The digital asset transition - Stablecoins, CBDCs, and a regulatory crossroads - S7E5

The digital asset transition - Stablecoins, CBDCs, and a regulatory crossroads - S7E5

From Risk & Regulation Rundown by PwC UK

August 5, 2025 · 37 min · Season 7 · Episode 5

About this episode

The episode discusses the evolving regulatory landscape for stablecoins and CBDCs with expert guests.

In this episode, guest host Laura Talvitie is joined by Elise Soucie Watts, Executive Director at Global Digital Finance, and Amanda Wick, Founder of the Women in Crypto Association and author of The Catalysts, to unpack the evolving regulatory landscape for stablecoins and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). Our expert guests explore the drivers behind the recent uptick in stablecoin adoption, how the United States’ GENIUS Act is catalysing digital asset activity, and the emerging policy development in the UK’s regulatory framework. We also examine the impact of global macroeconomic and political trends, the implications of CBDCs, and share views on the future of digital assets in a rapidly evolving financial services environment. You can contact PwC’s Laura Talvitie if you’d like to discuss any of the topics covered at laura.talvitie@pwc.com . To hear more from us on financial services risk & regulation, you can also access all our regular publications at this site: https://www.pwc.co.uk/industries/financial-services/understanding-regulatory-developments.html .

People in this episode

Guests: Elise Soucie Watts, Amanda Wick

Topics covered

  • stablecoins
  • CBDCs
  • regulatory landscape
  • digital assets
  • financial services

Keywords

  • GENIUS Act
  • digital asset activity
  • UK regulatory framework
  • global macroeconomic trends

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Catalysts

Places: the United States’, UK

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