Dr Maciej Zurawski – Executive director of Blockchain Scotland

Organised by Blockchain Scotland, the event comes as tokenisation shifts from research to commercial delivery. This momentum is highlighted by JPMorgan’s Kinexys business now settling around $5 billion (c. £3.7bn) daily in blockchain transactions, alongside active UK initiatives such as the Digital Securities Sandbox and the Great British Tokenised Deposits pilot.

Scotland’s historic strengths in financial innovation, combined with a strong fintech cluster and world-class blockchain research at the University of Edinburgh, position the country at the forefront of this digital shift. Experts note that tokenisation offers substantial growth potential by lowering issuance costs, expanding access to private markets, and introducing continuous, programmable settlement to mainstream finance.

The summit program features prominent industry leaders, including Edinburgh-based Kara Kennedy, global co-head of Kinexys at JPMorgan, alongside representatives from Baillie Gifford, 21Shares, the Ethereum Foundation, and WisdomTree. Regulatory perspectives will be provided by Sebastian Ricketts of the Financial Conduct Authority and Jamie Gray of law firm Burness Paull, focusing on the UK’s evolving digital asset framework.

Supported by silver sponsor Polymath, a provider of institutional white-label tokenisation infrastructure, the summit also explores technical foundations, market incentives, and ethical finance. The event is delivered in partnership with FinTech Scotland and Burness Paull.

Dr Maciej Zurawski, executive director of Blockchain Scotland, said: “Tokenisation is one of the largest shifts in financial infrastructure of the past generation, and Scotland has every reason to lead it.

“We have the asset managers, the research base, the regulators paying attention, and a long history of doing financial innovation well.

“The summit gathers the institutions actually building these rails and gives them a day in Edinburgh to do the serious work. Polymath joining us as Silver Sponsor is a signal of the institutional weight the event now carries.”