ICMA convenes industry discussion on digital assets and AI advancements
20 October 2025 US
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The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) and the World Bank Group summoned 80 market participants in Washington DC, on the sidelines of the World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings, to explore where digital money, tokenisation, and AI are already altering fixed income.
A keynote speech on the future of capital markets, digital money, and stablecoins kickstarted the event.
Policy and market risks as stablecoins, tokenised deposits, and central bank money evolve were examined during the first panel.
This was followed by a discussion on digital bonds and digital repo, looking at market dynamics, standards, and scaling the ecosystem.
The role of open standards, including ICMA’s Bond Data Taxonomy and the Common Domain Model was looked at during the debate.
A following AI session assessed production use cases in trading and liquidity management including how data standards and AI can simplify processes involved with operations and generate a single source of truth.
Collaboration is essential to make the digital future real, was the message of the closing address.
Common threads of the panels were interoperable standards, pragmatic implementation and collaboration across private and public sectors.
A keynote speech on the future of capital markets, digital money, and stablecoins kickstarted the event.
Policy and market risks as stablecoins, tokenised deposits, and central bank money evolve were examined during the first panel.
This was followed by a discussion on digital bonds and digital repo, looking at market dynamics, standards, and scaling the ecosystem.
The role of open standards, including ICMA’s Bond Data Taxonomy and the Common Domain Model was looked at during the debate.
A following AI session assessed production use cases in trading and liquidity management including how data standards and AI can simplify processes involved with operations and generate a single source of truth.
Collaboration is essential to make the digital future real, was the message of the closing address.
Common threads of the panels were interoperable standards, pragmatic implementation and collaboration across private and public sectors.
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