# Nikhil Sharma

> Nikhil Sharma is a Director at BlackRock specializing in digital assets. Previously at J.P. Morgan, he contributed to blockchain innovation. Holds an MBA from London Business School.

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- Created: 2026-08-25T16:42:10.176Z
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**Nikhil Sharma** is the Director in the Digital Assets team at BlackRock. He is renowned for his expertise in [cryptocurrency](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency)-related initiatives, [stablecoins](https://iq.wiki/wiki/stablecoin), and tokenized assets, and plays a pivotal role in driving the implementation of such products within the industry. [\[2\]](#cite-id-8wvKh06WAujUnexU)​

## Early Life & Education

Nikhil Sharma completed a PGDM in Core at the Institute of Management Technology, Nagpur, between July 2024 and June 2026, with a grade of 9.0. During the program, he received the Shri Mahendranath Memorial Award for being the batch topper in the first year. He also received awards for ranking first in the finance, operations, and HR streams.

Sharma previously studied Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering at the University of Mumbai, where he completed a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) from June 2019 to June 2023 with a grade of 9.22. [\[3\]](#cite-id-AehXStT9ATKqspdk)  [\[1\]](#cite-id-w5iXrr8N5gpkdUbD)​

## Career

#### Tech Mahindra

Nikhil Sharma worked at Tech Mahindra from 2006 to 2010 as an Assistant Manager in Presales. His responsibilities included activities related to business management and strategic partnerships, which served as the basis for later work with [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain).

#### SinoPac Securities

From 2011 to 2019, Sharma held positions at SinoPac Securities (Asia) Limited. As a Wealth Management Advisor, his work included alternative investments and structured lifecycle solutions for investment funds. He also worked in business development and fund services, with responsibilities related to financial markets and investment management.

#### J.P. Morgan

Sharma joined J.P. Morgan in 2019 as Vice President of the Blockchain Centre of Excellence within the Corporate & Investment Bank. He worked as a Senior Product Manager on the design and commercialization of [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) solutions. He was also a founding member of Kinexys by J.P. Morgan, previously known as Onyx, and worked on product development and growth initiatives related to [digital assets](https://iq.wiki/wiki/digital-assets).

#### BlackRock

Since 2025, Sharma has served as a Director at BlackRock in London, working on global digital asset initiatives. His responsibilities include working with business units on products involving [cryptocurrencies](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency), [stablecoins](https://iq.wiki/wiki/stablecoin), and tokenized assets.

Sharma has also been involved in [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) and [cryptocurrency](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency)-related work as a patent inventor and co-author of papers addressing [tokenization](https://iq.wiki/wiki/tokenization) in capital markets. He participates in industry groups concerned with standards and operating models for [digital assets](https://iq.wiki/wiki/digital-assets). In 2026, he participated as a speaker at industry events, including [Paris Blockchain Week](https://iq.wiki/wiki/paris-blockchain-week-pbw), where he discussed digital assets and blockchain technologies.

#### Other Experience

Sharma worked as a UI/UX Intern at Steigensoft Technologies LLP from December 2022 to January 2023 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The role was conducted in a hybrid format and involved the use of Figma and Canva.

From April to May 2025, Sharma worked as a Financial Analyst Intern at Arcesium in Gurugram, Haryana, India. His listed areas of experience included derivatives and hedge funds.

In January 2026, Sharma began working as an Intern in GPS, Global Pricing at BlackRock in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The position is based on-site and includes financial modeling and ETFs. [\[1\]](#cite-id-w5iXrr8N5gpkdUbD)  [\[2\]](#cite-id-8wvKh06WAujUnexU)  [\[3\]](#cite-id-AehXStT9ATKqspdk)  [\[4\]](#cite-id-siEBSOoyuGJHhXLt)  [\[5\]](#cite-id-FctSyzhL2HZ8oxfi)  [\[6\]](#cite-id-sy2bkfePOO113qG6) 

## Interviews

#### Tokenization and Interoperability in Institutional Finance #01

On June 6, 2025, Nikhil Sharma, Executive Director and Head of Growth at Kinexys Digital, participated in an interview with Simon Taylor, Head of Content & Strategy at Sardine, during the Avalanche Summit. The discussion covered Kinexys Digital's use of [distributed ledger technology](https://iq.wiki/wiki/distributed-ledger-technology-dlt) in financial infrastructure, with a focus on asset [tokenization](https://iq.wiki/wiki/tokenization), transaction settlement, payments and interoperability.

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Sharma explained that Kinexys Digital operates within the payments division of the firm and develops infrastructure for representing traditional financial assets on distributed ledgers. According to Sharma, the platform brings asset and cash settlement processes onto a common ledger structure, addressing the separation between systems used to record assets and those used to process corresponding cash movements. He stated that the platform had been operating for more than four and a half years and that institutional clients were processing more than $2 billion in transactions per day through its gated platform.

The interview also covered the use of [stablecoins](https://iq.wiki/wiki/stablecoin) and tokenized commercial bank money. Sharma described stablecoins as instruments that can facilitate continuous liquidity management and transfers on [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) networks, with tokenized products providing additional mechanisms for holding or deploying on-chain liquidity. He distinguished these applications from the representation of commercial bank deposits on [distributed ledgers](https://iq.wiki/wiki/distributed-ledger-technology-dlt), describing them as separate forms of digital money with different use cases.

Interoperability between ledgers was another topic discussed. Sharma described work involving [Chainlink](https://iq.wiki/wiki/chainlink) to connect Kinexys' internal ledger infrastructure with external [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) networks. He referenced earlier experiments involving [Avalanche](https://iq.wiki/wiki/avalanche) and [Provenance](https://iq.wiki/wiki/provenance), including the use of tokenized investment funds within portfolio structures. According to Sharma, these experiments examined how assets recorded on separate ledgers could interact with payment infrastructure and support processes such as portfolio rebalancing.

Sharma also described three applications operating on the platform: repo transactions, the use of tokenized assets as collateral, and the issuance and settlement of bonds. He stated that intraday repo transactions could be completed in approximately 30 minutes, compared with longer settlement periods associated with conventional processes. The discussion linked this capability to the management of short-term liquidity and collateral.

Another area discussed was the [tokenization](https://iq.wiki/wiki/tokenization) of alternative investment funds, including private credit and private equity funds. Sharma described these markets as involving manual processes and documentation, particularly for capital calls. The work discussed in the interview involved developing a mechanism for handling capital calls for tokenized funds and integrating these assets into portfolio structures. Sharma connected this work with earlier experiments involving tokenized funds and automated portfolio rebalancing.

The interview presented these activities as a sequence of applications involving tokenized assets, payments and ledger interoperability. Sharma described an approach in which individual financial processes are first represented on [distributed ledger](https://iq.wiki/wiki/distributed-ledger-technology-dlt) infrastructure and subsequently connected to other applications and asset types. [\[7\]](#cite-id-CA0MDKa1egc5AHin) 

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