Comillas, a benchmark in crypto-assets and tokenised economy

The fourth edition of the Token World Conference held at Comillas has consolidated this forum as an international scientific benchmark in the field of cryptoassets and the tokenised economy. " Tokenisation is at the heart of the digital transition, it is an irreversible global process, to which the legislator has to respond in all legal disciplines", explains Javier Ibáñez, academic director of the CMS-Comillas Observatory for Digital Transformation, which organised this event. 

This edition, which brought together 22 speakers from eight countries, addressed the new regulatory challenges posed by the digital transformation driven by technologies such as generative artificial intelligence, big data analysis and the Internet of Things. Among the topics highlighted were regulatory updates in the European Union and the United Kingdom, as well as legal frameworks related to digital payments, electronic identity, data protection and anti-money laundering.

Speakers agreed that data traffic will become increasingly decentralised and distributed, and that the European economy is already highly tokenised, requiring a differentiated legal treatment by analysing the nature of cryptographic tokens.

During the event, which was attended by the rector of the university, Antonio Allende SJ, the "Treatise on the Law of the Digital Society" was presented, a collective work directed by Ibáñez that brings together the contributions of more than one hundred co-authors and represents an academic milestone in the legal study of the digital transformation. "It is an innovative model of transdisciplinary collaboration between researchers, the digital industry and large law firms, which contributes to creating applied legal science that meets the needs of entrepreneurs and allows quality university work to be harnessed for social purposes". In addition, the lecturer assures that "Comillas has positioned itself as an international leader and benchmark in legal research in the field of digital technologies, and continues to strengthen ties between the university and large specialised multinational law firms".