Merkle Meet 2026 Washington DC Hosted by Merkle Science

Description

Merkle Science returns to Washington, DC for Merkle Meet DC 2026, a practitioner-led all-day summit focused on how U.S. policy, enforcement expectations, and real-world operating constraints are shaping digital asset risk, compliance, and investigations. Across panels and workshops, we will move beyond theory to examine the on-chain tactics regulators are prioritizing, what institutions are operationalizing, and how public–private collaboration is evolving to support faster asset recovery and better outcomes for victims.

Merkle Meet DC 2026 Agenda

The day's agenda is built around the issues decision-makers are actively grappling with:

Sanctions evasion and criminal activity in crypto, from nation-state actors to proxy networks

Institutional adoption in 2026, including tokenized treasuries, RWAs, and tokenized deposits moving out of pilots

Stablecoins post-GENIUS Act, with emphasis on execution, supervision, reserves, and distribution scrutiny

Crypto market structure reform and what current SEC and CFTC signaling implies for compliance and trading controls

Asset recovery in action, including what works (and what breaks) in public–private partnerships

A forward-looking crypto policy outlook for 2026, including emerging regulatory perimeters and cross-border friction

In addition to panels, the DC edition includes practical sessions designed to be immediately useful for operating teams, including product workshops and training modules covering sanction risk detection, stablecoin monitoring, and investigative workflows anchored in current fraud typologies.