Global Digital Finance & Stablecoin Standard Form Strategic Partnership to Collaborate on Best Practices for Digital Currencies & Support Responsible Innovation in Financial Services
London, New York – 2 November 2024 – Global Digital Finance (GDF) the leading global non-profit association of member firms offering an open innovation platform for advocating and accelerating the adoption of best practices for digital assets, today announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with Stablecoin Standard, the industry body for stablecoin issuers globally, to work towards driving best practice in digital currency adoption and support responsible innovation and digitisation in the financial services industry.
Elise Soucie, Executive Director at GDF, commented on the partnership, “We are delighted to partner with Stablecoin Standard. A key part of our external engagement involves collaboration with specialist industry bodies, and Stablecoin Standard are exemplary community contributors and thought leaders. Through broader cooperation across the digital finance ecosystem, we are able to work collectively towards improved outcomes for all market participants.”
GDF’s mission is to promote and underpin the greater adoption of market standards for the use of crypto and digital assets, through the development of best practices and governance standards in a shared engagement forum with industry, policymakers and regulators. A partnership with Stablecoin Standard will provide an opportunity for both organisations to work together across a wider community and ecosystem of public and private sector participants in order to drive and support the global adoption of new technologies.
Christian Walker, Chairman & Co-Founder of Stablecoin Standard, commented on Global Digital Finance partnering with Stablecoin Standard, “Cooperation between industry bodies is a demonstration of sector maturity. There are many voices to be heard across the digital assets ecosystem that regulators and policymakers can often feel overwhelmed. Partnering with the GDF, known for high quality policy engagement is a move we are very excited about. We are looking forward to sharing our collective international stablecoin knowledge across working groups to make things simpler for policymakers and regulators globally.”
About Global Digital Finance
Global Digital Finance is an industry association accelerating digital finance through the adoption of best practices and standards and engagement with regulators and policymakers. The GDF mission is to make finance global and digital. Digital assets and decentralized financial market infrastructure have the potential to reshape financial services and markets to create truly global, accessible, and inclusive finance.
GDF is a member-led organisation. Our community sets our priorities and guides the work that we do. Whether codes, standards, reports, or pilot programmes, our output is developed through our Working Groups & Forums.
To learn more please visit: https://gdf.io
About Stablecoin Standard
Stablecoin Standard the industry body for stablecoin issuers globally, focused on real world applications for stablecoins. We share international best practices, business development use cases, industry led working groups, define what a high-quality liquid stablecoin should look like, and engage with policymakers domestically & internationally.
To learn more, please visit: https://stablecoinstandard.com/