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Digital Assets Week London Returns with Record Institutional Involvement

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August 11, 2026

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KEY Difference Wire

London, 6–7 October 2026: Digital Assets Week will return to London, the only forum where capital markets transformation through tokenisation is examined in depth, from issuance and market structure to settlement, custody, liquidity and regulatory alignment. 

The underlying foundation of Digital Assets Week is Global Asset Digitisation Projects, making it the only venue where the commercialisation of tokenising assets is discussed comprehensively and at scale. 

Digital Assets Week is institution-led and designed to support substantive dialogue between market participants, regulators and infrastructure providers on implementation, risk management and market structure as digital assets increasingly intersect with traditional capital markets. 

The 2026 edition will focus on how digital assets and tokenisation are moving from experimentation towards practical implementation across traditional financial markets. Discussions will examine the evolution of tokenised private and public markets, 24/7 trading, atomic settlement, fund administration, digital asset custody, stablecoins, payments infrastructure, regulation, liquidity and institutional blockchain adoption. 

Key speakers confirmed to join the 2026 agenda include: 

  • Rachel Blake MP, The Economic Secretary to the Treasury, HM Treasury
  • Sasha Mills, Executive Director, Financial Market Infrastructure, Bank of England
  • Sumeera Younis, Chief of Operations – Crypto Task Force, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 
  • Anthony Clark-Jones, Head of Digital Assets (Products & Services), UBS Investment Bank 
  • Sean Mullins, Head of Digital Assets Product, Securities Services, HSBC
  • Emma Lovett, Executive Director, Markets Digital Assets, J.P. Morgan
  • Anna Matson, Senior Vice President, Head of Digital Assets & Innovation EMEA, Northern Trust 
  • Waqar Chaudry, Executive Director; Head, Digital Assets. Financing and Securities Services; Corporate & Investment Banking, Standard Chartered Bank 
  • Sabih Behzad, Head of Digital Assets & Currencies Transformation, Managing Director, Deutsche Bank 
  • Emilio Anting, VP of Digital Asset Partnerships, Franklin Templeton 
  • Previn Singh, Digital Assets – Head of Tokenisation Strategy, Fidelity International
  • Doug Bambrick, Head of Custody Product – UK and Middle East, BNP Paribas
  • David Reed, Director – Digital Assets Product, Invesco
  • Deepa Raja Carbon, Managing Director and Vice Chairperson, VARA
  • Christoph Hock, Head of Tokenisation and Digital Assets, Union Investment
  • Kelly Moffatt, Head of Digital Assets Compliance, Citi
  • Rosemary Hanna, Head of Division, Markets and Funds Policy, Central Bank of Ireland
  • Ryan Hayward, Head of Digital Assets and Strategic Investments, Barclays
  • Christian Lawrence, Chief Cross-Asset Strategist, Head of Americas & Energy Markets Research, Managing Director, Rabobank
  • Antoine Scalia, Founder and CEO, Cryptio
  • Cameron Drinkwater, Chief Product & Operations Officer, S&P Dow Jones Indices
  • Myles Wright, CEO, Fnality Services 

and many more. 

This year’s event is already seeing the strongest level of financial institution and regulator registrations at this stage of any previous edition. 

Financial institutions and regulators confirmed to participate include representatives from Aberdeen, ABN AMRO Bank, AllianceBernstein, ANZ Banking Group, Aviva Investors, Baillie Gifford, Bank of America, Bank of England, Barclays, BlackRock, BNP Paribas, Citi, Deutsche Bank, Fidelity International, Franklin Templeton, Goldman Sachs, HM Treasury, HSBC, Intesa Sanpaolo, J.P. Morgan, Lloyds Bank, M&G Investments, MUFG Bank, Morgan Stanley, Nomura, Northern Trust, Rabobank, Société Générale, Standard Chartered, State Street, T Rowe Price, TSB Bank, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, UBS, Union Investment, VARA, WisdomTree and many more. 

Registration for Digital Assets Week London is now open. Tickets can be accessed here: https://www.universe.com/events/digital-assets-week-london-2026-tickets-LGVXZ7 

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