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17 Sep Building Trusted Digital Infrastructures: INATBA Publishes New Standards Committee Policy Report

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INATBA is pleased to announce the publication of Building Trusted Digital Infrastructures: Blockchain Conformance, Governance and the Future of International Standardisation, a Standards Committee Policy Report prepared following the Joint ISO/TC 307 Working Group 6 – INATBA Industry Workshop, held in Paris, France, on 17 June 2026.

About the Workshop

The workshop, entitled Digital Money and Digital Markets Infrastructure – What is the Role for Blockchain Conformance Standards?, was convened within the activities of ISO/TC 307 WG6 (Use Cases) and brought together a deliberately mixed community of ISO experts and industry practitioners. Its purpose was to examine how blockchain conformance standards can support trust, interoperability and governance across increasingly interconnected digital markets — moving the conversation beyond purely technical questions toward the institutional and regulatory dimensions of digital infrastructure.

The programme was structured around three sessions:

  • Risk Models and Digital Finance, moderated by Limara Haque, with speakers Shiven Moodley and Michael Carr
  • Web3 to Regulated Finance, moderated by Christian Grafenauer, with speakers Mariana Kotik (LNET Global) and Alvaro Garrido Mesa (ERC3643 Association)
  • Wallets and Tokens, moderated by Caroline Thomas, Convenor of ISO/TC 307 WG6, with speakers Steffen Schwalm and Geoffrey Goodell

Fiona Delaney, Project Leader of the relevant ISO preliminary work on a blockchain conformance pathway, opened and facilitated the workshop throughout.

Key Findings of the Report

Drawing on the discussions, the INATBA Standards Committee identifies several strategic findings shaping the next phase of blockchain standardisation:

  1. A new phase of standardisation — the focus is shifting from technical interoperability toward governance, conformance, institutional trust and operational resilience.
  2. Trust as the central objective — confidence now depends on governance, transparency, accountability and legal certainty, not just technical compatibility.
  3. Governance as a standardisation domain — smart contracts, programmable compliance and tokenised frameworks mean governance is now embedded in technical architecture itself.
  4. Convergence of blockchain with wider digital trust ecosystems — including digital identity, cybersecurity, AI, privacy-enhancing technologies and digital public infrastructure.

To support future dialogue, the report proposes several analytical frameworks, including Blockchain Assurance, Digital Trust Architectures and Institutional Interoperability — concepts intended to stimulate discussion rather than represent established ISO terminology.

Acknowledgements

The Standards Committee extends its sincere thanks to the speakers and moderators whose expertise shaped the workshop’s discussions, and to all participants who contributed to a genuinely multidisciplinary dialogue spanning standards bodies, financial institutions, regulators, technology providers and academia.

Particular thanks go to Caroline Thomas, Convenor of ISO/TC 307 WG6, and Fiona Delaney, Project Leader of the ISO preliminary work, whose collaboration made this joint workshop possible.

The Committee also wishes to thank Belen Suarez, Chair of INATBA, and the INATBA Board for their continued support of INATBA’s standardisation agenda, and the INATBA Executive Team for coordinating this collaboration across the organisation.

Finally, we thank Christiana Aristidou and Ismael Arribas, Co-Chairs of the INATBA Standards Committee, for their leadership in guiding this report from workshop to publication.

Looking Ahead

The Paris workshop reflects the kind of collaboration INATBA seeks to advance: institutional support from leadership, substantive expertise from ISO working groups, and direct input from market and policy stakeholders — together informing standards development with real implementation experience. The Committee hopes this report will support continued cooperation between standards organisations, regulators, industry, academia and civil society as we work toward digital infrastructures that are secure, interoperable and built on trust.

Read the full report here. 

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