Building the Backbone: Institutional Leaders on Crypto’s Infrastructure at Liquidity Summit 2026

Institutional adoption of crypto has proven the technology's direction, but the focus has shifted to building robust infrastructure capable of handling market volatility and regulatory demands. At the Liquidity Summit 2026 panel, leaders from finance (Mirae Asset Securities, Kyobo Life Insurance, Futu Holdings) and technology (AWS, Solana Foundation) detailed the hurdles. Key integration problems include client data sovereignty, requiring hybrid on/off-chain solutions to meet data protection laws, and complex custody architecture involving private key management. Traditional brokers like Futu leverage existing trust and fiat rails as a competitive edge. Infrastructure providers emphasized consistency over hype; Solana focuses on uptime and compliance tooling like zero-knowledge attestations, while AWS stresses cloud elasticity as "revenue insurance" against volatility. Panelists identified key signals for market maturity: tokenized listed equities, on-chain price discovery for major assets, and regulatory acceptance of crypto as collateral. Looking ahead to 2026, firms plan to either expand to clearer jurisdictions or launch native tokenized products, accepting necessary compromises with legacy systems during this transition phase.

(Source：BeInCrypto)