Program Chair
Mohammed Muraj
Torys LLP
Digital assets are reshaping payments, markets and financial infrastructure.
Gain the practical knowledge needed to understand emerging risks, regulatory expectations and new business models in one of the fastest-evolving areas of financial services.
Digital assets are becoming an increasingly important part of the financial services landscape. From stablecoins and tokenized assets to blockchain-based payment systems, these innovations are creating new opportunities while raising complex legal, regulatory, compliance and tax considerations.
This new, practical, one-day program from OsgoodePD examines the Canadian legal framework governing digital assets and stablecoins. Leading lawyers, compliance professionals, technology experts and industry participants will provide a foundational understanding of the underlying technology and explore key issues relating to securities regulation, payments law, anti-money laundering obligations, taxation and emerging market practices.
Leave with a stronger understanding of the current landscape, the risks and opportunities facing market participants and the developments that may shape the future of digital assets in Canada.
Can’t Make the Date? Registration includes 120-day unlimited, online access to the recorded program.
What You’ll Learn
Develop a practical understanding of distributed ledger technology, blockchain networks, private keys, smart contracts, tokens, stablecoins, decentralized finance and decentralized autonomous organizations.
Learn the terminology and concepts needed to effectively advise clients and engage with technical teams.
Examine how digital assets may be classified as property, securities, commodities, payment instruments, contractual rights or other legal interests.
Understand when digital assets may be subject to securities or derivatives regulation.
Review registration requirements, marketplace regulation, custody obligations, settlement issues and evolving regulatory expectations.
Analyze Canada’s payments frameworks, anti-money laundering requirements and emerging regulatory approaches to stablecoins and digital payment activities.
Review the Canadian tax treatment of digital asset transactions.
Understand reporting and disclosure obligations, compliance risks, audit considerations and international reporting initiatives such as the Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF).
Examine developments in tokenized assets, tokenized deposits and blockchain-based financial market infrastructure.
Assess the future direction of digital asset regulation and adoption in Canada and globally.
Explore emerging developments at the intersection of blockchain, artificial intelligence and privacy-enhancing technologies.
Who Should Attend
Corporate and commercial lawyers
Securities and capital markets practitioners
Banking, payments and financial services lawyers
Fintech and technology counsel
Regulatory, compliance and risk professionals
In-house counsel at financial intuitions, fintech companies, payment providers, digital asset businesses and technology companies
Government and regulatory counsel, policy makers and public sector professionals
Anti-money laundering (AML) professionals
Tax professionals and advisors
Business leaders responsible for digital asset, payments, fintech or innovation initiatives
Faculty
Program Chair
Mohammed Muraj
Torys LLP
Register
Feb 8, 2027
Mar 22, 2027
$595 + TAX
Time
9:00 a.m – 4:30 p.m (ET)
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