Digital Assets Week back in London 6-7 October 2026
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What are the key risks?
1. You could lose all the money you invest
- The performance of most cryptoassets can be highly volatile, with their value dropping as quickly as it can rise. You should be prepared to lose all the money you invest in cryptoassets.
- The cryptoasset market is largely unregulated. There is a risk of losing money or any cryptoassets you purchase due to risks such as cyber-attacks, financial crime and firm failure.
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- A good rule of thumb is not to invest more than 10% of your money in high-risk investments.
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Digital Assets Week returns to London on 6 and 7 October 2026.
Tokenisation has moved past the proof-of-concept stage. The question facing capital markets is no longer whether assets can be issued and settled on distributed infrastructure, but what it takes to do it at commercial scale, inside existing regulatory perimeters, with real counterparties on the other side of the trade.
That’s the question Digital Assets Week London 2026 is built around. It takes place on 6 and 7 October.
What sets this institutional conference apart?
Plenty of events cover digital assets. Digital Assets Week is the only forum that examines capital markets transformation through tokenisation in depth, across the full chain: issuance, market structure, settlement, custody, liquidity and regulatory alignment.
The reason it can go that deep is its foundation. Digital Assets Week sits on top of Global Asset Digitisation Projects, which makes it the only venue where the commercialisation of tokenising assets is discussed comprehensively and at scale. The conversations are grounded in work that is actually being built, not in speculation about what might be built.
What will be covered at Digital Assets Week 2026?
The event is institution-led and structured to support substantive dialogue between market participants, regulators and infrastructure providers.
The agenda is weighted toward the things that determine whether a tokenisation programme survives contact with production:
- Implementation. What it takes to move from pilot to live issuance.
- Risk management. Operational, counterparty and technology risk in a digital settlement environment.
- Market structure. How tokenised venues, intermediaries and liquidity provision fit alongside incumbent infrastructure.
As digital assets increasingly intersect with traditional capital markets, these are the questions where the interesting disagreements now live.
Who is speaking at Digital Assets Week 2026?
The conference includes an impressive roster of speakers to cover key topics looking at the challenges and opportunities around tokenisation and the future of finance.
Some of the notable speakers attending the event include:
- The Rt Hon Lucy Rigby MP, Minister of State, Economic Secretary to the Treasury
- Sasha Mills, Executive Director, Bank of England
- Sumeera Younis, COO, US SEC Crypto Task Force
- Ryan Hayward, Global head of digital assets, Barclays
- Anthony Clark-Jone, Head of digital assets, UBS Investment Bank
There are plenty more on the agenda across the two days.
Why London, why now?
London remains one of the few places where issuers, regulators, custodians and infrastructure providers are in the same conversation at the same time.
The regulatory picture is still forming, which makes direct dialogue between the people writing the rules and the people building to them more valuable than another round of commentary from the sidelines.
If you are working on tokenisation, digital securities, settlement infrastructure or the regulatory frameworks around them, this is a room worth being in.
Further details
Digital Assets Week London 2026 is taking place on 6 and 7 October 2026.
Full conference agenda and registration are available on the event site.
*Cryptocurrencies aren't regulated in the UK and there's no protection from the Financial Ombudsman or the Financial Services Compensation Scheme. Your capital is at risk. Capital gains tax on profits may apply.
Cryptocurrencies are speculative and investing in them involves significant risks - they're highly volatile, vulnerable to hacking and sensitive to secondary activity. The value of investments can fall as well as rise and you may get back less than you invested. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. This content shouldn't be interpreted as a recommendation to invest. Before you invest, you should get advice and decide whether the potential return outweighs the risks. Finder, or the author, may have holdings in the cryptocurrencies discussed.