Re-wiring Finance
Scotland now has the UK’s only prescriptive digital assets legislation. This invitation-only roundtable brings together institutional leaders, fintech founders, web3 builders and the researchers who shaped the Act — to agree what happens next.
Why this matters now.
The Digital Assets (Scotland) Act 2026 (Royal Assent 16 April) gives institutional tokenisation the ownership, transfer and enforcement clarity that central banks and regulators have identified as a prerequisite for adoption.
Exposed because £480bn of assets and 149,000 jobs sit on the wholesale plumbing tokenisation will rewire — asset servicing, custody, fund admin, post-trade. Positioned because Scotland combines the only UK prescriptive legal framework with established strengths in innovation and a deep financial-services ecosystem.
The question is whether the cluster acts within this window or watches the opportunity concentrate elsewhere.
Why be in this room.
Shape direction on Digital Assets
Participants contribute to a report published within four weeks of the event, highlighting what the digital assets wave means for Scotland — and what co-ordinated action is required.
Convene with fellow senior stakeholders
20–30 senior decision-makers across institutional finance, fintech, web3, academia and policy — in person, on the record, with follow-up commitments.
Applied research that matters
The CoE leads industry-led innovation and applied research at the edge of institutional DLT adoption — a Bank of England Digital Pound Lab participant and BoE/BIS DLT Innovation Challenge participant (final report May 2026).
Two panels, two keynotes, one plenary.
In-person, with broadcast for a wider audience. Outputs from the morning feed directly into the report.
One room. Three outputs.
Published report
Your name and organisation associated with the authoritative Scotland-wide position on digital assets implementation.
Regulatory & policy channel
Outputs fed into regulatory and policymaking workstreams through the CoE’s existing research and stakeholder relationships.
The network
Institutional leaders, regulators, researchers and innovators — in one room, on record, with follow-up commitments.
Digital Trust Centre of Excellence.
Together with FinTech Scotland, the TRUST CoE convenes Scotland’s senior FS audience — bringing industry, academia and the public sector together to build the companies of the future and support advanced skills in blockchain, digital wallets and privacy-enhancing technologies. Three universities. Three research groups. One convening role.
- Bank of England Digital Pound Lab participant
- BoE / BIS DLT Innovation Challenge — final report published May 2026
- Scottish Parliament evidence
- House of Lords evidence
- 3 Innovation Challenges delivered
- 3 university research groups across Napier, Edinburgh, Glasgow
- Sandbox for digital wallets, identity and tokenisation
- Quantum readiness, PETs, DLT, digital identity
Places limited to 30 participants.
Register your interest through our Luma page. Seats are confirmed on a rolling basis to keep sector balance. To nominate a speaker, write directly to Peter Ferry.
Register on Luma