• Endeavour to reduce uncertainty in the wider crypto community around CARF, particularly the obligations on cryptoasset owners.
• Publish information for the crypto community on CARF, including a self-certificate and how crypto users/businesses can respond to reduce the potential of scammers to use this as an opportunity to conduct phishing attacks or hacks.
• Work with policymakers and regulators to respond to tax consultations and also raise key industry questions and challenges around the tax implications of regulatory change.
• Advocacy work on other key tax and information reporting issues which may arise as regulations continue to evolve (e.g., VAT).

The group aims to act as a trusted resource for the industry, and by aligning views, we will be able to combine our efforts to maximum effect to respond to the practicalities and challenges of CARF as well as other tax challenges which continue to arise as global frameworks for crypto and digital assets evolve. Recent Tax WG Educational sessions include the  2.0 Survival Skills Webinar

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The objectives of the working group are to:

• Convene stablecoin issuers and relevant stakeholders to create unified positions on key policy challenges;
• Harmonize regulatory approaches for stablecoins across key jurisdictions;
• Work with the public sector to establish mutual recognition and regulatory equivalence between key jurisdictions on either a bi-lateral or multi-lateral basis.

At the start of 2026 the working group published the Global Stablecoin Regulatory Playbook which outlines key principles across ten core areas, including legal classification and taxonomy, reserve asset composition, custody and segregation, disclosures and attestations, prudential and operational resilience, redemption models, AML/CFT compliance, treatment of rewards and yield, and approaches to cross-border recognition and reciprocity. It places particular emphasis on proportionality, functional equivalence, and the role of home-host supervisory cooperation in enabling scalable and trusted global stablecoin networks.

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• Policy updates: on the latest crucial policy and regulatory developments
• Consultation updates: an overview of ongoing consultations and focal points of industry feedback
• Digital and crypto asset market data + data on institutional adoption including enforcement trends and other crypto asset market news
• Fireside chats and discussions with industry leaders and regulators

The Forum is offered at two different times, one for APAC / MEA Afternoon/EMEA Morning and one for US Morning/EMEA Afternoon, to be accessible to our global membership. Members are invited to present thought leadership pieces and market data during this Forum.
The DFF will take place on 11 March, 10 June, 15 September, 9 December.  You can register to join here.

The readouts from previous Digital Finance Forums, including fireside chats as well as spotlight presentations, can be found here.

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The new Working Group sets out to:

• Develop applicable scenario and use cases for the implementation of the Standards on the ACI FMA’s ELAC (E-Learning, Attestation, and Certification) education Portal.
• Provide a sandbox environment for firms to test attestation and certification to the Standards through ELAC, thus supporting better alignment among market participants and promoting the consistent application of the Standards.
• Ensure the Standards evolve as industry matures by maintaining it as a living document that reflects the industry’s ongoing priorities and concerns. The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has expressed strong support for the Standards and sees them as a valuable supplement to future FCA rules on cryptoassets.

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1. Legal, Operations, and Regulatory Stream – addressing the legal, regulatory, and operational frameworks necessary to support tokenised money market funds in the US; and
2. Industry Sandbox Stream – focused on developing and piloting tokenisation use cases to enable scalable market adoption.

GDF is pleased to co-sponsor this initiative with ISDA and looks forward to your participation in shaping the next phase of industry collaboration in digital assets and tokenisation.

Regulatory Consultations

GDF

ISDA

Background Collateral and Reference Material

GDF ISDA U.S. TMMF Working Group

U.S. TMMF Webinar Readout

Please contact hello@gdf.io with any questions.

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The Working Group will focus on:

• Developing best practices for Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs), such as, screening protocols, requests for information (RFIs), transaction returns, and exception handling.
• Supporting global regulatory engagement to align industry practices and policies.

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For more information contact: fabienne@gdf.io

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The group convened members’ input to engage with the EU as the framework was developed on both the level 1 and 2 measures. With MiCAR now being implemented across the EU at member state level, the working group will continue to work with members to engage with EU authorities and also to support firms in complying with MiCAR as well as the EU’s broader initiatives on digital finance policy such as AI, the digital euro, tokenization and other relevant topics.

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The WG will focus on assessing market potential, defining key criteria, identifying use cases, testing use cases and engaging with regulators and industry bodies (if needed) to create a robust framework for adoption.
The scope aims to address these objectives and outline findings in a report intended for industry and policymakers, and regulators with the aim of fostering innovation, enhancing efficiency, and ensuring regulatory compliance for the adoption of TMMF in derivatives markets.

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