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Adena Friedman

Chief Executive Officer & Chairman, Nasdaq, Inc.

Search every verified Adena Friedman interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Adena Friedman, Chair and CEO of Nasdaq, has recently discussed the exchange's strategy in the AI IPO race, noting that Nasdaq has had eight of the top 10 listings wins for the quarter and seven of the top 10 IPOs for the year. She described AI as a "very durable trend" and emphasized the importance of implementing it in a secure and resilient way. Friedman also commented on the strong IPO pipeline, stating that companies are having constructive conversations about tapping the public markets but are mindful of investor readiness and market conditions. Friedman has also addressed Nasdaq's move toward extended trading hours, announcing that the exchange will begin 23/5 trading in U.S. equities starting December 6th. She described this as a first step toward always-on markets, rather than immediately moving to 24/7 trading. In discussions on tokenization, Friedman said the approval of the Genius Act by the U.S. Congress has cleared the way for stablecoins to be part of the core infrastructure in the U.S. banking system, and she argued that tokenizing money and other securities could free up the flow of capital. She added that Nasdaq is competing in this space and expects regulatory elements to play a role in its development.

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“This is a very durable trend. It's just a matter of our ability to implement it. We have to do it the right way. We have to do it in a secure way, in a scaled way, in a resilient way. We have to make sure that as we're introducing AI to our clients, we've got all the protections in place to do it right, and we have the ability for us to manage the AI appropriately. So, I think that's what's durable. And if that's the”

“Well, actually, we already provide surveillance technology to markets that operate 24/7. But, I think on AML and fraud detection, what's interesting is it's been the move to real-time payments. So, it used to be that you'd have time, you know, you get a wire, you spend 15 minutes reviewing the wire, you decide whether or not you're going to send that wire, and everything happens in a human time. Well, as we know, the”

“Well, I think actually it's been really interesting to see the convergence of retail interest and institutional interest come together. And I would argue that it's really been in the last year partially on the back of the Genius Act getting approved by the US Congress because it cleared the way for the rules of the road for stable coin to be a part of the core infrastructure in the US banking system. And that's impor”

“So first of all we're going to 23 five trading in U.S. equities. We're not taking all the way to 24 seven. Might your first step. Well I would say let's take the first step first and understand how it's received. Make sure that we do in fact grow the accessibility of markets. So let's start with making sure that what we do in our first step, which is launching on December 6th, is to have our markets open 23 hours a d”

“The IPO pipeline is very strong. And we've had constructive conversations with companies all year in terms of tapping the public markets. But of course, they also want to make sure that they're coming into a market where investors are ready to receive them and are ready to take that risk with them. And so that timing is always something that is fluid with the market environment. And also, I think it's great that a lo”

“There's litigation reform, and that's an area where Chair Atkins has been very proactive in thinking about allowing companies to be public with mandatory arbitration as opposed to necessarily being subject to class action lawsuits. And so I think those types of reforms are really important to make the change from the private markets to the public markets more smooth for companies to make it, you know, more attractive”

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