It was an incredible day attending Merkle Science Meets 2025 here in London, Mykhailo Tiutin representing UMDS, a non-profit organization focused on building open, ethical, and resilient digital ecosystems.

The event brought together people from across the crypto world — regulators, law enforcement, compliance professionals, and tech innovators — all discussing how to make the digital asset space safer and more transparent.

Some of key takeaways:

1. Regulation still lags far behind the crypto industry — and the UK is no exception. The main theme? “Regulators don’t get it.” There’s no silver bullet here — the industry must invest in education, including helping regulators get up to speed.

2. We can’t just copy and paste TradFi compliance rules into crypto. The technologies are entirely different, changing what’s possible (and what isn’t). This doesn’t mean “no rules” — it means we need new, better-fitted frameworks.

3. Stablecoins are more than just new payment rails. They’re becoming a core trend in international trade and remittances. It’s great to see banks and traditional institutions finally moving toward adoption and integration with the broader crypto ecosystem.