Digital Assets Summit 2025 | 155 Bishopsgate, City of London, London EC2M 3TQ, UK

About Digital Assets Summit 2025

The next wave of institutional adoption for crypto and digital assets.

The Digital Assets Summit is the industry's foremost gathering of thought leaders and CEOs from crypto to mainstream finance, focused on the current and future landscape of digital assets. Across two days of keynotes, panels and networking, discussions will explore topics including the tokenisation of real-world assets, the evolving role of digital assets in investment portfolios, and the integration of blockchain technology in traditional finance.

With the entrance of major financial institutions into the digital assets space, growth and development of the sector has rapidly increased. Both institutional and retail investors are exploring new revenue streams and opportunities for portfolio diversification. And the growing acceptance of Bitcoin as a legitimate asset class is marked by increasing allocation levels. At the same time, financial institutions are making strides into the advancement and application of the underlying technologies and infrastructure to streamline or replace their existing processes. New innovations from crypto firms are also accelerating this transformation.

Speakers

Emma Reynolds

Economic Secretary to the Treasury at UK Government UK Government

Sasha Mills

Executive Director, Financial Market Infrastructure at Bank of England Bank of England

Tom Zschach

Chief Innovation Office at SWIFT SWIFT

Lily Liu

President at Solana Foundation Solana Foundation

Waqar Chaudry

Head, Digital Assets, Financing & Securities Services at Standard Chartered Standard Chartered Bank

Frederik Gregaard

CEO at Cardano Foundation Cardano Foundation

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Ronit Ghose

Global Head, Future of Finance at Citi Institute Citi

Rumi Morales

Partner and Board Member at Outlier Ventures Outlier Ventures

Marcus Robinson

Head of CDSClear & Head of DigitalAssetClear at LSEG London Stock Exchange Group

Claer Barrett

Consumer Editor at Financial Times Financial Times

Sally Hickey

Reporter at The Banker The Banker

Cynthia Lo Bessette

Head of Fidelity Digital Asset Management at Fidelity Investments Fidelity Investments

Roger Bayston

Head of Digital Assets at Franklin Templeton Franklin Templeton

Arnab Sen

CEO at GFO-X GFO-X

John Everington

Senior Editor at The Banker The Banker

Barbara Pianese

Editor at The Banker The Banker

Laura Navaratnam

UK Policy Lead at Crypto Council for Innovation Crypto Council for Innovation

Ian Taylor

Board Advisor at CryptoUK CryptoUK

Joey Garcia

Chief Digital Asset and Legal Officer at Xapo Bank Xapo Bank

Martin Arnold

Financial Regulation Editor at Financial Times Financial Times

Rahul Bhushan

Managing Director at ARK Invest Europe ARK Investment Management LLC

Nalaka De Silva

Head of Private Markets Solutions at Aberdeen Aberdeen

Larisa Yarovaya

Director of the Centre for Digital Finance at Southampton Business School Southampton Business School

Ivan Levingston

European Deals Reporter at Financial Times Financial Times

Daniela Barbosa

Executive Director at LF Decentralized Trust The Linux Foundation

Dr. Naseem Naqvi

President of The British Blockchain Association The British Blockchain Association

Will Schmitt

ETF Reporter at Financial Times Financial Times

Thomas Restout

Group CEO at B2C2 B2C2

Tim Grant

CEO at Deus X Capital Deus X Capital

Richard Skeet

Managing Partner at Hivemind Capital Hivemind

Nadeem Ladki

Global Head of Business at Bitpanda Technology Solutions (BTS) Bitpanda Technology Solutions

Sabih Behzad

Head of Digital Assets at Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank

Andrej Majcen

CEO and Co-Founder at BitcoinSuisse AG Bitcoin Suisse

Nilixa Devlukia

EMEA Policy Advisor at Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC)

