Wednesday, April 16 at 1PM ET, I’ll be presenting for the American Bar Association on how U.S. banks can engage with digital assets.
U.S. banks can re-engage with the promising world of digital assets and tokenization. But understanding what’s permissible — and how to build a product regulators will actually allow — is something else entirely. This is a 90-minute deep dive for those that are serious about the future of banking and digital assets.
We’ll go into everything a bank can do within the reasonable realm of possibility — custody, stablecoins and tokenized deposits, staking, governance, digital asset-collateralized lending, digital asset lending and trading, and more. And we’ve planned for live Q&A — come armed with questions, the more technical the better.
My sparring partner for this presentation is the Chair of the ABA Banking Law Subcommittee on Legislation & Regulation, Recipient of IFLR International Financial Law Review’s 2024 “Outstanding Contribution to Regulatory Reform” award, and my good friend and banking law mentor, Matthew Bisanz of Mayer Brown. Known (only half-jokingly) as the “Basel Barbarian,” Matt has a well-earned reputation for defending any position in banking law —and dismantling opposing arguments with surgical precision. When it comes to what banks can and can’t do, Matt brings the full force of prudential doctrine.
But with my experience as regulatory product counsel to digital asset banking pioneer Silvergate, the limited-purpose trust companies supervised by the New York State Department of Financial Services, Wyoming SPDIs, and the OCC — and with Matt, my prudential regulatory mentor, having taught me everything he knows — I like my odds representing Winston & Strawn LLP.
Natasha Dempsey of Foley & Lardner LLP will be our moderator, bringing clarity, poise, and just the right amount of control.
Details for registration below.
NEW! In The Know #CLE Webinar | Back to the Future: Paths for Banks to Engage in Digital Asset Activities
April 16, 2025 | Wednesday | 1:00 - 2:30 PM ET
Banks are increasingly interested in digital asset activities like issuing stablecoins and running crypto trading platforms, but federal laws restrict them from most commercial activities. This webinar will cover these restrictions, regulators' rulemaking powers, and legal pathways for banks to participate in digital asset activities.
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