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Peer-to-Peer Financial Systems Workshop 2026

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ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN - 9-10 JUNE

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    P2PFISY comes to Central Asia

    For the first time in its twelve-year history, P2PFISY comes to Central Asia. Central bankers, regulators, researchers, and innovators from around the world will gather in Astana — a forward-looking financial hub where a growing regulated digital asset ecosystem, an ambitious national digital finance agenda, and a rapidly developing city are shaping new possibilities for the future of financial systems.

    Hosted by the National Bank of Kazakhstan

    P2PFISY 2026 will be hosted at the National Bank of Kazakhstan's headquarters in Astana — one of the most forward-looking central banks in the world, and the institution behind the Digital Tenge.

    Calendar
    9–10 June 2026
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    National Bank of Kazakhstan
    Mangilik El Avenue 64, Esil District, Astana
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    Shaping the future of finance

    The Peer-to-Peer Financial Systems Workshop (P2PFISY) is an annual summit where academics, central bankers, regulators, legislators, and practitioners are brought together to share the latest developments in global P2P and decentralised financial systems.

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    Call for papers

    Each year, the P2PFISY Call for Papers invites authors from academia, public institutions, and the private sector to submit policy-oriented, theoretical, and/or empirical papers that contribute to the global conversation on topics such as CBDCs, stablecoins and tokenised assets.

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    27th Jan 2026
    Call for paper starts
    28th April 2026
    Submission Deadline for Abstracts
    15th May 2026
    Notification of Acceptance/Rejection
    9th – 10th June 2026
    Workshop Days - National Bank of Kazakhstan, Astana

    Organising
Committee

    The Organising Committee consists of dedicated individuals responsible for managing all aspects of the workshop.



    They ensure smooth operations, from logistics to scheduling, to create an optimal environment for collaboration and knowledge exchange among participants.

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    Paolo Tasca
    Executive Chairman
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    Nicolás de Marco
    Head of the Innovation Office at the Central Bank of Uruguay (BCU)
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    Marco Alberto
    Javarone
    Ben Craig
    Ben Shenglin
    Carol Alexander
    Daniel Heller
    David Yermack
    John Augustine
    Kathy Yuan
    Kevin Werbach
    Tomaso Aste
    Wilko Bolt

    Scientific Committee

    Accomplished academics and researchers examine and select papers submitted for inclusion in the workshop.

    By leveraging expertise and insights they contribute to the discussion on how the P2P revolution is reshaping the financial sector and financial services ecosystem.

    P2P Financial Systems Workshop Series

    The cutting-edge international event was first held at the Deutsche Bundesbank in 2015.



    The workshop has been hosted by prestigious institutions and is widely regarded as the premier event for discussing the future of finance.

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    Previous speakers

    P2PFISY Workshop brings together experts, scholars and regulators from around the world.

    Esteemed speakers from the Swiss National Bank, the Bank for International Settlements, the IMF, the Bank of Lithuania, the Bank of Italy, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the Federal Reserve Board have joined the workshop in previous years.

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    Charley Cooper
    Senior Advisor at R3
    Betsabe Botaitis
    CFO and Treasurer at Hedera
    Ettore Maria Lombardi
    Professor at University of Florence
    Gracie Page-Fozzati
    Founding Partner of The Building Blocks
    Basak Toprak
    EMEA Head of Coin Systems, Onyx by J.P. Morgan
    Daniel Perez
    Founder at Mero Finance
    Charlene Chen
    COO at BitPesa
    Juan Ignacio Ibañez
    Technical Committee Member of the MiCA Crypto Alliance
    Ganesh Viswanath Natraj
    Assistant Professor, Warwick Business School
    Alessandra Perrazzelli
    Deputy Governor, Banca d'Italia
    Patrick Osborne
    Senior Associate Consultant at University College London