Jennie Levin, Chief Legal and Operating Officer, Algorand Foundation
Arthur Firstov, Chief Business Officer at Mercuryo.
Norman Wooding, Founder & CEO, SCRYPT
Patrick Gruhn
Jan Kus
Rosalia Mazza
Rosalia Mazza
Rosalia Mazza
Baran Ozkan
Rosalia Mazza
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Crypto regulation is moving from enforcement theatre to infrastructure design — but the legal foundation is still unfinished. As the Clarity Act window narrows before U.S. midterms, builders face a practical choice: wait for Washington, or architect systems that can survive shifting rules, local compliance demands, and future political reversals.
The payment rails connecting traditional finance to on-chain assets are already operational. Arthur Firstov argues that builders are waiting for one thing: a statute that tells them what they can carry.
Regulatory clarity finally arrived for stablecoins. But the EU and US solved the problem in fundamentally different ways. As MiCA and the GENIUS Act diverge on licensing, custody, and compliance architecture, institutions are discovering that “compliant” in one market doesn’t translate cleanly into the other. The new competitive edge may belong to firms and jurisdictions built to operate between regulatory systems, not inside just one.
AI, Platforms, Transformation & Regulation The Future of Banking Forum: AI, Platforms & Digital Transformation Join industry leaders in banking, finance and technology to explore the latest in strategy, innovation,...
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Crypto brokers, leveraged trading platforms, and prediction markets are coming under growing scrutiny as courts begin treating addictive digital products more aggressively following recent rulings against Meta and Alphabet. Critics say many trading apps deliberately use gambling-like mechanics — leverage, gamification, and FOMO — while the vast majority of retail traders ultimately lose money. With regulators and lawyers increasingly focused on financial addiction and consumer harm, the industry could face a major wave of legal challenges.
Over $12 billion in DeFi liquidity sits idle. Justin Havins argues the industry's TVL obsession is the problem — and capital discipline is what comes next.
Learn why merchant cash advances are not classified as loans and how that distinction impacts enforcement and court outcomes in the fintech and legal landscape.
