Deutsche Bank is hosting this year’s Digital Assets Week in New York

Tokenized U.S. Treasuries and money market funds are hitting new volume milestones, drawing attention from custodians and exchanges, with sessions on real-world tokenization, market infrastructure, and regulated custody solutions.

What makes DAW different

Most crypto conferences talk about adoption. DAW New York is structured around the people already executing – the banks, asset managers, custodians, and regulators actively building regulated market infrastructure. The audience of 400–500 is curated, not open-door. 

Sessions cover tokenized private markets and secondary liquidity, 24/7 settlement, stablecoin product development, TradFi vs. crypto custody convergence, and where institutions draw the line on DeFi exposure.

Deutsche Bank’s role as host reflects its active involvement in tokenization initiatives. The bank has been working on tokenization in practice – it helped issue and settle a blockchain-based bond for Siemens worth 300 million euros, supported KfW with a tokenized bond, and is set to launch crypto custody services in 2026 alongside Bitpanda and Taurus. Sabih Behzad, the bank's Head of Digital Assets and Currencies Transformation, frames the goal as a system where tokenized assets can be created, traded, and settled instantly on fully digital infrastructure.

Past participants include senior names from BlackRock, JPMorgan, Citi, BNY, DTCC, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, Morgan Stanley, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and Coinbase Asset Management, alongside policymakers and infrastructure providers.

How to attend

Qualifying senior executives from institutional banks, fund managers, asset managers, and hedge funds with minimum $50M AUM can apply for complimentary access. 

Earlybird ticket pricing runs until March 20. 

Speaking and sponsorship inquiries go to Julia Simonova at [email protected].

The Coinomist is a media partner of Digital Assets Week.