Kiran Nagaraj

‘I keep getting calls about crypto staying power. Bitcoin’s been around for nine years now. And it trades 24/7. Perhaps crypto has already stood the test of time!’ So tweeted Kiran Nagaraj, KPMG’s cryptocurrency thought leader, in 2018. Nagaraj advises financial institutions, custody start-ups, cryptocurrency exchanges and other market participants on their movements towards digital assets and is a top voice on the institutional creep of crypto. He says blockchain is a ‘potential game changer in financial services’ and other industries, and adds that examples of its use are beginning to emerge ‘from commodities markets in financial services to the supply chain in consumer retailing’.