Stablecoins Unblocked 2026
About this Event
Building on the momentum of last year’s event, we will once again bring together industry leaders, policymakers, and innovators for a full day of forward-looking discussions on the future of digital money.
Watch the highlights from last year's conference:
Agenda
🕑: 09:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Stablecoins Unblocked 2026
🕑: 08:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Registration and Coffee
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:10 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Info: Helen Disney, CEO, Unblocked & Diego Ballon-Ossio, Partner Clifford Chance
🕑: 09:10 AM - 09:35 AM
Keynote - Stablecoins and the Future of Money
Info: VIP guest to be announced
🕑: 09:35 AM - 10:00 AM
Fireside Chat
Info: Moderator: Helen Disney, CEO, Unblocked
🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Panel - Geopolitics: The role of Stable Money in an Unstable World
Info: Moderator: Izabella Kaminska, Editor, The Peg
Speakers:
Jannah Patchay, Founder, Markets Evolution & Executive in Residence, Global Digital Finance;
Nicola Bilotta, EU-Supervisory Digital Finance Academy Lead, Florence School of Banking and Finance;
Mimi Kufuor, Global COO, KoinKoin Exchange Africa;
Isadora Arredondo, Vice-President, Global Policy, Hedera
🕑: 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Coffee Break
Info: Please join us in the networking area for coffee and refreshments
🕑: 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Panel - Stablecoins at a Crossroads: Navigating Law & Policy
Info: As stablecoins move into the mainstream of global payments and financial infrastructure, regulators, policymakers, and industry leaders face urgent questions around legal frameworks and policy choices and the best way to safeguard the broader financial system. This panel will explore the evolving regulatory landscape, the balance between innovation and oversight, and what effective consumer protection should look like in a rapidly changing digital asset landscape.
Laura Navaratnam, UK Policy Lead, Digital Assets, Crypto Council for Innovation (Moderator); Sam Hinton-Smith, Head of Public Policy APAC & EMEA, Stripe; Diego Ballon-Ossio, Partner, Clifford Chance; Su Carpenter, Executive Director, CryptoUK
🕑: 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Fireside chat
🕑: 12:30 PM - 01:00 PM
Panel - Designing Infrastructure for Tokenised Finance
Info: Moderator: Kene Ezeji-Okoye, Chief Business Officer, Ubyx
🕑: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Lunch Break
Info: Join us for a buffet lunch in the networking area
🕑: 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Afternoon Keynote - Fostering Innovation, Harmonising Regulation
Info: Speaker: Baroness Kay Swinburne
🕑: 02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Panel - Stablecoins and Stable Instruments: Institutional Use Cases
🕑: 03:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Coffee Break
Info: Refuel with a coffee or tea in the networking area
🕑: 04:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Panel - The need for non-USD stablecoins
Info: Richard Crook - CEO, Deus X Pay (Moderator)
Speakers: Nima Elmi - VP Strategy and Policy, Circle;
Gwera Kiwana - Global Expansion, Sling Money;
Ronnie Jaworek, MD, Head of Sales and Rev Ops, Open Trade
🕑: 04:30 PM - 05:15 PM
Fireside chat
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 60.00 to GBP 120.00
