Clifford Chance and GBBC: Navigating the Future Digital Finance Landscape 2026
At our recent hybrid event, international regulators and leading industry experts joined members of the Clifford Chance fintech team and Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) to navigate critical topics, including the evolving global regulatory landscape, crypto developments in the U.S., how stablecoins and tokenised deposits are developing, TradFi vs DeFi and industry's views on the UK's digital assets ambitions.
We are grateful to the GBBC team for their partnership and were honoured to be joined by expert speakers from leading institutions including:
Archax | Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) | Ava Labs
Bank of America | Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance | Chainlink Labs
Coinbase | Crypto.com | Deutsche Bundesbank | Digital Asset
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) | Financial Conduct Authority (UK)
G7 & G20 Research Groups | Kinexys by JP Morgan | Moody's Corporation | Ripple
Rudich Advisory | State Street | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | Zodia Custody
We are so grateful to all of our incredible speakers for offering their insights and practical guidance.
The Sessions
Recordings of all of the sessions are now available on demand:
- Fireside Chat with Val Smith, UK Financial Conduct Authority
- Panel: The Vision the UK needs
- Panel: The Global Regulatory Landscape
- Fireside Chat with U.S. SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce
- Panel: Stablecoins and Tokenised Deposits: What is the ecosystem going to look like?
- Panel: TradFi Meets Crypto: Convergence or Coexistence?
For more information on Clifford Chance’s global fintech capability or resources, or to be added to the distribution list for our regular fintech or crypto regulatory round-ups or tech policy horizon scanner, please contact the Clifford Chance fintech team.
For more information on GBBC (the Global Blockchain Business Council), see https://www.gbbc.io/.