The New Financial Order: Switzerland at the Centre of Europe’s Push to Shape the Future of Global Finance

How Stablecoins, AI, and Quantum Technologies are Igniting a Global Race to Control FinanceA new financial order is taking shape. Technologies that once sat in pilot phases are now moving into live environments to reshape how money moves, how markets operate, and how systems are governed globally. Stablecoins are emerging as settlement rails, tokenisation is moving assets onto programmable infrastructure, artificial intelligence is beginning to execute transactions autonomously, and quantum technologies are reshaping the foundations of security and system design. Together, these shifts are intensifying a global race among major economies and companies to build, scale and control the next generation of financial infrastructure.As Europe advances regulatory leadership through frameworks such as MiCA, and Switzerland positions itself as a neutral bridge between financial systems, capital and innovation, the region is moving into sharper focus in shaping the future of global finance.Against this backdrop, the fifth edition of the Point Zero Forum 2026 is taking place from 23 to 25 June 2026 at Kongresshaus Zürich under the theme A Financial System Rewired: Trust, Compliance and Prot...