The curated conference and meeting point for strategists and managers in charge of digital assets, the new money stack and our industrial digital infrastructure.
Our vision
What Is the Digital Assets Day?The Digital Assets Day wants to pave the way for strategic discussions and hands-on assessments of the building blocks needed to drive European digital sovereignty and economic efficiency. As digital assets become mainstream, we discuss tokenization, stablecoins, digital capital markets, institutional trust infrastructure, and regulation under one roof.
The ambition is to bring together the key players shaping the future of digital finance, from policymakers and financial institutions to technology and industry leaders, investors and innovators.
Participants will gain actionable insights, connect with senior decision-makers, and explore the technologies and policies driving the next generation of financial markets, and the touchpoints between blockchain and AI based innovation in the finance sector and the operational reality of all other industries. Whether you are a forward thinker, a builder, an investor, or in charge of regulation or legal operations, the Digital Assets Day is where strategy, innovation and collaboration converge.
Programme
Agenda StructureThree stages running in parallel: the Main Stage sets the agenda, the Executive Forum goes deep in curated formats, and the Future Stage shows what industry already builds. All three open together with the joint opening session. This is Bundesblock's working draft and may still change, and only speakers who have confirmed are named.
Main Stage
Classic conference set up
Executive Forum
Curated deep dive formats
Future Stage
Industry and technology in practice
09:25 – 09:45 · 20 min
A European Digital Assets Strategy? The French-German Task Force on the Future of Financial Markets
Tim Armbruster, Christoph Hock, Dr. Hagen Weiss (moderation)
10:00 – 10:35 · 35 min
The New Money Stack - what's Europe's positioning
Claus George, Courtney Lamar Williams, Ramin Ghafari, Henri de Jong, Matthias Kröner (moderation)
10:55 – 11:10 · 15 min
Portfolio Construction in the Age of Digital Assets11:10 – 11:45 · 35 min
Capital Markets 2.0 - Digital Securities & Market Infrastructure
Simone Cortese, Michael Reinhard, Christian Bock, Stefan Grasmann (moderation)
11:45 – 12:20 · 35 min
AI x Blockchain Beyond Payments - Agents, Data Markets & Trusted Automation
Prof. Dr. Jens Strüker, Andre Liesenfeld, Phil Isenmann, Sarah Gottwald (moderation)
13:15 – 13:35 · 20 min
Long-term investing: How Digital Assets Infrastructure, Tokenization and the New Money Stack will shape our digital futureDominic Briggs
13:35 – 14:15 · 40 min
What should be Tokenized First?
Raphael Neuberger, Lorenzo Rigatti, Christian Million, Moritz Stumpf, Jessica Kreysar (moderation)
14:15 – 14:40 · 25 min
European Champions: Forming Future Financial Players in the German-speaking Markets
Dr. Lewin Boehnke, Nils von Schoenaich-Carolath, Oliver Schmitt (moderation)
14:40 – 14:55 · 15 min
Institutional Trust Infrastructure - What enables Trust?
Jacek Trzmiel, Sebastian Becker (moderation)
14:55 – 15:30 · 35 min
Scaling Institutional Trust: Custody, Wallets, Identity & Security
Martin Kreitmair, Niclas Voigt, Jonas Gantenbein, Oliver Naegele (moderation)
15:50 – 16:15 · 25 min
Regulation, Tax & Competitiveness - MiCA 2.0, DAC8, DORA and beyond
Alireza Siadat, Dr. Mara Hartsperger, Dr. Nina-Luisa Siedler (moderation)
16:15 – 16:40 · 25 min
How to Collaborate: Industry x Blockchain Foundations
Patricia Albrecht, Fabian Bormann, Heinz-Günther Lux, Sebastian Becker (moderation)
16:40 – 17:00 · 20 min
Digital Public Infrastructure - EU Business Wallet, Trust Stacks & European SovereigntyProf. Dr. Jens Strüker
17:00 – 17:35 · 35 min
Society 2035 - AI, Digital Assets & our Future Economic Backend
Stephan Lutz, Dyma Budorin, Joachim Schwerin, Max Muth (moderation)
17:35 – 18:00 · 25 min
The Race for international Digital Assets Leadership18:00 – 18:05 · 5 min
Closing Remarks & Transition to Drinks Reception
Daniela Boback, Sebastian Becker
18:20 – 21:20 · 180 min
Official Drinks Reception08:50 – 09:35 · 45 min
Opening Session (Main Stage)09:35 – 10:15 · 40 min
AI x Blockchain Beyond Payments - Decision-Maker Briefing
