Treasury to Host Crypto Policy Roundtable Series This Week
Topics will include stablecoins, DeFi, banking, and cybersecurity
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The Treasury Department will host a series of closed-door policy roundtables this week with key players in the cryptocurrency industry, Crypto In America has learned.
The 75-minute sessions are part of Treasury’s ongoing effort to engage directly with industry leaders as it shapes policies to counter illicit finance, enhance cybersecurity, and establish best practices for the digital asset ecosystem, per an invitation reviewed by Crypto In America.
According to several sources familiar with the agenda, the discussions will take place throughout the week and cover four main areas: stablecoins, decentralized finance (DeFi), banking relationships, and cybersecurity.
Each roundtable will bring together select representatives from leading companies and organizations in the crypto sector, along with senior officials from Treasury’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Office of Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection, and other leadership on digital assets policy.
The stablecoin-focused session, scheduled for Thursday, May 15, will examine controls and best practices to mitigate illicit finance risks amid ongoing concerns about sanctions evasion and the role of offshore stablecoin issuers. Topics will include secondary market monitoring, freeze capabilities, counterparty due diligence, and compliance vulnerabilities.
The discussion comes as the Treasury Department continues to provide technical assistance to Congress on the GENIUS Act — the Senate’s stablecoin legislation that failed to advance in a cloture vote last week, partly due to Democratic concerns over illicit finance risks.
The sessions will be held under Chatham House Rule, which allows participants to use the information shared but prevents attribution of remarks to specific individuals or organizations.
SEC Hosts Tokenization Roundtable
The Securities and Exchange Commission, meanwhile, will host the fourth of its five ‘Spring Sprint Toward Crypto Clarity’ industry roundtables this afternoon, focusing on tokenization.
The event will feature a keynote address from SEC Chairman Paul Atkins, along with remarks from Commissioners Mark Uyeda, Hester Peirce, and Caroline Crenshaw, as well as Richard Gabbert, Chief of Staff for the SEC’s Crypto Task Force.
The day will be split into two sessions:
Panel 1 (2–3:30 PM): "Evolution of Finance – Capital Markets 2.0"
Moderated by Jeff Dinwoodie of Cravath, the panel will feature TradFi powerhouses including:
Fidelity (Cynthia Lo Bessette)
Nasdaq (Eun Ah Choi)
BlackRock (Robert Mitchnick)
Franklin Templeton, Invesco, Apollo, DTCC, Tokenized Asset Coalition, and Superstate
Panel 2 (4–5:30 PM): "The Future of Tokenization"
Moderated by Tiffany Smith of WilmerHale, this session will take a deeper look at where tokenization is heading and the policy implications. Speakers include:
Johann Kerbrat, General Manager of Robinhood Crypto
Reps from Maple Finance, Canton, Securitize, Chia Network, Blockchain Capital, and leading legal academics including Hilary Allen and Angela Walch
You can watch the roundtable livestream here.
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