Katie Evans

Katie Evans is a strategic communications and business development leader at the forefront of blockchain, Web3, and fintech innovation. As Chief Business Development and Communications Officer at Swarm, she is helping to redefine capital markets through the tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs), including gold, equities, and treasuries. Her work supports regulatory alignment (including MiCA compliance) and multi-chain interoperability, positioning Swarm as a key player in institutional-grade DeFi. Katie’s background spans traditional finance and emerging technologies, with prior experience at the London Metal Exchange and a career-long focus on liquidity, market structure, and investor engagement. She has played a key role in pioneering initiatives such as launching the first gold NFT lending pool on the Base network and forging partnerships across the DeFi ecosystem. Deeply engaged in the digital assets community, Katie is a regular contributor to industry discourse and has served as MC for the CryptoCompare Digital Asset Summit (CCDAS). Her interests extend to early-stage venture capital, where she actively supports startups at the intersection of finance and decentralised technologies. Katie is passionate about the transformative potential of compliant, scalable blockchain infrastructure in reshaping global finance.