Stani Kulechov

Founder and CEO at Aave Labs Aave Labs

Jean-Marc Stenger

CEO at Societe Generale-FORGE Societe Generale - FORGE

Luke Dorney

Head of Custody at LMAX Group LMAX Group

Konstantinos Adamos

Group Lead Legal Counsel at Revolut Revolut

Madeleine Boys

Director of Programmes and Innovation at Global Digital Finance (GDF) GLOBAL DIGITAL FINANCE

EGILSSON JON

Executive Member at King's College London | Monerium Monerium

Anthony Scaramucci

Founder at SkyBridge Capital SkyBridge Capital

Aliya Shibli

Senior Reporter at The Banker The Banker

Hadley Stern

Chief Commercial Officer at Marinade Finance Marinade.Finance

Susie Violet Ward

CEO at Bitcoin Policy UK Bitcoin Policy UK

Claire Conby

Executive Director at Digital Pound Foundation Digital Pound Foundation

Miishe Addy

Co-Founder and CEO at Jetstream Africa Jetstream Africa

Steve Lee

Co-Founder at Neoclassic Capital Neoclassic Capital

Lloyd Wahed

Founder at The Mana Group / Members Capital Management Members Capital

Marieke Flament

Investor, Mentor & Cheerleader at Project Europe Project Europe

William Quigley

Managing Director at Magnetic Magnetic Field B.V.

Denis Barrier

CEO at Cathay Innovation Cathay Innovation

Helen Boyd

Head of Capital Markets at Financial Conduct Authority Financial Conduct Authority

Simon O Brien

Executive Director at FSRA | Market Regulationat at ADGM Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM)

Meagen Burnett

Chief Financial Officer at Schroders Schroders

Natasha Deloge

Head of Innovation at Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) CSSF

Charleyne Biondi

Analyst-DeFi & Digital Assets at Moody's Ratings Moody's Ratings

Agenda

7:55 – 8:55 – Networking Breakfast & Registration

9:00 – 9:05 – Opening Remarks – Claer Barrett, Consumer Editor at Financial Times (Moderator)

9:05 – 9:25 – Keynote Interview

9:25 – 10:00 – Panel: Institutional adoption – What’s next for digital assets?

10:00 – 10:20 – Keynote Interview (In-person only)

10:20 – 11:00 – Panel: Digital assets in the UK – Key priorities and obstacles to progress (In-person only)

11:00 – 11:20 – Keynote Interview (In-person only)

11:20 – 11:30 – Networking Coffee Break [Sessions not specified between 11:30 – 12:15 – 13:00]

13:00 – 14:00 – Networking Lunch Break (In-person only) [Sessions not specified between 14:00 – 14:40 – 15:00]

15:30 – 16:00 – Networking Coffee Break (In-person only)

16:05 – 16:50 – Panel: Global implications in a new US administration – What should the digital assets industry expect from Trump 2.0? (In-person and online)

16:55 – 17:00 – Closing Remarks – Claer Barrett, Consumer Editor at Financial Times

17:15 – 18:30 – Networking Drinks Reception (In-person only)

7:55 – 8:55 – Networking Breakfast & Registration (In-person only)

8:55 – 9:00 – Opening Remarks – Claer Barrett, Consumer Editor at Financial Times (In-person and online)

9:00 – 9:40 – Panel: On-chain infrastructure and innovation – Building the foundations for tokenised RWAs (In-person and online)

9:45 – 10:30 – Panel: Are regulations fit for purpose? (In-person and online)

10:40 – 11:00 – Dialogue: The new digital asset power map – Who’s leading, who’s lagging, and where capital is flowing – Will Schmitt, ETF Reporter at Financial Times (In-person and online)

11:00 – 11:30 – Networking Coffee Break (In-person only) [Sessions not specified between 11:30 – 11:50 – 12:30]

11:30 – 11:50 – Keynote Interview.

12:30 – 13:30 – Networking Lunch Break (In-person only) [Sessions not specified between 13:30 – 14:30 – 15:10]

15:10 – 15:30 – Networking Coffee Break (In-person only)

15:30 – 16:10 – Panel: The natural selection of digital assets – Lessons from successes and failures (In-person and online)

16:20 – 16:25 – Closing Remarks