Boston Blockchain Association
Week of October 5, 2026
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What's Inside?
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Speakers Announced for BBA NYC Event: Digital Assets at the Crossroads on 11/4
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Upcoming Events:
- Boston Institutional Digital Assets Forum on 12/1
- 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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Boston Institutional Digital Assets Forum on 12/1
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Featured Must Read: BNY in Talks with Kraken Parent Payward Over Infrastructure Partnership (CoinDesk)
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Corporate Member News: Who Controls the Bitcoin Blockchain?
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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. 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 growing institutional appetite for digital assets, including digital asset ETFs, Bitcoin, tokenization, stablecoins, and onchain finance, as well as emerging use cases across payments, treasury management, private credit, real estate, and other assets. A dedicated DeFi panel will examine evolving approaches to risk management, the relationship between decentralized and traditional finance, and the infrastructure and standards still needed for broader institutional participation. The program will also address counterparty, liquidity, custody, and operational risks, with a focus on real-world developments and actionable takeaways for institutions navigating the next phase of digital asset adoption.
Click here to view the speaker lineup + register
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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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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.
Click here to register
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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.
Click here to register
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The Agencies Take the Wheel
Last month asked whether statute would catch up to rulemaking. September answered on the Senate floor: the Clarity Act failed its first test, 49 votes to 50, and market-structure legislation is likely dead until the next Congress. The agencies did not wait. Within ten days the SEC unlocked onchain trading of tokenized stocks, the CFTC sent its own crypto rules to the White House, and the Federal Reserve proposed its GENIUS Act stablecoin rules.
Read the full story
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Featured Must Read
BNY in Talks with Kraken Parent Payward Over Infrastructure Partnership (CoinDesk)
BNY is in talks with Kraken parent Payward over a potential infrastructure partnership spanning digital assets, custody, trading, payments, wealth management and other financial-market services, according to people familiar with the matter. The arrangement could resemble the infrastructure component of Payward’s recent agreement with Nasdaq, where the companies are building technology for tokenized equities and regulated market access. While discussions are ongoing and a deal is not guaranteed, a partnership would deepen BNY’s digital asset infrastructure efforts while advancing Payward’s strategy of providing financial technology and services to established institutions.
Click here to read the article
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Corporate Member News
Who Controls the Bitcoin Blockchain?
No single participant controls the Bitcoin blockchain, but influence is not distributed equally. In a new analysis, Fidelity Digital Assets examines how users, nodes, miners, exchanges, and custodians collectively govern the network. Nodes enforce the ledger’s rules while miners keep the blockchain moving, and economic nodes can carry greater influence based on the funds and users they represent. Fidelity notes that proposed changes should aim for 95% acceptance because anything less could result in a damaging chain split. The article also flags a growing risk that custodians could concentrate influence as more bitcoin is held through exchanges and banks, but identifies users’ ability to withdraw their assets and support as an important check on custodians’ power.
Click here to read the article
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The BBA salutes Ava Labs, making it simple to deploy high-performance solutions for Web3, led by innovations on Avalanche. Ava Labs is redefining how people build and use open, permissionless networks and create value with Web3.
Thank you for the knowledge you bring to the table and for expanding blockchain’s influence in Boston!
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