​FSA Blockchain Roundtable 2025 in GFTN Forum Japan

​★You can join the event free of charge without GFTN ticket★

​​Organizer: Financial Services Agency of Japan (JFSA)

​​Special partner: GFTN Japan

​​Date: 10:30-17:30pm JST, March 5, 2025 (in-person only)

​​Venue: Kanda Myojin Kaikan (@GFTN Forum Japan) (Google map)

​​Format: Invited discussants and general audience

​​Programme | GFTN Forum, Japan

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​Overview

​​Financial Services Agency of Japan (JFSA) will host the Blockchain Round-Table 2025 to prompt frank exchange of opinions on digital assets among multi-stakeholders such as industry experts, academia and regulatory authorities.

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​​Draft Agenda

​​* All sessions take place under the Chatham House rule.

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​​10:30 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.

​​Keynote: Yu Ozaki, Deputy Director-General of the Supervisory Bureau, FSA

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​​10:40 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.

​​Session 1: Accelerating Global Harmonization of Crypto and Stablecoin Regulation

​​[Moderator]

• ​Christopher Brummer, Professor, Georgetown University

​​[Discussants]

• ​​Matthew Long, Director, Payments & Digital Assets, Financial Conduct Authority: Update from IOSCO FTF

• ​​Nobuyasu Sugimoto, Deputy Division Chief of Financial Supervision and Regulation Division, IMF

• ​​Matthew White, CEO, Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (Dubai)

• ​​Matthias Obrecht, Head Fintech Desk, FINMA

• ​Elisabeth Wallace, Head of Innovation and Conduct Policy, Dubai Financial Services Authority

• ​Rhys Bollen, Senior Executive Leader (Digital Assets), ASIC

• ​Ryosuke Ushida, Chief Fintech Officer, JFSA

​​Topics

​​(1) Approaches to regulating crypto assets differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. What will be required of international body such as the FSB, IOSCO, and FATF to achieve level playing field and?

​​(2) Low-capacity jurisdictions are struggling to implement crypto-assets regulation. How can the leading authorities and private sector experts help them?

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​​12:00 p.m. - 13:00 p.m.

​​Lunch

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​​13:00 p.m. - 14:20 p.m.

​​Session 2: Building Blocks of the Stable and Reliable Tokenization Ecosystem

​​[Moderator]

• ​Austin Campbell, Adjunct Professor, Columbia Business School

​​[Discussants]

• ​Yuta Takanshi, Member of Secretariat, Financial Stability Board

• ​Naoto Shimoda, Deputy Director-General, Bank of Japan

• ​Alan Lim, Director & Head, Financial Infrastructure and Artificial Intelligence Office, MAS

• ​Mike Tagai, Lead Councelor, savemeri

• ​Paul Snaith, Director of Treasury Operations Department, World Bank

• ​Masashi Watanabe, Managing Director, Deputy Head of Digital Strategy Division, MUFG Bank, Ltd.

• ​Jason Allegrante, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer, Fireblocks

• ​Morten Bech, Centre Head - Switzerland, BIS Innovation Hub

• ​Daniel Lee, Head of Web3, Banking Circle

• ​Jessica Renier, Managing Director, Digital Finance, Institute of International Finance

​​Topics

​​(1)  Do you agree with the risks and vulnerbilities highlighted in the FSB report? What are the key challenges how to overcome them?

​​(2)  How wholesale CBDC, existing financial structure and tokenization efforts by private sectors can complement each other?

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​​14:20 p.m. - 14:40 p.m.

​​Coffee Break / Networking

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​​14:40 p.m. - 16:00 p.m.

​​Session 3: Safeguarding the Crypto Ecosystem: Lessons from the ByBit Hack and the Imperative for Stronger Cybersecurity & AML/CFT Measures

​​[Moderator]

• ​Robert Wardrop, Founder, RegGenome

​​[Discussants]

• ​Jon Isaksen, Head of Policy, EMEA, Uniswap Labs

• ​David Katz, Vice President, Strategy and Policy (Asia Pacific) , Circle

• ​Dea Markova, Director of Policy, Fireblocks

• ​Angela Ang, Senior Policy Advisor, TRM Labs

• ​Takaya Sugino, Deputy Director, FSA

• ​Chengyi Ong, Head of Policy, APAC, Chainalysis

• ​Adam Zarazinski、CEO, Inca Digital

• ​Angelina Kwan, Senior Advisor, IMC Asia Pacific

• ​Daniel Lee, Head of Web3, Banking Circle

• ​Rex Zhang, COO, OneInfinity

​​Topics

​​(1)  What lessons should we learn from the recent incident and what are the policy and technical implications?

​​(2) What is the reality of embedding regulatory requirements such as AML/CFT in stablecoins and DeFi? Are they actually functioning effectively?

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​​16:00 p.m. - 16:10 p.m.

​​Coffee Break

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​​16:10 p.m. - 17:30 p.m.

​​Session 4: Web3 Development in Japan business opportunities for international players

​​[Moderator]

• ​Shota Matsuzawa, Co-founder, Decima Fund / Expert, Digital Agency

• ​Ryosuke Ushida, Chief Fintech Officer, JFSA

​​[Discussants]

• ​Haruo Narimoto, Partner, TMI Associates

• ​Yusuke Takezawa, CSO, Progmat, Inc

• ​Kaya Kanamori, Head of Bussiness Planning Dept., Sony Bank

• ​Yusuke Jindo, CFO, Animoca Brands Japan

• ​Nao Kitazawa, Venture Partner, Eight Roads

• ​Mark Medum Bundgaard, CPO, Partisia

• ​Matthew Van Niekerk, Settlemint

• ​Shuhei Ochiai, Toyota Financial Services

• ​Yusuke Jindo, CFO, Animoca Brands Japan

• ​Chiharu Kuroda, Regulatory Expert, KDDI

​​Topics

​​(1) What is the development of RWT unique to Japan?

​​(2) Where are the market opportunities for overseas investors, businesses and financial institutions in Japan?

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