The UK’s premier full-day conference dedicated to the global impact of stablecoins
1 July 2026 | Clifford Chance, London
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Building on the momentum of last year’s event, Stablecoins Unblocked 2026 once again brought together industry leaders, policymakers, and innovators for a full day of forward-looking discussions on the future of digital money.
Institutional Use Cases for Stablecoins
Geopolitical Impact of Stablecoins
What is driving stablecoin adoption and what is holding it back
The need for non-USD stablecoins
Policy, regulatory and legal developments
2026 Speakers
Baroness Swinburne
Member of the House of Lords
Emma Butterworth
Head of Financial Market Infrastructure, Innovation and Payments, Bank of England
Jane Moore
Head of Department, Payments and Digital Assets, Financial Conduct Authority
Diego Ballon-Ossio
Partner, Clifford Chance
Teresa Cameron
CEO, Clear Junction
Thomas Restout
Group CEO, B2C2
Richard Hinton
Partner, Head of Financial Services, Blick Rothenberg
Lucia Camarillo
Marketing Manager, UK, Bitget
Kate Rhodes
Senior Counsel, Regulatory, Blockchain and Digital Assets, Mastercard
Andranik Mnatsakanyan
Senior Director, Visa Consulting & Analytics
Jill Shemin
Director, Policy, Strategy, and Capacity Services, EMTECH
Andrew O’Neill
Managing Director, Analytical Lead, S&P Global
Sam Hinton-Smith
Head of International Public Policy Head of Public Policy APAC & EMEA, Stripe
Su Carpenter
Executive Director, CryptoUK
Kaitlin Argeaux
Founder & CEO, CryptoMondays London
Nicola Bilotta
EU-Supervisory Digital Finance Academy Lead, Florence School of Banking and Finance
Mimi Kufuor
Global COO, KoinKoin Exchange Africa
Isadora Arredondo
Vice President, Global Policy, Hedera
Tom Rhodes
Chief Legal Officer, Agant
Chrissy Hill
Founder, Dreadnought Solutions
Matteo Sbraga
Partner, Clifford Chance
Mike Wallace
Digital Assets Audit Lead, PwC
Katie Evans
Founder, elevyn
Anoosh Arevshatian
Chief Product Officer, Zodia Custody
Morgan Williams
Co-Founder, Blockradar
Richard Crook
CEO, Deus X Pay
Oya Celiktemur
EMEA Director, Ondo Finance
Izabella Kaminska
Founder Editor, The Blind Spot and The Peg
Nima Elmi
VP Strategy and Policy, Circle
Ronnie Jaworek
MD, Head of Sales and Rev Ops, Open Trade
Michael Brown
Partner, Clifford Chance
Charles McManus
Co-Chair, Unicorn Council & Co-Founder, ClearBank
Elizabeth Lumley
Special Correspondent, Compliance Corylated
Maurício Magaldi
Founder/Host, BlockDrops Podcast
Johannes Kern
Managing Director, Frankencoin
Jannah Patchay
Founder, Markets Evolution
Varun Paul
Senior Director for Financial Markets, Fireblocks
Andrew MacKenzie
Founder & CEO, Agant
Kene Ezeji-Okoye
Chief Business Officer, Ubyx Inc.
Gwera Kiwana
Expansion and Partnerships, Morse
Laura Navaratnam
UK Policy Lead, Crypto Council for Innovation
Jonny Fry
CEO, Team Blockchain
Helen Disney
CEO, Unblocked
2026 Agenda
8.45 - 9.15: Registration and Coffee
Collect your badge, meet fellow attendees, and enjoy some complimentary food and refreshments before the conference begins.
Address:
Clifford Chance, 10 Upper Bank St, Canary Wharf Estate, London E14 5JJ
Nearest stations:
- Canary Wharf Station: The closest and most convenient hub, serving the Jubilee line (London Underground) and the Elizabeth line. It is just a 2 to 5-minute walk from the venue through Jubilee Park.
- Heron Quays Station: The nearest DLR (Docklands Light Railway) station, located just a 3 to 4-minute walk away.
