Watch List

Digital Assets & Emerging Finance

Specialist platforms covering blockchain, digital assets, and decentralised finance with a focus on infrastructure, mechanisms, and real-world implications.

These sources are monitored selectively and critically, with attention to maturity, substance, and relevance to finance leadership — not speculation or promotion.

How this list is used

This watch list is not exhaustive, nor is it designed for constant consumption.

It is intended to:

  • Support situational awareness without distraction

  • Surface early signals rather than reactive commentary

  • Complement deeper analysis found in Ascend7CFO² white papers and advisory engagements

Sources may evolve over time as institutions, standards, and market structures mature.

Transparency note

None of the sources listed on this page sponsor Ascend7CFO², influence content selection, or pay for inclusion.

The list is curated independently and reflects personal judgment.
If any commercial relationship were to exist in the future, it would be clearly disclosed and visibly indicated.

A curated list of institutions, publications, and sources worth monitoring — for signal, not noise.

This watch list reflects the sources I follow to stay informed on digital assets, financial infrastructure, and macro-level developments shaping modern finance.

Rather than real-time news or opinion feeds, sources are selected based on my assessment of their credibility, institutional relevance, and analytical depth, with the aim of supporting executive-level situational awareness without noise or hype.

The list spans three broad categories:

Institutional & Policy Sources

Authoritative institutions shaping global financial architecture, regulation, and monetary policy.

These include central banks, supervisory authorities, multilateral institutions, and standard-setting bodies whose publications provide structural context on how digital assets intersect with monetary systems, payments, regulation, and financial stability.

Financial & Economic Media

Established publications offering high-quality reporting and long-form analysis on finance, markets, and geopolitics.

These sources are followed to understand macro narratives, institutional positioning, and second-order effects, rather than short-term market movements or commentary.