The US regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), announced that it is organizing a public forum on distributed record technology (DLT) and digital assets in May. The news was revealed in an SEC press release today, March 15.
About the Fintech Forum
The Commission’s Strategic Innovation and Financial Technology Center (Finhub) organized the event, called the Fintech Forum, which will take place on May 31, 2019. The press release informs that the forum will include industry experts as panelists and is “designed to encourage greater communication and understanding on issues related to DLT and digital assets”.
According to the announcement, the topics that will be covered during the forum include initial offers of currencies, cryptocurrency platforms, “DLT innovations and how these technologies impact investors and markets”.
The agency reports that the forum is the second in the Fintech Forum series, the first to be held in November 2016.
The event, which is open to the public, will take place at the SEC’s headquarters in Washington, DC, the announcement said.
About Finhub
As previously reported, Finhub was created in the fall of 2018 with the objective of facilitating the agency’s participation in technology-related fields, including DLT and digital assets.
This week, the SEC also announced that Finhub would organize a series of local peer meetings across the country to participate more actively with the crypto-monetary and fintech community. The first scheduled meeting will be held in the San Francisco area on March 26, at the SEC’s regional office, before spreading to other offices throughout the country.