Boston Blockchain Association
Week of October 19, 2026
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What's Inside?
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Low Ticket Alert for BBA NYC Event: Digital Assets at the Crossroads on 11/4
- Upcoming Events:
- Boston Institutional Digital Assets Forum on 12/1
- BU FinTech Panel: Tokenized Equity and Stablecoins with Circle and Fidelity on 10/22
- Swell 2026 on 10/27 — 10/29
- Digital Assets Forum on 11/13
- Consensus Hong Kong on 2/1 — 2/3
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Digital Asset Summit New York 2027 3/30 — 4/1
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Featured Must Read: Quantum Alliance Forms Amid Warnings 6.4 Million Bitcoin Face Future Quantum Threat (CoinDesk)
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Corporate Member News: Ropes & Gray Analyzes SEC Crypto Asset Custody Proposal
| | BBA NYC Event: Panelists Announced
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BBA Digital Assets Series: Digital Assets at the Crossroads
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
New York City, NY
The BBA is proud to bring its Institutional Series to New York City on November 4, 2026, hosted at Aon’s NYC office. The program will open with a fireside chat featuring Debra Brookes, Chief Risk and Compliance Officer at the Wyoming Stable Token Commission, moderated by James Knox, Managing Director at Aon and BBA Board Member. As institutional interest in digital assets continues to grow, the event will bring together leaders across asset management, financial infrastructure, risk, and digital assets to examine the progress being made, the challenges that remain, and the path forward. Discussions will explore digital asset ETFs, Bitcoin as an institutional asset, tokenization, stablecoins, onchain finance, and emerging use cases across payments, treasury management, private credit, real estate, and other assets.
A dedicated panel, Navigating Institutional Adoption of DeFi as well as Associated Challenges & Risks, will examine how decentralized finance is evolving alongside traditional financial markets. Alex Krasnow, DeFi Lead at Aon, will moderate the discussion with Alim Khamisa of OP Labs, David Knox of Hyperion DeFi, and Olivia Vande Woude of Ava Labs. A second panel, Institutional Adoption of Digital Assets in 2026: What’s Changing, will be moderated by Doug Mehne, CEO of Fortary Labs and BBA Chair, and feature Patrick Bush of VanEck, John D’Agostino of Coinbase, Andrew McCormick of Chainlink Labs, and Jeremy Pollack of USAT by Tether.
The program will also address the counterparty, liquidity, custody, and operational risks shaping institutional decision making, along with the infrastructure and standards needed for broader participation. The event will focus on real-world developments, emerging use cases, and actionable takeaways for institutions navigating the next phase of digital asset adoption, followed by a networking reception.
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Boston Institutional Digital Assets Forum
Tuesday, December 1, 2026
Boston, MA
The Boston Blockchain Association (BBA) and TABB Group are proud to present the 5th Annual Boston Institutional Digital Asset Forum, taking place on December 1, 2026, at Federal Reserve Plaza. As institutional adoption of digital assets accelerates, this year's forum will provide timely insights into the trends, technologies, and regulatory developments reshaping the market. Discussions will explore the evolving U.S. regulatory and market structure landscape, the convergence of traditional finance with blockchain-based infrastructure, and the expanding role of stablecoins across investment portfolios, payments, central banks, and the broader financial ecosystem. Featuring distinguished keynote speakers and expert panelists from across the industry, the forum will showcase real-world use cases, emerging products, and practical strategies for operating in an increasingly mature digital asset market. Whether you are expanding an existing digital asset strategy or evaluating new opportunities, this event will provide the insights, perspectives, and connections needed to navigate the next phase of institutional adoption.
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BU FinTech Panel: Tokenized Equity and Stablecoins with Circle and Fidelity
October 22, 2026
Boston, MA
Join BU FinTech for an evening exploring the future of tokenized finance with Josh Burek, Senior Director of Strategic Positioning at Circle, and Tom Huynh, VP of Product for Tokenized Investments at Fidelity. Hear how leading firms are bringing traditional assets onto the blockchain, with insights on tokenized equities, stablecoins, evolving U.S. regulations, and the growth of tokenized real-world assets. The discussion will be followed by networking with industry professionals, with food and refreshments provided. Open to all students; no fintech background required.
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Swell 2026
October 27 – 29, 2026
New York City, NY
To mark the 10th anniversary of Ripple's premier annual event, Swell 2026 is gathering 1,500 global decision-makers in New York City—from Wall Street C-suites and fintech founders to developers and academic researchers defining the next frontier.
