Congressional Lunch & Learn: Digital Assets, Tokenization, and Trust

What Government Leaders Need to Know

This congressional lunch & learn will provide a practical, non-technical overview of digital assets, tokenization, and trusted blockchain infrastructure. The session will address the current regulatory and legislative environment, including the growing policy focus on asset tokenization and digital asset market structure. It will explore how blockchain can support stronger auditability, financial controls, payment integrity, and efforts to reduce fraud, waste, and abuse in government systems.

The discussion will also introduce the Blockchain Maturity Model (BMM), a framework for assessing whether blockchain solutions are secure, governed, scalable, interoperable, and suitable for trusted public-sector adoption. Attendees will leave with a clearer understanding of the questions government leaders should ask when evaluating digital asset and blockchain solutions.

This event is co-hosted by the Government Blockchain Association,  IT-Acquisitions Advisory Council, Mortar Strategies, L4S Corporation, and the Institute for Digital Asset Innovation.

Schedule

11:30 AM – Lunch served
12:00 PM – Presentation followed by Q&A

• Why Digital Assets and Tokenization Matter to Government Now – What tokenization is, why it is gaining attention, and why it matters beyond cryptocurrency.
• The Current Regulatory and Legislative Environment – A plain-language overview of major policy debates, including digital asset market structure, stablecoins, custody, compliance, investor protection, and legislation such as the CLARITY Act.
• How Blockchain Can Improve Accountability, Payments, and Public Trust – Blockchain can help reduce fraud, waste, and abuse; improve auditability; strengthen financial controls; and modernize public-sector transactions.
• How Government Can Evaluate and Adopt Trusted Blockchain Solutions – What acquisition and policy leaders should ask vendors, why Layer 1 architecture matters, and how the Blockchain Maturity Model helps assess trustworthiness, governance, security, performance, and readiness.
• Closing: Additional Resources and Next Steps – participants will learn about the GBA fraud, waste, and abuse report, the Blockchain Maturity Model, the Web3 Solutions Directory, relevant working groups, and opportunities for continued education or pilot discussions.

1:00 PM – Networking
1:30 PM – Program Concludes

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