Britain at a Crossroads: Build Here... or Bail to Dubai?
London is a financial capital. Can it be THE financial capital of Web3?
Web3 builders are leaving the UK - and not because of the weather.
Between the FCA’s heavy-handed marketing rules, unclear regulatory frameworks, and impossible banking relationships, operating here has become an uphill battle.
As a result innovation and investment are going elsewhere, leaving the UK’s ambitions of becoming a “global crypto hub” hanging in the balance.
Join CryptoMondays London as we dig into the tension between regulation and innovation, and ask what it’ll take to “build back Britain” as a home for Web3.
🎙️ Featuring Lisa Cameron (former MP, UK Parliament’s Crypto & Digital Assets All-Party Group) on the evolving UK and US regulatory landscapes.
Then, a live panel discussion will bring together policy leaders, founders, and investors to explore what practical steps could make the UK a place where builders actually want to stay (speakers to be announced soon).
Even Lou Kerner, founder of CryptoMondays Global - the original degen diplomat himself - will be in the house.
Expect candid takes, policy meets community, and a high-signal conversation about what the UK needs to get right, before its builders all book one-way flights.
As always, drinks, networking, and proof-of-community included 🍻
🎙️ Format
10-min keynote: Lisa Cameron discusses UK x US: Aligning on the Future of Digital Assets: Dr. Lisa Cameron will discuss how the UK and US are aligning on digital assets and emerging tech, and why Web3 innovation is key to the UK’s growth agenda.
Panel discussion: Bridging Policy and Innovation (speakers TBA)
Networking opportunities
🤝 With support from Stand with Crypto UK
Speakers
Keynote Speaker: Dr Lisa Cameron - Lisa was an MP in the UK Parliament from 2015-2024. During this time, she chaired the House of Commons first Cryptocurrency & Digital Assets All Party Parliamentary Group and developed a programme of education for MPs and Lords to learn about emerging technologies. Greengage in their 2024 publication Digital Parliamentarians named Dr Cameron as the MP who had raised cryptocurrency and digital assets more than any other parliamentarian. Since stepping down from Parliament, Dr Cameron has become Chair of the Digital Assets Global Forum and founded the UKUS Crypto Alliance, continuing her work in the sector on regulation and global policy making. In 2025, Dr Cameron was named Outstanding Industry Influencer of the Year at the Digital Commonwealth Awards.
Panellists
Elise Soucie Watts: Elise is the Executive Director of Global Digital Finance (GDF), board member, and also board advisor to several firms on policy & regulatory issues. She is also the co-host of the podcast The Outside Context.
Previously, she was at the Associate for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), leading Digital Assets and Data Strategy work, and prior to that she worked at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), across both their Technology, Resilience and Cyber Division and International Division.
Named 'Next Generation Leader of the Year' at the 2022 Women in Finance Awards UK, ad part of the Innovate Finance Standout 45 on the Women in Fintech Powerlist 2024 as a Regulatory and Policy Expert, Elise's dual public and private sector experience positions her to lead both regulatory advocacy and contribute technical knowledge to support the growth of the digital assets ecosystem.
Pavan "PK" Kaur is the CEO of RuleSpark, where she maintains a 100% success rate in resolving regulatory warning letters for marketing breaches. An award-winning Deloitte alumna, PK also launched the world’s first crypto fund and regularly delivers thought leadership through the University of Oxford and Cointelegraph.
Clemens Scherf : Clemens is the Base Country Lead for the United Kingdom and EMEA and has been involved in the blockchain industry since 2018. He started his career as a Blockchain Research Analyst at a Hong Kong based ICO advisory firm, later worked as a Technology Consultant at PwC and then was a Venture and Ecosystem Builder in the NEAR ecosystem. He holds a Master of Science - MS, Analytics and Management from the London Business School and a Bachelor in Economics from Bocconi University. At both Universities he built, led and scaled the local university blockchain societies.
Harry Pearce Gould : Harry's background spans political, tech start ups and tradfi. Having worked for a brokerage and a specialist investment vehicle, Harry helped grow a property tech startup before making the shift to politics as a government advisor.
Since his time in government where he was first exposed to crypto policy, Harry has since worked on crypto policy for UK Finance (the UK's financial services trade body) and now runs UK campaigns and is General Manage of Stand with Crypto International.
Moderator - Lou Kerner: Lou Kerner is the Founder of CryptoMondays (“CM”), the largest crypto IRL event in Web3 with 150K+ members, across 56 cities and 18 countries. CM also includes the Collective, a leading Web3 advisory service with 300+ Web3 “experts” and a community management AI agent (MonDAI). CryptoMondays also powers BTOC, the first on chain Bitcoin Treasury, and the Decentralized AI Agent Alliance (DAIAA), which fosters the development and proliferation of decentralized AI agents through education, activism, research, and events.
Lou’s been a crypto thought leader since 2013, when the Wall Street Journal called Lou "Wall Street’s Bitcoin Expert''. Lou’s ranked among the most influential crypto bloggers on Medium and regularly keynotes major crypto industry events. Lou started his career as an equity analyst following media companies for Goldman Sachs. Lou has a B.A. from U.C.L.A. and an MBA from Stanford.
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Huge shoutout to our venue partner ReedSmith for hosting us!
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⏰ Doors open 6:30pm.
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