Digital Assets: Compliance, Enforcement & Regulatory Oversight

The 5th Annual Digital Assets: Compliance, Enforcement & Regulatory Oversight conference is organized by the American Conference Institute, part of C5 Group. ACI produces professional conferences that bring together senior business leaders, legal advisers, compliance professionals, regulators and subject-matter experts.

The conference examines the evolving legal, regulatory, enforcement and compliance landscape for digital assets. It addresses how cryptocurrency businesses, financial institutions, stablecoin issuers, payments companies and technology providers can manage regulatory uncertainty, strengthen financial crime controls and prepare for the next phase of institutional adoption.

The 5th Annual Digital Assets: Compliance, Enforcement & Regulatory Oversight conference will take place on November 17–18, 2026, at 3 Times Square in New York City.

The conference is designed for General Counsel, Chief Legal Officers, Chief Compliance Officers, BSA and AML Officers, financial crime professionals, risk leaders, regulatory affairs executives and government relations professionals. It is also relevant to leaders responsible for digital asset products, stablecoins, payments, custody, tokenization, investigations, licensing, transaction monitoring, sanctions compliance and regulatory examinations.

The conference serves professionals from cryptocurrency and blockchain companies, banks, asset managers, fintech and payments businesses, stablecoin issuers, custody providers and financial technology vendors. Participants also represent blockchain analytics firms, law firms, consulting and investigations practices, government agencies, financial regulators and academic institutions.

Key topics include federal and state digital asset regulation, SEC and CFTC jurisdiction, DOJ enforcement, stablecoin implementation, custody, tokenized deposits, institutional adoption and bank partnerships. The program also addresses AML and sanctions compliance, crypto-enabled illicit finance, ransomware and scams, blockchain analytics, wallet screening, artificial intelligence, agentic payments, licensing, regulatory examinations and global frameworks, including MiCA and rules in the United Kingdom, Singapore, Hong Kong and the UAE.

Attendees will gain practical guidance for responding to changing regulatory and enforcement priorities, maintaining defensible AML and sanctions programs, managing third-party and vendor risk, and preparing for licensing reviews, audits and examinations. They will also explore how to evaluate stablecoin and tokenization opportunities, strengthen governance around AI-enabled compliance tools, monitor cross-chain activity and manage legal, operational, fraud and consumer protection risks.

The program is designed to provide actionable takeaways for documenting compliance decisions, improving transaction monitoring and escalation processes, assessing new digital asset products and benchmarking internal controls against evolving regulator, bank and counterparty expectations.

The faculty typically includes Chief Legal Officers, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officers, BSA and AML leaders, financial crime specialists, regulatory policy executives, risk officers, product leaders and digital asset strategists. Government and regulatory perspectives are complemented by partners from leading law firms, investigations and consulting professionals, blockchain analytics specialists and executives from banks, asset managers, payments companies, stablecoin issuers and crypto platforms.

The conference includes structured networking breaks, a networking lunch, an evening reception and breakfast roundtables. These formats provide opportunities to exchange perspectives with legal and compliance leaders, regulators, financial institutions, digital asset businesses, technology providers and outside advisers working through similar regulatory and operational challenges.

Attend with a group of three or more and save 20% on each registration. Group registrations must be arranged through the Customer Service team by emailing [email protected] or calling 1-888-224-2480.

Registration rates and pricing deadlines are available on the conference registration page.