Peter Busch, Silvan Jongerius, Lukas Beckenbauer
10:15 – 10:40 · 25 min
The Race for Value Chain Re-Modelling: How AI & Digital Assets will drive Business Value and Impact
Eduard Grün, Stephan Lutz
11:00 – 11:50 · 50 min
Corporate Treasuries & Agentic AI Payments - must-have Capabilities for the German Economy
+1Claus George, Valerie von Lucke, Bernhard Schweizer, Paul Wong, Victor Bergmann, Philipp Maume (moderation)
11:50 – 12:40 · 50 min
Portfolio Construction & Institutional Allocation
Marcel Uhlmann, Ralf Kubli, Christian Bock, Hannes Claut, Daniela Boback (moderation)
14:20 – 15:15 · 55 min
Tokenization Deep Dive - Assets, Adoption & Distribution
Markus Kluge, Raphael Neuberger, Christoph Jentzsch, Carlos Ficola
15:40 – 16:00 · 20 min
Tokenization & Automation: How to reduce the cost of future Digital Capital Markets
Dominik Auricht, Radoslav Albrecht
16:05 – 17:00 · 55 min
Trust Infrastructure for Institutions - Custody, Wallets, Identity & Compliance
Dr. Lewin Boehnke, Dr. Thomas Endress, Alexandra Lloyd, Jacek Trzmiel, Philipp Sandor (moderation)
17:00 – 17:35 · 35 min
Rewiring of Financial Market Infrastructure & the vision for a Deutschland AG 2.0Oliver Naegele, Robert Heinze, Dr. Hagen Weiss (moderation)
08:50 – 09:45 · 55 min
Opening Session (Main Stage)11:45 – 11:55 · 10 min
From the cockpit to the blockchain: How & why an aviation company is building a MiCAR-compliant token
Gerhard Wimmer
11:55 – 12:30 · 35 min
The programmable Company
Jürgen Kleeberger, Christoph Jentzsch, Jan-Gero Alexander Hannemann, Radoslav Albrecht (moderation)
13:35 – 13:55 · 20 min
How to Manage & Settle Europe's Enterprise Data Layer13:55 – 14:40 · 45 min
All ways lead to Rome: Pontes, Appia & the necessary marriage of financial & technical sovereignty
Jens Paulsen, Dolf Diederichsen, Jork Leonhardt, Magnus Jones (moderation)
14:40 – 15:20 · 40 min
Leaders vs. Laggards: Financial Institutions of the Future
David Kurz, Charles Moussy, Marco Bodewein, Alireza Siadat (moderation)
15:45 – 15:55 · 10 min
Title to be announced15:55 – 16:20 · 25 min
Bridging the crypto Language gap - how Technology, Institutions and Regulators can understand each other
Afra Stöhr, Stephan D. Meyer
16:20 – 17:05 · 45 min
A strategic look at the Crypto Taxation Debate in Germany & Austria
Marie Christin Rinke, Florian Wimmer, Paul Pöltner (moderation)
08:00 – 08:45 · 45 min
Arrival & Networking · Main Stage
08:45 – 09:00 · 15 min · Main Stage
Welcome & OpeningSpeakers:
Daniela Boback
Head of Ecosystem & Strategic Partnerships, Bundesblock
Felix Rihacek
President & Head of Industry, TUM Blockchain Club
Dr. Hagen Weiss
Digital Assets Lead, PwC Legal
08:50 – 09:35 · 45 min · Executive Forum
Opening Session (Main Stage)08:50 – 09:45 · 55 min · Future Stage
Opening Session (Main Stage)09:10 – 09:25 · 15 min · Main Stage
The State of Digital Assets 2026Speaker:
Manfred Richels
Head of Corporate Payments, Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband
09:25 – 09:45 · 20 min · Main Stage
A European Digital Assets Strategy? The French-German Task Force on the Future of Financial MarketsSpeakers:
Tim Armbruster
Christoph Hock
Head of Tokenisation & Digital Assets, Union Investment
Dr. Hagen Weiss
Digital Assets Lead, PwC Legal
Moderation
09:35 – 10:15 · 40 min · Executive Forum
AI x Blockchain Beyond Payments - Decision-Maker BriefingSpeakers:
Peter Busch
Director Technology Enablement, Robert Bosch GmbH
Silvan Jongerius
Managing Partner, TechGDPR
Lukas Beckenbauer
CEO, deAI Labs
09:45 – 10:00 · 15 min · Main Stage
From Digital Euro to Stablecoin Rails - The New Money StackSpeaker:
Franziska Huber
Economist / Expert CBDC, Deutsche Bundesbank
10:00 – 10:20 · 20 min · Future Stage
Digital Product PassportSpeaker:
Asgeir Thor Oskarsson
CEO, BSV Association
10:00 – 10:35 · 35 min · Main Stage
The New Money Stack - what's Europe's positioningSpeakers:
Claus George
Head of Digitalization and Innovation TxB, DZ Bank AG
Courtney Lamar Williams
Executive Advisor, Digital Assets and Market Infrastructure, Clius Global Partners
Ramin Ghafari
Head of Financial Technologies, Siemens AG
Henri de Jong
Chief Business Development Officer, Quantoz Payments
Matthias Kröner
Managing Partner, GFTN Europe
Moderation
10:15 – 10:40 · 25 min · Executive Forum
