PRESS RELEASE
December 31, 2025
PRISM Policy Roundtable for Innovation in Stablecoin Markets Launches to Advance Practical, Cross-Regional Dialogue
Vancouver, BC, December 31, 2025. The PRISM Policy Roundtable for Innovation in Stablecoin Markets (the Roundtable) today announced its launch as a cross-regional working group focused on supporting practical dialogue on stablecoin policy, regulation, compliance, and responsible market development.
The Roundtable’s purpose is to facilitate information-sharing and dialogue among regulators, industry stakeholders, and consumer groups across global jurisdictions to raise issues and awareness on stablecoin policy and market developments, understand gaps and areas for potential harmonization, and highlight risks and uncertainties affecting market participants and consumer safety. The Roundtable will translate shared learnings into actionable insights that may be published in issue briefs or papers.
“Stablecoin policy is moving fast, but it isn’t moving uniformly,” said Irene Lee, Founder. “We’re creating a forum to translate regional developments and practical compliance realities into insights that stakeholders can use, without losing sight of ethics, integrity, and workable implementation.”
“Information-sharing is the right first step if we want to be effective advocates for responsible innovation,” said Samantha Gale, Founder. “Better outcomes depend on a clear view of what regulators are prioritizing, where gaps exist, and how rules can be modernized to match technology-driven change.”
“Stablecoins raise measurable questions about liquidity, transmission, and market structure, especially under stress,” said Emrah Hanifii Firat, Founder. “This Roundtable will help ground the policy discussion in data and rigorous analysis, including cross-border frictions and the statistical realities behind stability and risk.”
Founders
Irene Lee is a compliance and regtech specialist with leadership experience in compliance strategy, regulatory liaison, and cross-border compliance operations across North America and Asia. She serves as a committee member appointed by the HKSAR Government to the Hong Kong Shenzhen Financial Cooperation Committee and is a board member and Head of GBA at the Fintech Association of Hong Kong. Irene is also an educator in regtech and digital finance, serving as a Continuing Education Advisor and Visiting Lecturer at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and contributing to professional training programs for financial services practitioners.
Samantha Gale is a Canadian regulatory and financial services law leader focused on mortgage, real estate, and lending regulation. She is CEO of Veracite Trust Company and leads the Canadian private lending industry through her work with national and provincial stakeholders. Samantha holds an LLM from Osgoode Hall Law School in banking and financial law and a law degree from the University of British Columbia, and previously spent more than 15 years at the BC Financial Institutions Commission, now BCFSA, and served as CEO of the Canadian Mortgage Brokers Association BC and the Mortgage Brokers Institute of BC.
Emrah Hanifii Firat is an Assistant Professor at Fırat Üniversitesi in Elazığ, Türkiye, in the Department of Labor Economics and Industrial Relations and previously served as Senior Lecturer (Dr.) in the Department of Economics. He holds a PhD in Mathematical Statistics focused on nonlinear time series analysis and has graduate-level training in interest rate modelling in the scope of major central banks. Emrah brings quantitative, market-dynamics, and policy-analysis perspectives to stablecoin discussions, including the measurement of stability, risk, and cross-border frictions.
About the PRISM Policy Roundtable for Innovation in Stablecoin Markets
The PRISM Policy Roundtable for Innovation in Stablecoin Markets is a cross-regional working group founded by Irene Lee, Samantha Gale, and Emrah Hanifii Firat. The Roundtable facilitates information-sharing and dialogue among regulators, industry stakeholders, and consumer groups to raise awareness of stablecoin policy and market developments, identify gaps and opportunities for harmonization, and highlight risks and uncertainties affecting market participants and consumer safety. The Roundtable includes participation from member organizations and affiliated stakeholders, including the Canadian Association of Private Lenders (CAPL).
For inquiries, collaboration, or participation interest:
Samantha Gale
s.gale@privatelenderassociation.ca