Digital assets remain at the forefront of industry conversations, with policy shifts in 2025 increasing their potential for adoption across financial services. Nuanced regulatory considerations - from the application of Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) in the EU to a dramatic shift in U.S. willingness to consider new regulatory frameworks - are informing how institutions choose to engage with these assets and the technology behind them. As these conversations progress, new questions arise about the future of financial market infrastructure and the roles of various existing players. This juncture represents a pivotal moment for actors across the financial system to engage in dialogue on the international implications of recent digital asset developments.
Hosted alongside the World Bank & IMF Spring Meetings, this roundtable will bring together leading experts from the financial, technology, and public sectors to discuss recent developments, current challenges, and the road ahead in digital asset infrastructure and governance.
This session will explore:
+ Do recent policy developments suggest a gradual integration of tokenization technology into existing financial services, or do they unlock the opportunity for a transformative moment for new infrastructure in the financial industry?
+ Digital forms of existing money and assets are widely traded. How will these instruments interact with digitally native ones in the near future?
+ Under-discussion legislation in the U.S. proposes different approaches to market supervision. How could regulation support greater embrace of digital assets?
+ Stablecoins are receiving greater attention in key markets in 2025. Does the outlook for adoption remain rosy?
+ The implementation of global regulators' recommended policies for digital assets (such as those of the Financial Stability Board and IOSCO) are surfacing new challenges in multi-jurisdictional compliance and operations. How are firms navigating upcoming rules while solving pain points for customers?
+ Prudential requirements for banks holding crypto assets remain a challenge to greater engagement by regulated players.
The roundtable will begin with remarks and dialogue from lead speakers before opening to comments and questions from the broader group of participants.
This in-person, invitation-only session will be held under the Chatham House Rule.
For more information about this event, please contact Evelyn Perfall ([email protected]).
This session will take place alongside the IIF Global Outlook Forum in Washington, D.C. For more information and to register for the Forum, please click here.