Digital Assets Association Singapore Announces Inaugural Digital Assets Summit 2025: The Future of Finance Arrives

Singapore positions itself as Asia's crypto epicenter with groundbreaking summit.

REGULATION MEETS INNOVATION

The Digital Assets Association Singapore kicks off its flagship event, bringing together regulators, institutional investors, and blockchain pioneers. No more theoretical discussions—this is where real-world adoption gets its marching orders.

INSTITUTIONAL MONEY FINALLY WAKES UP

Traditional finance heavyweights join DeFi disruptors under one roof. They're not just talking about digital assets—they're building the infrastructure to move billions. Because nothing gets bankers excited like finding new assets to securitize and fee structures to layer.

ASIA'S CRYPTO HUB SOLIDIFIES

While other regions debate, Singapore executes. The summit showcases live blockchain implementations across trade finance, cross-border payments, and tokenized assets. The city-state isn't waiting for permission—it's writing the rulebook.

Smart money's betting that by 2025, the real action won't be in trading speculative tokens but in rebuilding financial plumbing. Though let's be honest—some hedge fund will probably still find a way to package monkey JPEGs into collateralized debt obligations.

Digital Assets Association (DAA) Singapore, a non-profit association aiming to bridge the gap between blockchain technology and traditional finance, has announced the first edition of Digital Assets Summit 2025, set to take place on September 30, 2025 in Singapore.

Asia Pacific’s digital asset revolution is rapidly accelerating, with Asian jurisdictions, including Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and South Korea, leading pilot programmes for tokenised funds, bonds, and structured products. With strong governmental support and first-mover advantage in play, the region is experiencing a significant influx of talent and capital. 

"To keep pace with the rapid expansion of digital assets and institutional interest, we must stay updated on innovative applications and adapt to new technologies that will strengthen our infrastructure," said Chia Hock Lai, co-chairman of DAA.

“Singapore stands at the forefront of technological innovation. DAA looks forward to catalysing standards, education and adoption, across multiple industries. We have garnered support from key stakeholders in the ecosystem for this event to be a pivotal part of the next phase of growth for Singapore's digital transformation journey and further escalate the growing presence of Singapore as the digital asset hub for Asia.”

Strong institutional adoption is at the heart of this vision. Paired with the country’s well-established banking infrastructure, Singapore is poised to lead APAC’s digital asset revolution through convergence between digital assets and traditional finance ecosystems, DAA said.

"The convergence of traditional finance and digital assets marks a defining chapter in the evolution of global finance," said Danny Chong, co-chairman of DAA. "With Singapore at the helm of regulatory clarity and technological innovation, this summit serves as a launchpad for the next wave of institutional adoption in Asia. We are bringing together policymakers, financial leaders and Web3 pioneers to shape a resilient, inclusive and future-ready digital asset ecosystem. Singapore is well positioned to lead not just Asia, but the world, in defining how digital finance scales with integrity and impact."

The Digital Assets Summit will take place on the 30th of September at CHIJMES Singapore, with keynotes and panel discussions between leading projects, financial institutions, and legal professionals, including US SEC Commissioner Hester Pierce, Monetary Authority of Singapore, OKX, DBS Bank, Hedera, NTUC and Drew & Napier LLC.

The summit will explore trending topics in digital asset adoption such as:

• Fundamentals and opportunities of RWA tokenisation
• Navigating global regulatory changes
• Case studies on successful RWA implementations
• The future of DeFi and tokenised finance

The speaker lineup includes US SEC Commissioner Hester Pierce, MAS, Head of Financial Infrastructure & Artificial Intelligence Office, Alan Lim, OKX CEO Gracie Lin, DBS head of crypto Patrick Yeo, co-president of MetaComp Tin Pei Ling, Safeheron partner Jag Foo and more.

Digital Assets Association continues to serve as one of the advocates of bridging the old world of traditional finance with the new frontier of decentralised finance.

Blockhead is a media partner of the Digital Assets Summit. The full programme, registration details, and speaker lineup are available at: https://summit.digitalassetsassociation.org