The regulation of digital assets is advancing, with the European Union, Singapore, and the United States each consolidating distinctive frameworks within a compressed window. This seminar offers a timely and policy-relevant examination of these parallel developments, moving beyond a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction survey toward a comparative and forward-looking analysis.
The session is organized around three pillars:
| • | First (The EU), it considers developments in the European Union under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA), including implementation challenges and the supervisory practices now emerging across member states. |
| • | Second (Singapore), it turns to Singapore's evolving regime, including recent refinements to the Payment Services Act 2019, the finalized stablecoin framework, and the broader trajectory of regulatory development led by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. |
| • | Third (The United States), it addresses the significant recent shifts in the United States, including the GENIUS Act, the proposed CLARITY Act, and the 2026 CFTC and SEC interpretive guidance on the application of securities laws to crypto-assets. |
Drawing these strands together, the seminar maps where these regimes are converging and where they continue to diverge, and considers the implications for market participants, financial stability, and consumer protection. Participants will leave with an updated and structured understanding of the global regulatory landscape, along with the analytical tools to anticipate where it may head next.
This session is part of the SMU Law Academy “Recent Highlights” series. Designed with the busy practitioner in mind, this series provides participants with a convenient platform to obtain timely and practical bite-sized analysis of the latest developments in various areas of the law. The series will be taught by leading and experienced experts curated from academia and practice. Each topic in the series is distilled into a short-duration online webinar so that busy legal professionals can be effectively updated with the most material developments affecting their practice.
SPEAKER
Nydia Remolina is an Assistant Professor of Law at the Singapore Management University Yong Pung How School of Law, and Deputy Director of the SMU Centre for Commercial Law in Asia. Her research focuses on financial regulation, capital markets, fintech, AI governance, and on how legal frameworks shape innovation, financial stability, and consumer protection. She teaches Undergraduate, Masters and Executive Development courses on securities law, financial regulation, comparative law, and financial technologies. She is a Member of the Swiss Fintech Innovation Lab at the University of Zurich, and an Academic Member of the European Corporate Governance Institute. Nydia is a Module Lead for the Cambridge Open Banking & Finance for Regulators course offered by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance at the University of Cambridge, and has been an instructor for the Global Certificate Program jointly organized by Harvard Law School and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). Nydia has held visiting positions at the University of Chicago’s Becker Friedman Institute for Economics and the University of Cambridge. Her research has been featured in Forbes, the New York Times and Bloomberg.
FEES
| a. | Registration Fee
Registration fee of S$163.50* (inclusive of GST) applies |
| b. | Group Registration
Registration fee of S$147.15* (inclusive of GST) applies |
| c. | SMU Alumni (LLB / JD / LLM graduates)
Registration fee of S$147.15* (inclusive of GST) applies |
| | *Please note that there will be no refund of any fees should the participant cancel the registration/ fail to attend the event. However, registration is transferable. Notice of any change in participant should be sent to the Academy via email by 14 August 2026. SMU Law Academy reserves the right to cancel or postpone any event. In such case, we will arrange for the refund of fees paid. |
