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Khairi Azmi
Head of APAC
Paxos
Khairi Azmi is Head of APAC at Paxos, leading business development, partnerships, and regulatory strategy across the region's digital assets market. He brings 15+ years of institutional sales and FX experience across global markets firms, including his most recent stint at OKX, where he built the institutional business from scratch and ran the Singapore office, working closely with exchanges, banks, and regulators across APAC.
Khairi is based in Singapore with an extensive network across its crypto and fintech industries.
Speaking at SFF 2026
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1:45–2:15pmWed 18 NovPolicy StageHall 3, Singapore EXPOOpen
Policy Rewiring
Stablecoins: From Fringe to Framework
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Nicole SandlerChief Ecosystem OfficerUbyx Inc
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Peter KerstensAdvisor, DG FISMAEuropean Commission
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Khairi AzmiHead of APACPaxos
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Gabriel LeeAdvisorGlobal Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)Moderator
About this session
Stablecoins have moved out of the regulatory grey zone and into a proper legal framework. That shift changes the question facing every institution, from whether to engage at all to exactly how. Regulators in different markets are setting the terms at different speeds, and institutions no longer have the luxury of waiting for global consensus before deciding. This discussion works through the practical choices on the table: issuing, distributing or custodying stablecoins directly, against the risk of simply watching deposits drift toward whichever option moves fastest. Participants leave with a sharper sense of where their own institution sits on that spectrum, and what waiting actually costs under the new rules. One key question the discussion will dive into: whether to issue, distribute or custody stablecoins themselves, or simply watch deposits migrate to them regardless.
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2:30–2:45pmWed 18 NovIgnite StageHall 5, Singapore EXPOOpen
Technology Rewiring
USDG: Growth, Adoption and What Comes Next - Powered by Paxos
About this session
Explore the growth of Global Dollar (USDG) and the role of Global Dollar Network (GDN) in expanding stablecoin adoption. This session will examine USDG’s regulatory structure, use cases, and the opportunities and challenges shaping its next phase of growth.
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1:40–2:10pmThu 19 NovFutureMatters StageHall 5, Singapore EXPOPremium
Technology Rewiring
Stablecoins, Tokenized Deposits and Tokenized MMF: Which Money Earns a Place in the Stack?
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Humphrey ValenbrederChief Executive OfficerPartior
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Khairi AzmiHead of APACPaxos
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Lewis SunManaging Director, Global Head of Digital CurrenciesHSBC
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Laura LohDirector, Portfolio Strategy & Risk Group Office; Director, Investment (Blockchain)TemasekModerator
About this session
Stablecoins, tokenized deposits and tokenized MMFs are all racing to become the default form of institutional money, though none of them do the same job equally well. Three advocates, one per instrument get two minutes each to pitch to our moderator, who presses each on the trade-offs. Then the audience votes: what would you actually hold for payroll, for treasury, for cross-border? Come find out what counts as money when the answer depends on the job.
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