Institutional Digital Assets Need a Modernised Trust Framework, Says Thales

What's happening

Blair Canavan, Director of Alliances for the Post Quantum Cryptography portfolio at Thales, says stablecoins and tokenised real-world assets are pulling banks, neobanks and other regulated institutions deeper into digital markets, and that institutional digital assets now need a modernised trust framework. At the same time, the Responsible Fintech Institute (RFI) and Safeheron have launched a cross-regional pilot to test post-quantum cryptography for digital asset transactions, involving banks and regulators and covering wallet generation and on-chain transactions. Multiple initiatives are emerging: a consortium led by Fidelity and regulatory stakeholders launched a cross-regional post-quantum security pilot, and the U.S. Treasury unveiled a Quantum-Readiness Task Force to help financial institutions migrate to quantum-safe technology.

Why it's trending

Because institutions are moving digital assets from pilots into core infrastructure while quantum threats and policy action are accelerating post-quantum security work.

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