Muskan Bhatla

crypto @ cryptio

[Cryptio @cryptio_co]

The current phase of digital assets has moved beyond proving that institutions can move on-chain. It is about rebuilding banking, capital markets, operations and accounting around an always-on financial system.

When we created CFF, the goal was simple. Bring together the finance and accounting teams working through the practical realities of digital assets. As the market has matured, that room has expanded with it – to CFOs, COOs, heads of digital assets, controllers, auditors, regulators, banks and asset managers.

Five editions later, we are no longer debating whether stablecoins, tokenized securities and digital assets will become part of mainstream finance. We are working through what happens as they do.

This year, leaders from @MorganStanley, @circle, Cantor Fitzgerald, @Broadridge, @Bitwise, @Bullish, @Securitize, @UpholdInc, Alpaca, @hodlwithLedn, FASB, @Deloitte, @wolfandcompany, @cbz, @ForvisMazarsGrp and Augustus joined us in New York.

💡 Some key insights from the forum:

🚂 Morgan Stanley’s Amy Oldenburg said “the train has left the station.” Even CLARITY, she said, “doesn’t really stop anything in terms of the activity we’re doing.” The challenge now is coordinating the infrastructure and regulatory requirements across different businesses and jurisdictions.

🏦 Circle’s Tamara Schulz rejected the idea that stablecoins will replace banks, describing them instead as an extension of regulated money into an “always-on, internet-native economy.”

🔗 Broadridge’s Robert Krugman and Bitwise’s Johanna Collins-Wood highlighted why the transition will be evolutionary. Traditional and digital systems will operate in parallel for the foreseeable future, while most wealth will still be managed through existing investment advisers and distribution channels where trust already exists.

📚 Cantor Fitzgerald’s Matthew DeCicco said reconciling on-chain activity with traditional activity and existing books and records has been “by far” the most onerous lift and biggest resource drag for the back and middle office.

🌐 Bullish’s Thomas Cowan compared tokenization to encryption: infrastructure that underpins almost everything we do online without users having to think about it. “That’s what it will be 10 years from now.”

CFF exists to create the room where banking, capital markets, finance, accounting, audit, regulation and digital-asset infrastructure can be discussed together – because none of these transformations happen in isolation.

Proud to see this community continue to grow.

Thank you to all our speakers, our sponsoring partners CBIZ, Deloitte, Wolf & Company, Forvis Mazars and BDO, and everyone who joined us at Tribeca360.

See you at the next one!

[Muskan Bhatla @muskanbhatla]

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A look at our #BinanceUniversity tour at @UofIllinois - Full house with students eager to learn about crypto and blockchain!

Special thanks to @ILL_Blockchain for cohosting the event and contributing towards an educated blockchain future.

[Illini Blockchain @ILL_Blockchain]

UIUC's blockchain summit is on April 22!!

come hang with:
- @VitalikButerin: founder of @ethereum
- @toly: founder of @solana
- @li_mike_yue: VP of Data at @coinbase
- us: your sherpas into cryptoland

Sign up & learn more here: https://t.co/V7AlyKPKWX

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