management, and venture investment in the digital asset ecosystem.

An entrepreneur at heart, Jez has co-founded and scaled ventures including Komainu, an institutional digital asset custodian launched with Nomura in 2018, and KAIO (formerly Libre), a pioneer in tokenisation infrastructure for real-world assets. Prior to Nomura, he was a partner at Brevan Howard, spearheading systematic and AI/ML-driven macro trading

strategies.

With over 30 years in global capital markets and macro trading, Jez also served as Nomura’s Chief Digital Officer and Co-Head of Global Markets EMEA, driving the firm’s digital transformation. He holds a PhD in Process Systems Engineering and a Master’s in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College London.

Speaking Topics

- Behind-the-Scenes from OTC Desks Jez can offer rare insights into institutional Bitcoin trendsincluding patterns of large-scale BTC accumulationshifting appetites among institutional investorsand strategic lessons emerging from early adopters in MENA. He can also offer views on how sentiment among family offices is evolvinginfluenced by U.S. and EU news cycles and announcements from stablecoin projectsall of which are creating natural feedback loopsenabling a cyclical flow between retail and institutional behavior. He can also shed light on the positioning of institutional capital in early 2025describing how growing visibility from public figures and media support around Bitcoin has sparked a cultural pivot that's reshaping institutional BTC demand. He can also speak on institutional investor sentiment as of early 2025tracing how growing visibility from public figures and media support around Bitcoin has sparked a cultural pivot that's reshaping institutional BTC demand. - BTC’s evolving growth cycle With BTC’s familiar four-year rhythm driven by halving events and speculative hype giving way to a more sophisticated cycle shaped by macroeconomic forcesJez can explain how institutional demandETF inflowsand macro tailwinds are enabling BTC’s transition from its volatile adolescence stage to a naturally maturing adulthood. The present storm before the calm in many ways as new entrants share a cautious optimism for BTC which Jez can argue will lead to more stablelong-term growth. - Why retail investors? Institutions should look beyond BTC spot buying The retail market has grown far beyond direct purchases on exchanges or OTCs. Jez can speak on how the emergence of more crypto ETF issuers and corporate treasury services expanding to include yield-generating tactics like stablecoins and tokenized instrumentsoffer retail investors the option to mirror these sophisticated strategiesspreading risk and embracing a more structuredlong-term approach to crypto exposure. BTC+ Investment using Defi to generate incremental yield. - Risk management Jez can talk about battle-hardened risk management strategies that BTC maxims can embracesharing from his experience on how pros size positionstime allocations and structure strategieswithout taking the fun element out of BTC trades. He can also make a case for multi-coin portfolios built on BTC trading fundamentals. - Enabling fiat financing for BTC holders Jez can share insights specific to large-scale BTC holdersincluding miners and early adopters attending the conferencewho are looking to tap into trusted and regulated institutional pathways to access fiat liquidity without selling their Bitcoin. This idea of financing against their BTC portfolio will encourage Bitcoin holders to build mini-treasurieshedge against volatilityand participate in broader economic activityall the while staying bullish on Bitcoin's future. - Custody & security As more institutions enter the BTC marketsafe exposure will be the main driver of growth. Jez can talk about how institutional-grade custody anchored by technologyinsuranceand compliance will be a make or break factor in BTC adoption. He can extend this to point out that this matters for the MENA region where secure custody is not an optionbut a necessityto serve the high density of family offices and HNIs. - BTC in MENA & UAE Jez can map out regional perspectivesincluding the shift in investment trends for BTC as an asset class amidst the non-oil diversification efforts of countries like the UAE and Saudi Arabiaand opportunities for building local custody and liquidity infra. He can also speak from personal experience on the proactive stance of VARA and ADGM among others to make BTC more mainstreamhighlighting UAE’s vision for this segment.

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