9.15 - 9.30: Opening Remarks
Diego Ballon-Ossio
Partner, Clifford Chance
Helen Disney
CEO, Unblocked
9.30 - 10.00: Fireside Chat - The UK Stablecoin Opportunity
Jannah Patchay
Founder, Markets Evolution
Moderator
Laura Navaratnam
UK Policy Lead, Crypto Council for Innovation
Moderator
Emma Butterworth
Head of Financial Market Infrastructure, Innovation and Payments, Bank of England
Jane Moore
Head of Department, Payments and Digital Assets, Financial Conduct Authority
10.00 - 10.45: Panel - Geopolitics: The Role of Stable Money in an Unstable World
As geopolitical tensions, monetary fragmentation and sovereign debt pressures reshape the global financial order, stablecoins are emerging as critical infrastructure for cross-border commerce and capital flows. This panel explores how stablecoins are being positioned as a tool for resilience in an increasingly unstable world. This panel will examine the geopolitical implications of digital currencies, the race for monetary influence, and whether stablecoins could become a new pillar of the global financial system.
Izabella Kaminska
Founder Editor, The Blind Spot and The Peg
Moderator
Jannah Patchay
Founder, Markets Evolution
Nicola Bilotta
EU-Supervisory Digital Finance Academy Lead, Florence School of Banking and Finance
Mimi Kufuor
Global COO, KoinKoin Exchange Africa
Isadora Arredondo
Vice President, Global Policy, Hedera
10.45 - 11.15: Coffee Break
Refreshments will be served in the exhibition area. This is an opportunity to network with speakers, sponsors, and fellow attendees.
11.15 - 12.00: Panel - Stablecoins at a Crossroads: Navigating Law, Policy and Consumer Protection
As stablecoins move into the mainstream of global payments and financial infrastructure, regulators, policymakers, and industry leaders face urgent questions around legal frameworks and policy choices and the best way to safeguard the broader financial system. This panel will explore the evolving regulatory landscape, the balance between innovation and oversight, and what effective consumer protection should look like in a rapidly changing digital asset landscape.
Laura Navaratnam
UK Policy Lead, Crypto Council for Innovation
Moderator
Diego Ballon-Ossio
Partner, Clifford Chance
Su Carpenter
Executive Director, CryptoUK
Sam Hinton-Smith
Head of International Public Policy Head of Public Policy APAC & EMEA, Stripe
Tom Rhodes
Chief Legal Officer, Agant
12.00 - 12.30: Panel - How Stable is Your Stablecoin?
Not all stablecoins are created equal. As stablecoins move from crypto-native markets into mainstream financial infrastructure, institutions are asking tougher questions about what really underpins their stability. What assets sit behind the peg? How robust are reserve management practices? What happens in a stress event, and who bears the risk if things go wrong?
This panel will examine the foundations of stablecoin resilience, exploring topics including reserve composition, liquidity management, safeguarding arrangements, insurance coverage, redemption mechanisms, transparency standards, and emerging frameworks for stablecoin risk assessment. We discuss how users can distinguish between stablecoins that are merely stable in name and those that can withstand real-world market shocks.
Richard Hinton
Partner, Head of Financial Services, Blick Rothenberg
Moderator
Jill Shemin
Director, Policy, Strategy, and Capacity Services, EMTECH
Andrew O’Neill
Managing Director, Analytical Lead, S&P Global
Mike Wallace
Digital Assets Audit Lead, PwC
12.30 - 13.00: Fireside Chat - Scaling Stablecoin Products Globally - What Does it Take?
Building a stablecoin is one thing. Building a global stablecoin ecosystem is another. From regulatory approvals and banking relationships to liquidity, interostperability and user adoption, this fireside chat examines the ingredients needed to scale stablecoin products across borders and unlock truly global digital money.
Michael Brown
Partner, Clifford Chance
Moderator
Kate Rhodes
Senior Counsel, Regulatory, Blockchain and Digital Assets, Mastercard
Anoosh Arevshatian
Chief Product Officer, Zodia Custody
13.00 - 14.00: Lunch Break
Complimentary food and refreshments be served in the exhibition area where attendees are encouraged to network with speakers, sponsors, and fellow attendees.
