Dr Johnna Powell

This session explores the integration of digital assets into the financial system, focusing on the current state of infrastructure, markets, and regulations. Global leaders will assess the viability of business use cases that justify the integration, discuss achieving interoperability between different blockchain networks, and examine various digital assets such as tokenised deposits and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). Join us to understand how these elements shape the future of digital finance.

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This industry discussion will challenge the global regulatory stance on public blockchains. We will hear from financial institutions building digital asset businesses on private and public blockchains, debating the merits and challenges of both. 
 
The session will:
- Explore what’s stopping institutions from embracing public blockchains
- Weigh the benefits of control versus scalability
- Discuss collaborative private sector solutions and the interoperability and regulatory requirements they must meet

This roundtable reflects Elevandi’s commitment to advancing adoption of frontier technologies.

In today's rapidly evolving financial landscape, the concept of tokenisation is helping to reshape traditional financial instruments issued by sovereign and corporate entities. The transformative potential is exemplified by several digital bonds issuances as part of Project Helvetia Phase III. Also, Project Promissa aims to tokenise promissory notes that are instrumental in raising funds for the World Bank and other International Financial Institutions.

The roundtable will bring together participants from the public and private sectors, the legal and regulatory community, and financial market infrastructures. It will explore the following aspects:
- The transformative impact of tokenising financial instruments, such as liquidity, accessibility, transparency, and efficiency.
- The multifaceted challenges of tokenisation, ranging from technical aspects such as security, privacy and interoperability, to regulation and compliance and coordination between diverse actors in the financial markets.

The objectives of this roundtable operating under the theme of Decoding Digital Assets and Payments are to i) understand the transformative impact of tokenisation and explore challenges and solutions, ii) promote collaboration and coordination between different stakeholders and iii) map the way forward by identifying opportunities and risks.

Attendees who wish to familiarise themselves with the topic may refer to the reference materials below.
- Project Helvetia Phase III
- Project Promissa