Peter Gaffney

Peter Gaffney is Director of DeFi & Digital Trading for Inveniam where he strives to bring private markets to DeFi and blockchain-native ecosystems. Previously, he was Vice President of Business Development & Strategy at Blue Water Financial Technologies, a mortgage asset trade and transfer platform integrated with buy-side, sell-side, and origination partners, leading the firm’s tokenization initiatives to enable digital asset capital markets participation in the mortgage industry.

Prior to Blue Water, Mr. Gaffney led 40+ client engagements as Head of Research at Security Token Advisors, an advisory group constructing tokenization strategies and implementation for asset managers and infrastructure providers. He authored ‘Blockchain Explained: Your Ultimate Guide to the Tokenization of Finance’ and built up the ‘State of Security Tokens’ institutional-grade research series. Mr. Gaffney also leverages experiences at Global X ETFs and a boutique private equity firm in his work to bring public and private markets under one roof via tokenization.

Mr. Gaffney holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics & Applied Statistics from the University of Michigan–Ann Arbor.