14.00 - 14.20: Afternoon Keynote - Fostering Innovation, Harmonising Regulation
Baroness Swinburne
Member of the House of Lords
14.20 - 15.00: Panel - Stablecoins and Stable Instruments: Institutional Use Cases for New Forms of Digital Money
From cross-border payments and collateral mobility to settlement, treasury management and tokenisation of real-world assets, financial institutions are exploring where stablecoins and new forms of digital money can create genuine operational and capital efficiency. This panel will examine the real-world institutional use cases taking shape today and how banks, fintechs and digital asset firms are redefining money for the next era of financial markets.
Elizabeth Lumley
Special Correspondent, Compliance Corylated
Moderator
Andrew MacKenzie
Founder & CEO, Agant
Teresa Cameron
CEO, Clear Junction
Charles McManus
Co-Chair, Unicorn Council & Co-Founder, ClearBank
Thomas Restout
Group CEO, B2C2
15.00 - 15.40: Panel - The Backbone of Stability - Designing Infrastructure for Tokenised Finance
Tokenisation promises faster settlement, programmable assets and always-on markets but none of it works without the right infrastructure beneath it. As financial institutions move from experimentation to production, attention is shifting to the rails that make tokenised finance scalable, secure and interoperable: custody, on-chain settlement assets, identity, compliance, liquidity and connectivity. This panel explores the critical infrastructure decisions shaping the next generation of financial markets and asks what it will take to build a system robust enough for institutional adoption at scale.
Kene Ezeji-Okoye
Chief Business Officer, Ubyx Inc.
Moderator
Oya Celiktemur
Sales Director, EMEA, Ondo Finance
Matteo Sbraga
Partner, Clifford Chance
Varun Paul
Senior Director for Financial Markets, Fireblocks
Morgan Williams
Co-Founder, Blockradar
15.40 - 16.00: Coffee Break
Refreshments will be served in the exhibition area. This is an opportunity to network with speakers, sponsors, and fellow attendees.
16.00 - 16.45: Panel - The Need for Non-USD stablecoins
As stablecoins become critical infrastructure for global payments and digital finance, the dominance of the US dollar raises important questions about monetary sovereignty, market concentration and geopolitical resilience. This panel explores the growing demand for non-USD stablecoins, examining whether businesses, institutions and consumers need digital alternatives denominated in euros, pounds and other major currencies. Panellists will discuss the regulatory, liquidity and adoption challenges facing non-USD stablecoins, their role in cross-border commerce and tokenised markets, and whether a truly multi-currency digital economy can emerge in a world increasingly shaped by stable money.
Richard Crook
CEO, Deus X Pay
Moderator
Nima Elmi
VP Strategy and Policy, Circle
Gwera Kiwana
Expansion and Partnerships, Morse
Ronnie Jaworek
MD, Head of Sales and Rev Ops, Open Trade
Johannes Kern
Managing Director, Frankencoin
16.45 - 17.15: Panel - Agentic Payments and the Future of Money
As AI agents evolve from assistants to economic actors, payments infrastructure faces a fundamental test. This panel explores the foundations required for agentic commerce to scale. Panellists will examine the real-world enterprise use cases emerging today, the role of banks and payment networks in enabling autonomous transactions, and the key obstacles that must be overcome if agentic payments are to move from experimentation to mainstream adoption.
Maurício Magaldi
Founder/Host, BlockDrops Podcast
Moderator
Jonny Fry
CEO, Team Blockchain
Chrissy Hill
Founder, Dreadnought Solutions
Katie Evans
Founder, elevyn
Andranik Mnatsakanyan
Senior Director, Visa Consulting & Analytics
17.15 - 17.45: Fireside Chat - The Future of Financial Networks: Stablecoins, Tokenisation and Global Connectivity
Kaitlin Argeaux
Founder & CEO, CryptoMondays London
Moderator
Lucia Camarillo
Marketing Manager, UK, Bitget
17.45 - 19.00: Drinks Reception - Supported by Bitget
Bitget are kindly supporting this year’s drinks reception, which is taking place in the exhibition area at the close of the conference. This is an opportunity to continue the conversation, connect with speakers, sponsors, and fellow attendees, and reflect on the day’s key insights in a relaxed setting.
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