Coming up next week in stablecoins and beyond
For your diaries.
Monday, June 22 at 3pm CET: Introductory statement by Christine Lagarde at ECON Hearing before the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) of the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium.
5.15 pm CET: Participation by Christine Lagarde in panel on the International Role of the Euro with Commissioner Dombrovskis and MEP Rasmus Andresen at House of the Euro in Brussels, Belgium
June 23-25, in Zurich — Point Zero Forum, 2026
Stablecoin panels include: Tokenization, Stablecoins and DeFi: How institutions are going on-chain, with SocGen FORGE’s Jean-Marc Stenger; State of Stablecoins: Keynote presentation with Simon Taylor.
Tuesday, June 23 at 1 pm CET: Publication of one chapter of the BIS Annual Economic Report, “Anchoring trust in money: innovation beyond stablecoins”.
Tuesday, June 23, at 4 pm CET: First LIVE edition of Noelle Acheson and my new podcast: Monetary Forces.
Wednesday, June 24, at 3.35 CET: Virtual participation by Mr Cipollone in fireside chat "A Stocktake on the Digital Euro" at 5th Point Zero Forum in Zurich, Switzerland
Also: BIS Deputy General Manager Andréa M Maechler speaks on “What makes money, money? Ensuring trust in the next-generation financial system” at the Point Zero Forum. Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli, head of the BIS Innovation hub, participates in a panel on “GL1 dialogue: institutional-grade ledger infrastructures” at the Point Zero Forum.
Sunday, June 28: The BIS Annual Economic Report 2026 and the Annual Report 2025/26, recounting the Bank’s activities and financial performance in the past year, will be published at 11:00 CEST.
June 29- July 1, in Sintra, Portugal — ECB Forum on Central Banking
Stablecoin-related sessions include: Tokenisation: challenges and opportunities when money, payments and financial transactions become digital with Piero Cipollone, member of the executive board of the ECB.
On July 1, I will be moderating a stellar panel at the Stablecoins Unblocked conference in London on geopolitics and the role of stable money in an unstable world. If you’re in London do come along.