Introduction
Singapore, SINGAPORE – ChainArgos General Counsel Patrick Tan served as moderator and host for the inaugural Digital Assets Policy Roundtable Singapore, held November 11, 2025, at the Carlton Hotel on the sidelines of the Singapore Fintech Festival.
The event, organized by Global Stratalogues in partnership with the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), convened global regulators, policymakers, technologists, and industry leaders to address critical questions surrounding digital asset governance, interoperability, and regulatory architecture.
From 1MDB to Blockchain: Confronting Crypto-Enabled Crime
Patrick opened the roundtable with investigative journalist Tom Wright, co-author of Billion Dollar Whale, examining the evolution from sovereign-level corruption to decentralized, high-velocity crypto fraud.
Wright emphasized the unprecedented human impact: “Crypto has created a direct line between organized crime and vulnerable people—and there are bodies. People are dying.”
The discussion explored regulatory blind spots, exchanges acting as gateways for illicit finance, and the urgent need for global supervisory coordination.
Dr. Clara Guerra, Director of Liechtenstein's Office for Digital Innovation, shares Liechtenstein's experience with regulating digital assets, creating a vibrant ecosystem, whilst maintaining harmonization with European Union regulations, in a fireside chat with ChainArgos General Counsel Patrick Tan (back facing camera).
Building Legal Frameworks That Last
Patrick’s conversation with Dr. Clara Guerra, Director of Liechtenstein’s Office for Digital Innovation, examined the world’s first comprehensive digital asset law and its pioneering Token Container Model—which legally defines tokens as containers representing enforceable rights.
Guerra explained: “We did not regulate technology. We regulated rights.”
The session explored how legal certainty, not just technical innovation, drives institutional adoption and market integrity.
ChainArgos General Counsel Patrick Tan addresses delegates at the Palace of the Parliament, stressing the need for establishing clear standards for blockchain intelligence.
Interoperability and Global Standards
In dialogue with Sandra Ro, CEO of the Global Blockchain Business Council, Patrick examined the missing infrastructure layer: interoperability across technical, legal, and governance systems.
Ro emphasized: “If we cannot standardize what we mean by the basic language of blockchain, then interoperability is impossible—and scale cannot happen.”
The discussion covered standardization requirements across messaging formats, legal definitions, custody rules, and governance frameworks.
ChainArgos General Counsel Patrick Tan (center), presenting a lifetime achievement award on behalf of Global Stratalogues to Global Blockchain Business Council CEO, Sandra Ro (left), with Global Stratalogues CEO Oscar Wendel (right).
DAO Accountability and Market Integrity
Patrick’s session with Professor Chris Brummer of Georgetown University Law Center focused on the structural challenge of DAOs operating without legal personality.
Brummer explained: “If everything is decentralized, then nothing is accountable. And regulators cannot supervise something that has no legal identity.”
The conversation examined liability frameworks, legal recognition models, and disclosure requirements for decentralized governance.
Georgetown University Law Professor Crhis Brummer shares with delegates the finer legal points on the legal definition of a DAO in a fireside chat with ChainArgos General Counsel Patrick Tan (right).
Tokenizing Media and IP
The final session with David Stybr, President & CEO of BOXO Productions, explored tokenization’s potential to transform film finance through programmable royalty flows and transparent ownership structures.
Stybr stressed: “Tokenized IP works only if it is built on the same foundations that make global film finance trustworthy—rights, contracts, and regulatory compliance.”
David Stybr (left), President and CEO of BOXO Productions talks about how tokenization is revolutionizing IP rights especially in movie production in a fireside chat with ChainArgos General Counsel Patrick Tan (right).
Closed-Door Roundtables
Patrick facilitated two roundtable sessions examining fragmentation and fungibility in digital asset markets, and the intersection of DAOs, AI, and compliance frameworks.
Participants included representatives from JPMorgan Chase, Crypto.com, KGP Legal, and other leading institutions.
Of Counsel and Former Nominated Member of Parliament for Singapore, Mahdev Mohan (holding microphone) speaks at one of the closed-door roundtables at the inaugural Digital Assets Policy Roundtable in Singapore.
Why It Matters
The roundtable reinforced themes central to ChainArgos’ mission: transparency and accountability are non-negotiable, legal certainty unlocks institutional adoption, and compliance must be technology-enhanced but human-supervised.
As digital assets become embedded in the global financial system, ChainArgos remains committed to providing the blockchain intelligence and compliance tools that enable responsible innovation.