Overview

• The one-day event takes place Oct. 21 in Washington, D.C., with sessions streamed on federalreserve.gov and the Federal Reserve’s YouTube channel.
• Federal Reserve Governor Christopher J. Waller will deliver opening remarks and later close the conference.
• Roundtables will address bridging traditional finance with digital assets, stablecoin use cases and business models, the role of AI in payments, and tokenized products.
• Confirmed participants include leaders from Chainlink, Circle, Coinbase, BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, BNY Mellon, Fireblocks, Google Cloud, Stripe, and JPM Kinexys.
• Coverage notes the timing alongside an upcoming FOMC meeting where analysts expect a 25-basis-point rate cut, a context that could influence liquidity discussions.