FinTechOn 2025 Grand Opening Fireside Chat: One of the masterminds behind the "Genius Act" Sandra Ro discusses the future of stablecoin regulation.

The Global Blockchain Business Council (Global Blockchain Business Council, GBBC) CEO Sandra Ro will speak at FinTechOn 2025 opening. (Background: Stablecoin giant Tether and Ripple gather at FinTechOn! How stablecoins leverage the global financial supply chain) (Background supplement: "MiCA father" Peter Kerstens makes a rare visit to Taiwan! Discussing how FinTech, digital assets, and supply chain finance dance together) *This article is a press release written and provided by FinTechOn 2025 and the AFA Summit. The FinTechOn 2025 and AFA Summit, which will grandly commence on September 1, will welcome heavyweight guests, sharing frontline observations from the United States! The Global Blockchain Business Council (Global Blockchain Business Council, GBBC) CEO Sandra Ro is one of the behind-the-scenes drivers of the GENIUS Act (GENIUS Act). She was appointed as a Senate representative for New York's Digital Currency Working Group and joined the Global Markets Advisory Committee (GMAC) and the Digital Asset Market Subcommittee (DAMS) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in 2023, co-chairing the Taxonomy & Tokenization Infrastructure (Taxonomy & Tokenization Infrastructure) work plan. GBBC, led by Sandra Ro, is one of the most influential non-profit organizations in the blockchain and emerging technology space globally. Founded in Davos, Switzerland in 2017, GBBC currently has over 500 institutional members and 284 ambassadors, including: Accenture, Microsoft (Microsoft), Algorand Foundation, Digital Asset, EY (EY), Amazon (Amazon), Chainlink, Ripple, J.P. Morgan (J.P. Morgan), Filecoin Foundation, and other technology, finance, and blockchain giants participating in global blockchain policy discussions and standard-setting, playing a key role in shaping the GENIUS Act and various international regulatory frameworks. The FinTechOn 2025 and AFA Summit will be grandly held on September 1, serving as a highly indicative and international financial policy discussion platform. The first fireside chat, "GENIUS Act and Global Stablecoin Race: Cooperation or Fragmentation?", will feature senior fellow from the Hudson Institute (Hudson Institute), and former Taiwanese legislator Hsu Yu-jen as the discussant, engaging in exciting dialogue with Sandra Ro, analyzing how the U.S. GENIUS Act reshapes digital asset policy and revealing its far-reaching impact on the global market; at the same time, exploring whether the divergences in stablecoin regulation between the U.S., Europe, and Asia will stimulate innovation or exacerbate market fragmentation. Sandra Ro will also extend the discussion to cross-border payments and supply chain finance, sharing the possibilities and risks of international cooperation, and offering forward-looking suggestions for banks and enterprises issuing stablecoins. From infrastructure, on-chain payments to the future integration of AI and blockchain, this dialogue will provide rare insights, revealing the opportunities and challenges of global digital finance from a regulatory and policy perspective. Taiwan is now at an important crossroads in the development of stablecoins. The draft of the Virtual Asset Service Act includes regulatory provisions for stablecoins for the first time, planning to implement a licensing system for stablecoin issuance domestically. Legislator Ko Chia-yu recently stated at the Asia Web3 Annual Conference WebX that the bill is still in the public consultation phase between the executive and legislative branches, and it may complete the third reading as early as late 2026 to early 2027. Although no New Taiwan Dollar stablecoin has been officially issued yet, the Central Bank has clearly stated that in the future, under a regulatory framework, if stablecoins can ensure safety and stability, the possibility of issuing Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) cannot be ruled out. At this moment, Taiwan's stablecoin regulatory layout is situated at a critical hub of financial innovation and digital asset development. At the same time, as an important part of the global supply chain, Taiwan's strategic position in import and export trade, supply chain monetary flow, and cross-border payments is becoming increasingly prominent. Through the FinTechOn and AFA Summit, this international policy exchange platform will gather policymakers, academic authorities, and industry leaders from the United States, Europe, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Abu Dhabi, helping Taiwan not only advance steadily in the global digital asset competition but also hope to seize the initiative and become a core force leading the trend. FinTechOn 2025 and AFA Summit Time: September 1 (Monday) to September 2 (Tuesday), 2025 Location: Shangri-La Far Eastern Hotel, Taipei (3rd Floor, No. 201, Section 2, Dunhua South Road, Da’an District, Taipei City) Registration link: Related reports Zhichun Tech Innovation 8932 Board announces investment in SORA, becoming the first listed company in Taiwan to invest in Bitcoin strategy Bitcoin surged 10 times but could not be obtained! Taiwanese netizens lost private keys, resulting in a loss of 1.5 BTC, offering a reward of 360,000 for cracking it <FinTechOn 2025 Heavy Opening Fireside Chat: One of the behind-the-scenes drivers of the GENIUS Act, Sandra Ro talks about the future of stablecoin regulation> This article was first published in the blockchain news media BlockTempo.