Point Zero Forum 2025 brought together global finance, regulation, and technology leaders to shape the future of crypto and digital asset regulation. 

Representing Global Ledger, Lex Fisun (CEO & Co-Founder), Yulia Murat (Head of Regulatory Affairs), Paul Densley (Head of Sales), and Hanna Khrystianovych (Head of Operations) joined regulators, industry experts, and compliance leaders to discuss topics like real-time blockchain investigations, regulatory efficiency, and the evolving landscape of cryptocurrency regulation. The Global Ledger team shared insights on regulation and the challenges facing the crypto ecosystem.

Point Zero Forum Sum-Up: Key Insights 

At the forum, discussions focused on how to future-proof financial regulation amid fast-evolving technologies like AI, blockchain, and stablecoins. Below are the key takeaways from our team:

1) Regulatory resilience and risk management

• Regulation must continue to evolve to address new threats: We should work harder to address emerging risks like AI-powered impersonation and fraud.
  
• From optimization to resilience: The financial system needs to shift focus from just maximizing returns to ensuring operational resilience, especially in crisis scenarios.
  
• Strong compliance builds trust: Robust compliance controls remain a very important consideration for maintaining trust and securing business relationships in both TradFi and Web3.

2) Interoperability and cross-border challenges

• Stablecoin interoperability and the integrity of the monetary system are core issues: The lack of technical and regulatory interoperability between stablecoins can undermine their use in broader markets.

• Cross-border payments remain fragmented: Incoming/outgoing cross-border transactions remain a “pain point” high on regulators’ agendas.
  
• Global divergence in regulations can hinder progress: For example, for tokenized real-world assets (RWA), differing legal standards — like custody and legal finality — complicate international adoption.
  

3) Identity, privacy, and governance

• Permissionless blockchains offer resilience: Large institutions are exploring permissionless networks for their robustness but need governance frameworks and interoperability with private chains.

• Digital identity and privacy need legal certainty: Before permissionless blockchains can scale, legal clarity is needed on privacy, anonymity, and identity rights.

These questions around privacy, identity, and regulation are just the beginning. To dive deeper into the risks, policy debates, and compliance challenges of privacy-focused crypto, join us for our upcoming live session “Privacy Coins: Assessing Risks and Opportunities”. We’ll explore how privacy and compliance can coexist — and what it means for businesses, regulators, and the future of digital finance.