- SEC will hold its Tokenisation roundtable on May 12 at its headquarters in Washington, D.C.
- The DeFi roundtable originally scheduled for June 6 has been officially moved to June 9.
- SEC’s Tokenisation event will feature experts from both traditional and decentralised finance.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released the Tokenisation Moving Assets Onchain: Where TradFi and DeFi Meet roundtable agenda and selected panellists for an upcoming event on May 12, 2025. The gathering will be held at SEC Headquarters in Washington, D.C., from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
SEC Commissioner Hester M. Peirce will organise this event through her leadership position at the Crypto Task Force. The roundtable functions within the agency’s broader effort to participate in crypto asset regulatory advancements. The event begins with public admission at noon, and registered in-person attendees are required for all participants. Public viewers need not register to watch the session in person or through the webcast. The webcast link hosted by the SEC will become accessible through their website during the event.
The discussion explores how converting financial assets into blockchain-based tokens using tokenisation affects financial market infrastructure. Two groups of stakeholders, consisting of TradFi personnel and DeFi specialists, will take part in the event’s panel discussions. Participants will evaluate regulatory options by analysing how these measures impact asset management procedures, market transparency systems, and trading systems performance.
Panel Discussions to Address Regulatory and Market Impact of Onchain Assets
The conference panels combine practitioners from financial markets with specialists from legal, IT, and academic academia. The discussions will explore technological principles of tokenised assets alongside their potential integration capabilities within existing market systems. Participants at the panel will evaluate operational, legal, and compliance concerns regarding on-chain financial instruments.
Due to rising institutional digital asset interest, the SEC seeks to better comprehend the advantages and obstacles of tokenisation expansion to regulated markets. The agency uses the roundtable as part of ongoing conversations with the cryptocurrency industry. The event demonstrates how the Commission seeks to advance market conditions through regulatory inspections. Prior to this meeting, the commission held gatherings about custody solutions and digital asset exchange operations.
DeFi Roundtable Postponed to June 9
The agency modified the date for its upcoming “DeFi and the American Spirit” roundtable, which is now scheduled for June 9. The venue selection and format will stay the same. All individuals who signed up for the initial date now participate in the new planned session. The agency maintains an active process of new registration through its official website platform. This roundtable event will examine the decentralised finance system and U.S. securities laws.
The event will discuss how permissionless networks function, DeFi platform governance systems, and risk management requirements. The SEC seeks public suggestions to create forthcoming regulatory instructions about decentralised protocols and smart contracts. The Crypto Task Force section of the agency’s official website contains entire event information, including registration materials and schedules.
