Financial institutions increasingly recognize digital assets as a strategic priority, yet many initiatives remain fragmented or confined to isolated pilots. Digital Assets Strategy for Financial Institutions addresses this gap with a systematic framework for building durable institutional capabilities. Rather than concentrating on isolated technologies, it demonstrates how to align strategy, organizational design, modular infrastructure, and internal talent into a coherent operating model that evolves alongside changing markets, technologies, and regulation.
Combining strategic analysis with practical methodology, the book moves beyond high-level abstractions to focus on institutional execution. It presents digital asset teams as evolving organizational capabilities whose strategy, infrastructure, talent, and experience develop together over time. Supported by real-world case studies, comparative analysis of major regulatory jurisdictions, and actionable frameworks, it equips readers to design resilient organizations, make informed strategic decisions, and scale initiatives with confidence.
Written for executives, digital asset leaders, innovation teams, regulators, and finance professionals, this book offers a disciplined alternative to ad hoc initiatives. By emphasizing regulatory realism, organizational adaptability, and long-term capability building, it provides practical guidance for transforming digital asset ambition into sustainable institutional advantage.
Jiulin Teng, PhD, is a strategy architect, entrepreneur, and researcher operating at the intersection of blockchain, AI, and information systems. An early proponent of tokenisation, he combines a strong foundation in strategic management, economics, and game theory with hands-on technical expertise to solve complex organizational challenges. He holds a PhD in Strategic Management from HEC Paris and a Master’s in Bioentrepreneurship from Karolinska Institute.
Zakaryae Boudi, PhD, is an engineer, entrepreneur, and researcher specializing in formal verification, AI, and programmable financial systems. He has founded ventures in institutional-grade tokenisation and leads research as well as commercial initiatives focused on the future of digital and autonomous economic infrastructures. He holds a Master’s degree from Sciences Po Paris and a PhD focused on formal methods for complex, safety-critical systems.
Financial institutions increasingly recognize digital assets as a strategic priority, yet many initiatives remain fragmented or confined to isolated pilots. Digital Assets Strategy for Financial Institutions addresses this gap with a systematic framework for building durable institutional capabilities. Rather than concentrating on isolated technologies, it demonstrates how to align strategy, organizational design, modular infrastructure, and internal talent into a coherent operating model that evolves alongside changing markets, technologies, and regulation.
Combining strategic analysis with practical methodology, the book moves beyond high-level abstractions to focus on institutional execution. It presents digital asset teams as evolving organizational capabilities whose strategy, infrastructure, talent, and experience develop together over time. Supported by real-world case studies, comparative analysis of major regulatory jurisdictions, and actionable frameworks, it equips readers to design resilient organizations, make informed strategic decisions, and scale initiatives with confidence.
Written for executives, digital asset leaders, innovation teams, regulators, and finance professionals, this book offers a disciplined alternative to ad hoc initiatives. By emphasizing regulatory realism, organizational adaptability, and long-term capability building, it provides practical guidance for transforming digital asset ambition into sustainable institutional advantage.
Jiulin Teng
Banking Digital asset strategy Institutional digital assets Financial institutions and blockchain Tokenization of real-world assets Modular smart contract architecture Digital asset team design End-to-end digital asset infrastructure Programmable finance Digital asset regulation and compliance Comparative digital asset regulation Institutional adoption of blockchain Internal capabilities in financial innovation Compliance-by-design architectures Digital asset governance