Digital Assets Week is heading back to London in 2026 with the most senior institutional lineup the conference has assembled, drawing confirmed speakers from UBS, HSBC, J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Bank, Fidelity International, Barclays, Citi and a dozen more major names in global finance.
What the agenda actually covers
The 2026 edition shifts the conversation away from pilots and proofs of concept. Organisers say the focus will be on practical implementation: tokenised private and public markets, 24/7 trading, atomic settlement, fund administration, digital asset custody, stablecoins and payments infrastructure. Regulatory alignment and institutional blockchain adoption round out the programme. The event positions itself as the only forum where the full commercialisation of asset tokenisation is examined at scale, from issuance through to market structure, liquidity and custody.
Who is showing up and why it matters
The speaker list reads like a who's who of the institutions that actually move capital. Rachel Blake MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury at HM Treasury, is confirmed alongside Sasha Mills, Executive Director for Financial Market Infrastructure at the Bank of England. From the regulatory side, Sumeera Younis of the U.S. SEC's Crypto Task Force will be present, as will Deepa Raja Carbon, Managing Director and Vice Chairperson of VARA, and Rosemary Hanna from the Central Bank of Ireland.
On the industry side, the roster includes senior digital asset heads from Northern Trust, Standard Chartered, BNP Paribas, Invesco, Franklin Templeton, Rabobank and Union Investment. Myles Wright, CEO of Fnality Services, and Antoine Scalia, founder and CEO of Cryptio, add infrastructure and fintech depth to a programme that is otherwise dominated by traditional financial institutions.
The breadth of representation, regulators, central bank officials, asset managers and custodians in the same room, reflects how far institutional engagement with tokenisation has moved since the event's earlier editions, when digital assets were still largely a sideshow for most of these organisations.
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial or investment advice.
