DeFi, DAOs and Defining Regulations: Cutting Through Hype and Hyperbole

Financial institutions, payment processors and others must separate fact from fiction when analyzing opportunities and risk in the digital asset industry. This session will provide a baseline knowledge of decentralized finance, stablecoins and central bank digital currency. We’ll then delve into how to evaluate digital assets, ecosystems and the organizations behind them. Hear from panelists who are leading the industry and the questions they ask to separate true innovation and value from hype. We will dispel the hyperbole that surrounds regulatory developments and provide practical guidance on how financial institutions and others in the payment industry can discern trusted business partners and technologies. Finally, the panel will discuss state and federal regulatory developments and the role that decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and exchanges play in protecting consumers, supporting AML/CFT, and keeping “bad actors” off the platforms. This interactive session will use polling to “mine” the audience’s crypto-smarts and drive-home key points.