Digital Asset Chamber Calls for Stronger SEC–Industry Partnership

The Chamber of Digital Assets and Blockchain Innovation (CDABI) has urged the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to deepen collaboration with industry stakeholders to build a transparent, compliant, and innovation‑driven digital asset ecosystem in Ghana.

Reaffirming its mandate as a structured interface between regulators and market participants, the Chamber emphasised its capacity to coordinate organised dialogue that enhances policy clarity and regulatory efficiency.

The call was made during a high‑level engagement in Accra, led by CDABI President Caleb Kwaku Afaglo and a delegation of Chamber members — a show of what the statement described as strong institutional commitment and unified industry representation.

The SEC’s Deputy Director‑General, Mensah Thompson, received the delegation alongside senior officials of the Commission.

According to a statement issued by the Chamber, discussions were substantive and aligned with Ghana’s evolving regulatory framework for digital assets.

During the meeting, CDABI formally invited the SEC to participate in its upcoming national symposium on virtual assets and financial services.

The symposium is expected to bring together regulators, financial institutions, compliance professionals, technology providers, and other ecosystem actors to deepen engagement on regulatory expectations, investor protection standards, Anti‑Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) compliance, and responsible innovation frameworks.

A key highlight of the engagement was the Chamber’s AML Officer Training and Awareness Programme, developed in partnership with the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA).

The initiative aims to institutionalise structured capacity‑building across the digital asset and broader financial services ecosystem. It focuses on equipping compliance officers, risk managers, and operational leaders with advanced competencies in AML/CFT compliance, blockchain transaction monitoring and analytics, digital asset risk assessment, governance, reporting, and supervisory engagement.

SEC Director‑General James Klutse Avedzi welcomed the development, noting that industry‑driven certification pathways aligned with regulatory expectations are essential.

He stressed that strengthening professional competence across the ecosystem enhances supervisory effectiveness, reduces compliance gaps, and improves overall market integrity.

Dr Avedzi underscored that regulation and ethical responsibility are shared obligations, adding that oversight is most effective when regulators and industry work in partnership, guided by common standards of accountability, transparency, and integrity.

“This reflects the evolving regulatory philosophy within Ghana’s digital financial landscape: innovation must be matched with disciplined governance and ethical market conduct,” he said.

---CitiNewsRoom