Decoding Digital Assets: Digital Money, Stablecoins and the Future of Financial Infrastructure is an online programme developed by GFTN in collaboration with Ripple, built for the professionals navigating the future of money and shaping the rules safeguarding it.

Across ten hours of core content, with additional modules for regulators, participants move from the foundations of digital money through stablecoin architectures, cross-border settlement, systemic risk, and global standards through the FSB, FATF, and IOSCO and public-private collaboration models for experimentation and policy consultation.

The course draws on senior industry voices from public and private sector, and grounds every concept in real case studies. Self-paced and delivered online, it is designed to fit around the demands of your schedule. 

Sopnendu Mohanty

Sopnendu Mohanty

Group Chief Executive Officer, Global Finance & Technology Network

Deborah Algeo

Deborah Algeo

Managing Director of Singapore and Hong Kong, Zodia Custody

Aymeric Salley

Aymeric Salley

Head of Digital Assets Platform, Banking Circle

Fiona Murray

Fiona Murray

Vice President and Managing Director, APAC, Ripple

Tin Pei Ling

Tin Pei Ling

Co-President, MetaComp

Chek-Tchung Foo

Chek-Tchung Foo

Practice Head, Regulation & Policy, Global Finance & Technology Network

Tianwei Liu

Tianwei Liu

CEO and Co-founder, StraitsX

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Maha El Dimachki

Chief Executive Officer, GFTN Solutions

Rahul Advani photo

Rahul Advani

Global Co-Head of Policy, Ripple

Ian Lee

Ian Lee

Head of Product, Merkle Science

June Lau

June Lau

APAC Head of Policy and Regulatory Affairs, Elliptic

Course Overview

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Module 1: Introduction to Digital Money and Stablecoins
  • Chapter 1: The Evolution of Money
  • Chapter 2: Categorisation of Digital Money
  • Chapter 3: Deep Dive into Stablecoin Architectures
  • Chapter 4: Real World Applications and Case Studies
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Module 2: Technology Infrastructure and Innovation
  • Chapter 1: Blockchain and Smart Contracts
  • Chapter 2: Custody Infrastructure
  • Chapter 3: Security Protocols and Recovery
  • Chapter 4: Interoperability and Settlement Layers
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Module 3: Cross-border Payments and Interoperability
  • Chapter 1: The Correspondent Banking Problem
  • Chapter 2: The Stablecoin Solution
  • Chapter 3: Standards and Interoperability Design
  • Chapter 4: Case Studies in Modern Settlement

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Module 4: Governance, Risk, and Supervision
  • Chapter 1: Governance Models
  • Chapter 2: Systemic Risk and Contagion
  • Chapter 3: Compliance and Oversight
  • Chapter 4: Custody as a Risk Control
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Module 5: Digital Asset Use Cases in Singapore and Beyond
  • Chapter 1: The Singapore Regulatory Framework
  • Chapter 2: StraitX and XSGD Case Study
  • Chapter 3: Innovation Projects (Guardian, Ensemble, Acacia)
  • Chapter 4: Public-Private Collaboration
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Module 6 (For Regulators): Policy Coordination and Systemic Risk Mitigation
  • Chapter 1: Defining Digital Assets
  • Chapter 2: Risk-Sensitive Regulatory Frameworks
  • Chapter 3: Regulatory Innovation Sandboxes
  • Chapter 4: Global Frameworks and Coordination
  • Chapter 5: Public-Private Sector Collaboration