Maurice Button, Chief Executive, City & Financial Global

Ian Taylor, Director, CryptoUK  

• Establishing the UK as a global centre for cryptoassets and stablecoins
• Rationale and objectives of the new regime
• Policy outcomes and the phased legislative approach 
• Timeline for implementation and next steps

Lord Holmes of Richmond MBE

• Legal nature: claim on a bank (deposit token) vs. claim on an issuer/reserve (stablecoin)
• Prudential, segregation and redemption mechanics; insolvency and client money custody
• Operational realities: settlement use-cases, cross-border, and platform r

Moderator  

Ian Taylor, Director, CryptoUK 

Panellists 

Rhiannon Butterfield, Principal Policy Advisor, UK Finance 

Phoebe Zhou, Global Head of Client Solutions, HSBC 

Sabih Behzad, Head of Digital Assets & Currencies Transformation, Managing Director, Deutsche Bank 

• New rules and market integrity 

In conversation with 

Keith Grose, Senior Country Director, Coinbase UK  

• Defining assets
• AML/KYC compliance
• Achieving global regulatory coordination
• Obligations for UK and overseas firms 
• Business models and operational structures

Moderator

George Morris, Partner, Simmons & Simmons

Panellists

Oliver Tonkin, Co-founder and CEO, BCB Group

Stephan Dreyer, Managing Director, ANNA 

Azariah Nukajam, Head of Regulation and Compliance (UK), Gemini 

In conversation with 

Barney Reynolds, Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell 

David Geale, Executive Director, Financial Conduct Authority 

• New regulated activity for fiat-referenced stablecoins
• Prudential standards for issuers and custodians
• Use of overseas stablecoins and the concept of ‘payment arrangers’ 
• Consumer protection and legal safeguards

Moderator

Teana Baker-Taylor, Co-founder and COO, Venice.ai, NED, Crypto UK, and Former VP, Policy & Regulatory Strategy, Circle 

Panellists

Sam Hinton-Smith, Head of International Public Policy, Stripe

Rory Tanner, Head of UK Government Affairs and Public Policy, Revolut 

Katie Harries, Director & Head of Policy, Europe, Coinbase 

Emma Joyce, Chief Revenue Officer, GBBC 

• A new framework for stablecoins – the GENIUS Act
• The executive push for American leadership in crypto
• The unfinished business of market structure: the CLARITY Act
• A coordinated pro-crypto shift by federal regulators
• The new UK–U.S. taskforce mandate on capital markets and digital assets
• Practical implications for dual-regulated groups, cross-border offerings, custody, listings, and enforcement posture

• Comparison with the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) and the U.S. Genius Act
• Cross-border challenges and opportunities
• Implications for overseas firms serving UK client

Panellists 

Karel Lannoo, Chief Executive, The Centre for European Policy Studies

Nicole Sandler, Executive in Residence, GDF, and Chief Ecosystem Officer, Ubyx

Moderator

Emma Joyce, Chief Revenue Officer, GBBC

Panellists

Xiaonan Zou, Head of Innovation and Digital Assets, UBS Group Treasury

Emma Lovett, Executive Director, Markets – Digital Assets, J.P. Morgan

Rowan Varrall, Regulatory Affairs Director, Digital Token Identifier Foundation

• Regulatory expectations and operational challenges 

In conversation with

Julian Sawyer, CEO, Zodia 

• How effective will the new regulatory regime be in combatting financial crime?
• Preventing sanctions evasion
• Money laundering and market abuse

Moderator

Emma Joyce, Chief Revenue Officer, GBBC

Panellists

Luke Holden, Deputy Head of Illicit Finance (Cryptoassets and Tech Enablers), National Economic Crime Centre

Matthias Bauer-Langgartner, Head of Policy, Europe, Chainalysis