For TradFi leaders, meaningful participation in digital assets and on-chain finance depends on the infrastructure decisions they make long before products are launched. This working group focuses on the foundational capabilities—governance, custody, ledger architecture, risk, compliance, and operating models—that must be put in place to support real value, real clients, and real regulatory scrutiny. Rather than debating technologies or market hype, participants will pressure-test how today’s infrastructure choices lock in future control, scalability, and accountability, and identify what must be built now to position their institutions as credible, long-term stakeholders in on-chain financial markets. Discussion points include:
- Defining digital asset infrastructure and setting a common baseline to avoid misalignment.
- Infrastructure vs. products vs. pilots.
- Digital assets as financial infrastructure, not an innovation sandbox.
- Governance for 24/7, irreversible, code-based markets.
- Decision ownership across business, risk, compliance, and technology.
- Mapping infrastructure components to regulatory expectations.
- Custody, safeguarding, AML/KYC, and reporting requirements.
- Key management models and control frameworks to ensure custody is the anchor point.
- On-chain vs. off-chain ledgers and synchronization.
- Permissioned vs. public blockchain considerations.
- Data consistency, reconciliation, and source of truth.
- Interoperability across chains and legacy systems.
- Identity, access, and compliance by design to underpin trust.
- Risk management in real time.
- Ownership across technology, operations, risk, and business.
- New roles and skill sets required.
- Breaking silos between digital asset teams and core functions.
