Public blockchain in financial services: overcoming regulatory challenges

Although the benefits of blockchain for the financial industry are increasingly well understood, making use of public permissionless blockchains can still pose regulatory challenges for banks. Previously, the compromise was private blockchains, which gave distributed ledger technology functionality without the risks of public blockchain. However, these come with their own challenges and trade-offs.

Now, under the administration of President Donald Trump, momentum is building to overcome the regulatory challenges preventing public blockchain adoption in the US. But if this process is to happen both quickly and safely, regulators and decision-makers at traditional institutions must be brought to a clear understanding of the capabilities of public blockchain protocols to establish an effective policy framework.

This means exploding some of the stubborn myths around public blockchains, demonstrating that they can provide a robust, scalable infrastructure for financial markets, and identifying areas where existing regulations might prevent the adoption of blockchain infrastructure.

This event is co-organised by the Global Finance & Technology Network and OMFIF’s Digital Monetary Institute during Insights Forum 2025. The Insights Forum is taking place from 10 – 11 November at the Sands Expo & Convention Centre in Singapore, and will co-locate in the week of a milestone 10th edition of Singapore FinTech Festival 12 – 14 November.

To register your interest in attending Insights Forum 2025, please see here.

If you would like to enquire about participating in the roundtable, please contact Max Steadman at [email protected] or Folusho Olutosin at [email protected].