Keynote: Policy
Policy keynote framing for Day 2 FASE and cross-WG sessions.
Link regulatory themes to harmonization discussion paper progress.
Projects / FASE / Harmonization among Crypto-asset, Stablecoin and Tokenized Deposit
Shared industry-structure framing across crypto-assets, stablecoins, and tokenized deposits to support regulatory debate.
Produces a shared view of industry structure as a basis for regulatory and supervisory debate across jurisdictions.
The Discussion Paper "The Industrial Structure of Digital Assets" (Study Group on the Ideal Industrial Structure for Digital Assets) was first presented at Block 14 in Tokyo and has been revised through open consultation; the current version is dated 11 June 2026. A FASE contribution (discussion draft, 23 September 2026) reports early findings on three of its six open questions: competitive asymmetry, infrastructure and global markets, and public chains as public goods. Block 15 session 2-3 takes all six questions to the room.
| Type | Title | When |
|---|---|---|
| Discussion | The Industrial Structure of Digital Assets — Discussion Paper (version of 11 June 2026) | 2026/06 |
| Slides | FASE contribution: Offshore, Infrastructure, Public Goods (discussion draft) | 2026/09 |
| Reference | FASE working folder | — |
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Keynote: Policy
Policy keynote framing for Day 2 FASE and cross-WG sessions.
Link regulatory themes to harmonization discussion paper progress.
FASE: Industrial Design of Digital Assets
The Discussion Paper "The Industrial Structure of Digital Assets": mapping the stakeholders and structural features of the industry as Japan moves crypto-asset regulation to the FIEA.
Six open questions — competitive asymmetry, infrastructure, compete vs. share, public chains as public goods, coexistence with DeFi, diversifying capital markets — with proposals from the room.
FASE: Decentralized Compute & Market Structure
Could decentralised compute networks be commodity markets? The FASE study report "Compute-as-Commodity" applies six criteria to Akash, Bittensor, Render and Aethir.
Productive vs. circular flows, regulatory gaps, and a draft policymaker checklist; links to the concentration-of-computing-resources challenge from session 2-3.
Industry Session
Industry-led session on policy and market themes (partner and format to be announced).
Practitioner perspectives on harmonized treatment of crypto-assets, stablecoins and tokenized deposits, feeding FASE harmonization deliverables.
Review open comments on the latest draft or meeting report.
Prep agenda items and contributors for Block 15.
Coordinate cross-WG handoffs where needed.
Official working forum (permissionless): How to work on Discourse · Open this WG ↗ · Block 15