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Digital Assets & Tokenisation

From Innovation to Institutional Adoption

FinTech Connect Digital Assets & Tokenisation track session
2026 Track Narrative

Digital Assets & Tokenisation has moved from a crypto-centric conversation to a structured regulatory debate, creating strong bridges into the wider institutionally-backed fintech ecosystem. Sandboxes are live across the UK and Europe, DLT reform is imminent, and institutional custody frameworks are being written now. This track is for industry practitioners who need to understand what growing maturity will present, and for institutions who simply want to understand the digital asset discussion more clearly. Make decisions about what to build, buy, or wait on before the window closes.

Who Attends This Track

Head of Digital Assets
Chief Digital Officer
Head of Blockchain / DLT
Head of Institutional Custody
Head of Tokenised Securities
VP / Director, Capital Markets Technology
Chief Investment Officer
Head of Treasury Technology
Head of Payments Strategy
Crypto / Digital Assets Product Lead
Regulatory Affairs Director
Chief Risk Officer (Digital Assets)

Key Attendee Benefits

01

Understand the UK and EU regulatory outlook for tokenised assets, including the FCA sandbox, DRGF, MiCA, and implications for 2026/27 roadmaps

02

Benchmark institutional digital asset strategies against Tier 1 banks, global custodians and infrastructure providers already active in the market

03

Separate live RWA tokenisation use cases from experimental pilots, with honest lessons on what has worked and what has not

04

Assess where DeFi and TradFi are genuinely converging, and where integration still faces commercial, technical or regulatory barriers

05

Build a clearer framework for evaluating tokenisation opportunities by asset class, jurisdiction and business case

06

Explore partnership models across banks, custodians and digital asset infrastructure providers, including when to build, partner or wait

07

Understand the current CBDC landscape, including the digital pound, and what it could mean for private banks and institutional finance

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Digital Assets & Tokenisation

Primary Content Themes

01

RWA tokenisation: state of institutional adoption in 2026

02

UK and EU regulatory frameworks for digital assets (MiCA, FCA sandbox, DRGF)

03

Retaining and regaining crypto-native talent in the UK and EU: regulation, taxation and culture

04

CBDCs and digital money: public sector progress and private sector implications

05

Bridging TradFi and DeFi: where the real integration points are

06

Tokenised funds, bonds and equity: live deployments and lessons learned

07

Web3 security and smart contract risk for enterprise adoption

08

The anti-money-laundering conundrum: the key blockage to widespread institutional adoption

Past Delegations Include 19 organisations
Barclays
Citi
Deutsche Bank
Standard Chartered
State Street
NatWest
Nordea
EY
Pairpoint by Vodafone
Bank of London
Commerzbank
RWA.io
Blockaid
Cryptio
Inveniam
Midnight
Brickken
Monee