Digital Assets Week will return to London in 2026, examining capital markets transformation through tokenization across issuance, market structure, settlement, custody, liquidity and regulatory alignment. According to reports from the event organizers, 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. The 2026 edition will focus on how digital assets and tokenisation are moving from experimentation towards practical implementation across traditional financial markets.
The 2026 agenda features confirmed speakers from major financial institutions and regulators. Key participants include Rachel Blake MP, The Economic Secretary to the Treasury, HM Treasury, Sasha Mills, Executive Director, Financial Market Infrastructure, Bank of England, and Sumeera Younis, Chief of Operations – Crypto Task Force, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Other confirmed speakers include Anthony Clark-Jones from UBS Investment Bank, Sean Mullins from HSBC, Emma Lovett from J.P. Morgan, and Anna Matson from Northern Trust. The event will also feature representatives from major institutions including Goldman Sachs, BlackRock, State Street, and many others.
This year's event is experiencing the strongest level of financial institution and regulator registrations at this stage of any previous edition. According to reports from the event organizers, 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.
The event will examine comprehensive topics including 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. As reported by the organizers, 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.
