Jannah Patchay

Executive Director and Policy Lead Digital Pound Foundation

Jannah Patchay is Policy Lead for, and an Originating Team Member of, the Digital Pound Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation launched in 2021 to advocate for the introduction of a well-designed digital Pound and for an effective and diverse ecosystem for new forms of digital money in the UK. Jannah is also the founder of Markets Evolution, a consultancy specialising in financial markets innovation and regulatory strategy. Her passion lies in building the financial markets of the future, harnessing frontier technologies to create new and innovative financial services and products that can promote wider social and environmental benefit, and greater access to financial services. She is also a member of the Whitechapel Think Tank and its Future of Payments Working Group, a member of the steering committee for Global Blockchain Convergence, a former Director of and Regulatory Advocacy Ambassador for the London Blockchain Foundation, a co-host of the Financial Markets Insights podcast, and writes on financial and technology innovation for Best Execution magazine and other publications.

Day 2 | 15th May

12:35 PM CBDC Panel: Demystifying Wholesale CBDCs: What are the latest CBDC developments and how will they impact securities settlement and cross-border payments?

What are the differences between Stablecoins and CBDC’s and how will they modify the financial system?
How are CBDC’s being differentiated from innovations being developed in the private sector, and are central banks developing private sector partnerships?
How will CBDC’s be used at a wholesale and settlement level?
What are the major wholesale CBDC experiments and pilots in the UK and Europe, and what are the results to date?
How will these different mechanisms being built on different chains interact and connect with each other to enable atomic settlement?

3:10 PM Stablecoin Issuer Panel: Exploring the Stablecoin Competitor Landscape: What is the role of stablecoins in the wider digital assets ecosystem and who is leading the way?

Who are the new players and tech firms entering the stablecoin payment solution space?
What does the competitor landscape look like today?
What is the volume and market share of stablecoins in the institutional market?
Which firms are developing fiat-to-crypto on/off ramp infrastructure to better integrate fiat operations into blockchain applications?
How can you build the wallet infrastructure needed to enable the utilisation of stablecoins?

4:15 PM Digital Money Battle Royale: The future of money- Retail CBDC’s, stablecoins, tokenised deposits…. you decide!

Hear from 4 market experts, with 4 very different views, on why their form of digital money is the future of the monetary system.

4 contenders, 4 different views- who will win? The power is in your hands.

The case for retail CBDC: Dr Ousmène Mandeng, Director and Founder, Economics Advisory Ltd

The case for stablecoins: Ramy Soliman, Co- founder & Policy Lead, Stablecoin Standard

The case for tokenised deposits: Tony McLaughlin, Emerging Payments & Business Development, Treasury & Trade Solutions, Citi

Crypto maximalist: Amélie Arras, Marketing Director, Zumo

Moderator: Jannah Patchay, Executive Director and Policy Lead, Digital Pound Foundation

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Jannah.

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