

The Trust Stack: AI, Stablecoins & Digital Assets in APAC
βπ‘ Can AI agents be trusted to transact on your behalf?
βAI is moving from chatbot to agent. Software that once answered questions now researches, decides and increasingly pays, acting for the people using it. Stablecoins and digital asset rails are becoming the settlement layer beneath that activity, carrying programmable and faster forms of payment.
βTogether these shifts create a new trust stack, where identity, consent, accountability, compliance and user protection have to evolve as one. This session brings together leaders from a global exchange, a regulated stablecoin issuer, a blockchain intelligence firm and a licensed digital asset platform to examine what trust and safety look like at the convergence point, and how Asia Pacific can lead in setting the standard.
ββ¨ WHY ATTEND?
βHear how AI agents are beginning to interact with digital asset and stablecoin rails, and what the on-chain data already shows.
βUnderstand the risk surfaces emerging from AI-generated fraud, deepfake-enabled scams, and agentic transactions executed without informed consent.
βExplore how regulated stablecoin infrastructure can support safer and more credible digital finance.
βGain insight into how platforms and institutions are approaching consent, identity, and accountability in AI-enabled financial activity.
βConsider how APAC regulators can coordinate frameworks across AI, stablecoins, and digital assets rather than supervising each in isolation.
βWhether you are a regulator, institutional leader, digital asset professional, or fintech innovator, this is your chance to join a forward-looking dialogue on the next phase of trusted digital finance.
βEVENT AGENDA
β3:00 β 3:10 PM β Opening Remarks & Introduction
3:10 β 3:40 PM β Panel Discussion: The Convergence and the Risks
3:40 β 4:05 PM β Panel Discussion: Building the Trust Stack Responsibly
4:05 β 4:15 PM β Audience Q&A
4:15 β 4:30 PM β Closing Remarks
βKEY DISCUSSIONS
βThe scale and shape of agent-initiated payment activity on-chain today
βConsent, identity, and accountability when software transacts on a user's behalf
βFraud, scam, and misuse risks at the intersection of AI and digital assets
βRegulated stablecoin infrastructure as the settlement layer for AI-driven commerce
βExchanges and licensed platforms as trust gateways for everyday users
βCoordinated regulatory frameworks across AI, stablecoins, and digital assets in APAC
βπ€ MODERATOR
βAndeed Ma is President and Chairman of the Governing Council of the Risk and Insurance Management Association of Singapore (RIMAS). He convenes the Singapore Standard for ISO/IEC 42001 on AI management systems, sits on the Artificial Intelligence Technical Committee representing Singapore at ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42, and contributed to Technical Reference TR 147:2026 on cybersecurity practices for large language model applications.
βHe co-authored AI for Humanity: Building a Sustainable AI for the Future, published by Wiley, and Everyone is a Risk Manager, published by World Scientific. He lectures on AI, ethics, and analytics at the Singapore University of Social Sciences, and serves on the board of PARIMA in New Zealand. Recognised as an Chartered Industry Fellow of the Global Fintech Institute, Andeed holds the Chartered Fintech Professional designation.
βπ MEET THE SPEAKERS
βSB Seker leads Binance's Asia Pacific operations, with more than 20 years of experience across public sector, fintech, blockchain, legal, compliance, and market access matters. A lawyer, entrepreneur, and business leader, he has worked across APAC and MENA on financial services regulation, payments, e-commerce, blockchain, crypto, and Web3. His perspective will help frame how digital asset platforms can support responsible growth, user protection, and regulatory cooperation across the region.
βChengyi Ong is Director of Policy and Regulatory Strategy for Asia Pacific at Circle, where she leads engagement with regulators and policymakers across the region on stablecoin and digital asset frameworks. She brings seventeen years spanning central banking, financial supervision, and digital asset policy.
βShe spent more than a decade at the Monetary Authority of Singapore, holding roles across prudential policy, financial centre development, and domestic markets, and was seconded to the International Monetary Fund as Singapore's advisor to the Executive Director for the Southeast Asia constituency, coordinating ASEAN positions on global economic and financial issues. Before joining Circle she led Asia Pacific public policy at blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis. She studied at the University of Oxford.
βDiederik van Wersch is Regional Sales Director for ASEAN at Chainalysis, leading the blockchain intelligence firm's work with financial institutions, exchanges, and government agencies across Southeast Asia. He has been with Chainalysis for more than eight years, joining its European business development team in 2018 and later heading mid-market sales across EMEA before relocating to Singapore.
βChainalysis builds the blockchain data platform behind compliance and investigation work at many of the world's largest institutions and public agencies, and publishes research on the scale and composition of on-chain activity. Diederik's earlier career spans business development leadership at Rocket Internet in Berlin and at POLYAS, where he opened the company's Canadian operation.
βPei Ling Tin is Co-President of MetaComp, a MAS-licensed Major Payment Institution, and of Alpha Ladder Group. Her career spans corporate strategy, payments, and public service, with senior roles at Grab in corporate development and at DCS Card Centre, where she led strategic partnerships across the payments landscape.
βShe has served in Singapore's Parliament since 2011 and chairs the Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) for Transport. Formerly when she chaired the GPC for Digital Development and Information, she moved a parliamentary motion on sustaining trust through an inclusive and safe digital society. She was previously Chief Executive Officer of Business China (later a board member), and began her career as a consultant with Ernst & Young Advisory.
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