ANNA Honoured with Highly Commended Industry Collaboration of the Year, Digital Assets.

Singapore/Hong Kong, 4 November 2024 — The Association of National Numbering
Agencies (ANNA) received Highly Commended recognition for Industry Collaboration of
the Year in the Digital Asset award at the 7th Regulation Asia Awards for Excellence 2024,
which was celebrated in person on 4 November 2024.

The Digital Assets Industry Collaboration of the Year award recognises initiatives that
advance the digital asset ecosystem by fostering collaboration among regulators, industry
bodies, and market participants. This award highlights efforts to tackle regulatory and
compliance challenges, establish new standards, and create frameworks that benefit the
institutionalisation of the digital assets industry.

The judging panel commended ANNA’s transformative work in creating a dual identifier
system bridging traditional and digital assets. Working alongside the Digital Token Identifier
Foundation (DTIF), ANNA developed a system combining ISIN and DTI identifiers,
enabling unique tracking for assets and their blockchain implementations. This initiative
addresses significant industry challenges by providing a reliable methodology for asset
tracking and regulatory monitoring across both digital and traditional markets.
This project has gained global traction, with ESMA requiring DTIs in regulatory reporting for
digital assets. ANNA’s partnerships with organisations like CCData and Global Digital
Finance have further expanded the reach of this system, setting new standards for
transparency, risk management, and efficiency in the digital assets space.

“ANNA’s collaboration with DTIF introduces essential transparency and interoperability to
digital asset tracking,” noted the judging panel at the Regulation Asia Awards. “Their dual-
identifier approach provides critical regulatory clarity and market standardisation, which lays
a robust foundation for sustainable growth and resilience in the industry.”
Bradley Maclean, Co-founder of Regulation Asia and Chair of the Awards Committee,
remarked, “ANNA’s work exemplifies the impact of collaborative innovation in establishing
trust and reliability within emerging asset classes. By bridging traditional and digital finance
through this dual-identifier system, ANNA is tackling key challenges around transparency,
regulatory compliance, and risk management—challenges crucial to digital assets’ future.”
This commendation underscores the role of collaborative innovation in advancing standards
and regulatory alignment for digital assets. Initiatives like ANNA’s dual identifier system
pave the way for a more resilient and efficient digital asset market, establishing standards that

foster trust in emerging asset classes. As more stakeholders adopt standardised identifiers,
ANNA’s work promotes a high benchmark for industry collaboration in addressing the
evolving needs of the financial ecosystem.

About the Regulation Asia Awards for Excellence 2024 
The Regulation Asia Awards for Excellence recognises financial institutions, technology
companies, legal and consulting firms, exchanges and other players that help ensure the
highest regulatory compliance standards are upheld in the financial industry. Each year,
senior industry practitioners serve on a judging panel to help assess and score each
submission to determine the winning entrants.  

About Regulation Asia 
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markets. With over 13,000+ subscribers, including regulatory bodies, exchanges, banks, asset
managers and service providers, Regulation Asia plays a key role in shaping the regulatory
agenda.