📢 BBA Members Only: A 25% discount code for this event was emailed to all BBA members on August 11.
🙋 Not yet a member? Join the BBA today by clicking here. New joiners may reach out to the BBA for the code.
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Digital Assets Forum
Friday, November 13, 2026
New York City, NY
Digital Assets Forum comes to New York on November 13, bringing together leaders from across asset management, banking, market infrastructure, and the institutional digital asset ecosystem. The event will feature more than 50 sessions across two stages, along with private roundtables, pre-scheduled 1:1 meetings, an exhibition area, and opportunities to connect with fund managers, allocators, and other institutional participants. Featured speakers include Sandy Kaul of Franklin Templeton, Tobias Adrian of the IMF, Maxwell Stein of BlackRock, Ryan Rugg of Citi, Anthony Scaramucci of SkyBridge Capital, Adam Back of Blockstream, Matthew Ducie of DTCC, Kathleen Wrynn of Invesco, and Will Peck of WisdomTree, with additional speakers still to be announced.
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Consensus Hong Kong
February 1 – 3, 2027
Hong Kong
Consensus Hong Kong returns February 1 – 3, bringing together executives, investors, builders, and policymakers from around the world to explore the forces shaping the next phase of digital assets and financial technology. Produced by CoinDesk, the event is expected to draw 10,000 attendees from more than 100 countries, with programming focused on digital assets at scale, tokenization, stablecoins, DeFi, AI, and the emerging agentic economy. Discussions will examine how institutions across Asia are putting blockchain and AI into production, from real-world asset tokenization and payments infrastructure to autonomous financial systems and enterprise adoption. Since its debut in 2025, Consensus Hong Kong has brought together more than 20,000 participants as a gateway for global capital to connect with Asia’s rapidly evolving digital asset ecosystem.
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Digital Asset Summit New York 2027
March 30 – April 1, 2027
New York City, NY
Blockworks’ Digital Asset Summit New York returns March 30 – April 1, bringing together leaders from across asset management, banking, fintech, payments, policy, and digital assets to explore the continued evolution of the onchain economy. The three-day event is expected to convene more than 3,500 attendees, 1,400+ institutions, and 200+ speakers, representing more than $3.8 trillion in assets under management. Programming will cover onchain capital markets, stablecoins and global payments, fintech and enterprise innovation, institutional investment, U.S. digital asset policy, and DeFi and risk management. Attendees will include asset managers, allocators, financial institutions, crypto companies, service providers, policymakers, and regulators shaping the next phase of digital asset adoption.
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Featured Must Read
Quantum Alliance Forms Amid Warnings 6.4 Million Bitcoin Face Future Quantum Threat (CoinDesk)
Nine crypto companies have formed the Quantum Alliance to prepare Bitcoin, Ethereum and other blockchain networks for future quantum-computing threats that could put an estimated 6.4 million bitcoin at risk, including roughly 1.1 million attributed to Satoshi Nakamoto. While no existing quantum computer can break today’s cryptography, alliance members disagree on how soon that could change, with one researcher pointing to 2028 and another saying no one knows the date. The broader industry is also debating what should happen to vulnerable coins, including migration, freezing or trust structures, raising difficult questions about security, governance and Bitcoin’s resistance to confiscation.
Click here to read the article
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Corporate Member News
Ropes & Gray Analyzes SEC Crypto Asset Custody Proposal
Ropes & Gray examines the SEC’s October 1 proposal to allow investment advisers and regulated funds to self-custody crypto assets when no qualified custodian is available, subject to extensive safeguards. The framework would require quarterly written determinations that no qualified custodian will maintain the asset, along with asset-specific custody expertise, joint authorization for transfers, address-level segregation, cybersecurity controls, annual reviews, and independent internal control reports. It would also permit qualifying state trust companies to serve as crypto asset custodians and modernize requirements involving broker-dealers, discretionary trading authority, pooled vehicle audits, and recordkeeping. Advisers and funds could maintain required crypto records onchain if they can produce them for the SEC in a human-readable format. Comments are due December 7, 2026.
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Thanking Our Corporate Member | |
This week, the BBA salutes InFlux Technologies, a global company revolutionizing the digital landscape with its cutting-edge blockchain technology, powering the world's first decentralized cloud infrastructure.
Thank you for the knowledge you bring to the table and for expanding blockchain’s influence in Boston!
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