Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman: Blockchain to Unlock Trapped Capital and Transform Finance

Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman believes blockchain technology will fundamentally reshape traditional finance by revolutionizing post-trade infrastructure, enhancing collateral mobility, and enabling faster global payments. Speaking with Ripple President Monica Long at the Swell conference in New York, Friedman highlighted how distributed ledger technology could unlock capital currently trapped in inefficient financial systems.