DNB, Norway's largest bank, is taking the discussions about cryptocurrency and digital assets into the public eye. On 19 September, the bank will host the Digital Asset Summit in Oslo to identify opportunities in what could be the next chapter of the financial industry.
With the conference, DNB, a leading financial player in the Nordic region, wants to create an arena for exploring new technologies and solutions together with customers, partners and key players in the financial services industry.
The gathering is expected to draw around 200 specially invited guests. In addition to several posts from DNB, international players such as Citi, WisdomTree, Fireblocks and Nordea are on the programme, along with Norwegian representatives from K33, Norges Bank, Finans Norge and Bitcoin Policy Institute Norway.
According to the programme, which is now public, the conference is supposed to shed light on how global changes in digital money and tokenized finance are shaping the industry. While European and US institutions are moving ahead with blockchain-based markets, stablecoins and crypto services, Nordic banks have been more reticent. The questions being raised are whether the region risks falling behind, how central banks are preparing, and what strategies traditional institutions will have to adopt as digital assets become a driving force in global finance.
The program also illuminates DNB's own journey in the field of digital assets, including how the bank works with clients and positions itself in the crypto market. A broader topic is institutional adoption of Bitcoin and altcoins' new role, as well as discussions about whether crypto is about to change from a rebellious project to an institutional asset class. In addition, banks and digital currencies, as well as central banks' work with CBDCs and their role in the monetary system of the future, will be discussed.