The Race for Value Chain Re-Modelling: How AI & Digital Assets will drive Business Value and ImpactSpeakers:
Eduard Grün
Lead Architect, Agentic Commerce & Monetization, GFT
Stephan Lutz
Partner | Risk Transformation & Digital Assets, PwC
10:20 – 10:50 · 30 min · Future Stage
How to manage energy in the futureSpeaker:
Prof. Thomas Fürstner
10:35 – 10:55 · 20 min
Coffee Break · Main Stage
10:40 – 11:00 · 20 min
Coffee-Break · Executive Forum
10:50 – 11:10 · 20 min
Coffee-Break · Future Stage
10:55 – 11:10 · 15 min · Main Stage
Portfolio Construction in the Age of Digital Assets11:00 – 11:50 · 50 min · Executive Forum
Corporate Treasuries & Agentic AI Payments - must-have Capabilities for the German EconomySpeakers:
Claus George
Head of Digitalization and Innovation TxB, DZ Bank AG
Valerie von Lucke
Principal Product Owner DLT & Digital Assets, Commerzbank AG
Bernhard Schweizer
Head of Digital Currency Payments and Assets, SAP
Paul Wong
Strategic Impact, Stellar Development Foundation
Victor Bergmann
Go to Market Lead EMEA, Google Cloud Universal Ledger Lead - EMEA
Philipp Maume
Professor of Law, Technical University of Munich
Moderation
11:10 – 11:45 · 35 min · Main Stage
Capital Markets 2.0 - Digital Securities & Market InfrastructureSpeakers:
Simone Cortese
Chief Product Officer, Fnality
Michael Reinhard
Chief Digital Assets Officer / CEO, Boerse Stuttgart Group/ Tradias GmbH
Christian Bock
Sales Director, Talos
Stefan Grasmann
Signal in the Noise · Digital Assets, Independent
Moderation
11:10 – 11:25 · 15 min · Future Stage
Tokenization & Industrial Utility: Use CasesSpeaker:
Dr. Thomas Endress
Head of M-Trust - Executive Director EMD Digital, Merck KGaA
11:25 – 11:35 · 10 min · Future Stage
Tokenization & Industry Utility in the Steel SectorSpeaker:
Tobias Rethmeyer
Director, SC Steelcoin GmbH
11:35 – 11:45 · 10 min · Future Stage
Tokenization & Industry Utility in the Real Estate SectorSpeaker:
Radoslav Albrecht
Founder & CEO, Bitbond
11:45 – 12:20 · 35 min · Main Stage
AI x Blockchain Beyond Payments - Agents, Data Markets & Trusted AutomationSpeakers:
Prof. Dr. Jens Strüker
Professor for Information Systems, University of Bayreuth & Fraunhofer FIT
Andre Liesenfeld
AI & Web3 Transformation Leader, Microsoft Germany
Phil Isenmann
Chief of Staff, Masumi
Sarah Gottwald
CSO, deAI Labs GmbH
Moderation
11:45 – 11:55 · 10 min · Future Stage
From the cockpit to the blockchain: How & why an aviation company is building a MiCAR-compliant tokenSpeaker:
Gerhard Wimmer
CEO, Skygate Network GmbH
11:50 – 12:40 · 50 min · Executive Forum
Portfolio Construction & Institutional AllocationSpeakers:
Marcel Uhlmann
Managing Director, Tradevest Digital Assets GmbH
Ralf Kubli
Board Member, Validation Cloud
Christian Bock
Sales Director, Talos
Hannes Claut
Manager, PwC GmbH
Daniela Boback
Head of Ecosystem & Strategic Partnerships, Bundesblock
Moderation
11:55 – 12:30 · 35 min · Future Stage
The programmable CompanySpeakers:
Jürgen Kleeberger
CPO, Reef Innovation GmbH
Christoph Jentzsch
Founder, beel
Jan-Gero Alexander Hannemann
PhD Researcher (AI, Blockchain & IP), University of Cambridge
Radoslav Albrecht
Founder & CEO, Bitbond
Moderation
12:20 – 13:15 · 55 min
Lunch Break · Main Stage
12:30 – 12:50 · 20 min · Future Stage
x402 - M2M PaymentsSpeaker:
Peter Wiedmann
Agentic Commerce, NemosGo
12:40 – 13:25 · 45 min
Lunch Break · Executive Forum
12:50 – 13:25 · 35 min
Lunch-Break · Future Stage
13:15 – 13:35 · 20 min · Main Stage
Long-term investing: How Digital Assets Infrastructure, Tokenization and the New Money Stack will shape our digital futureSpeaker:
Dominic Briggs
13:25 – 13:55 · 30 min · Executive Forum
European Banking Consortia driving Digital Capital MarketsSpeaker:
Michael Cyrus
Head of Collateral Trading, DekaBank
13:25 – 13:35 · 10 min · Future Stage
AI & Blockchain: Trust Design & the AI ActSpeaker:
Dr. Annette Doms
CEO, ICAA Strategists
13:35 – 14:15 · 40 min · Main Stage
What should be Tokenized First?Speakers:
Raphael Neuberger
COO & CFO, Cashlink
Lorenzo Rigatti
CEO & Co-Founder, BlockInvest
Christian Million
Managing Partner, Convista Consulting AG
Moritz Stumpf
Founder & MD, tokenforge GmbH
Jessica Kreysar
Founder, Financial Educator, Turn the Curve
Moderation
13:35 – 13:55 · 20 min · Future Stage
How to Manage & Settle Europe's Enterprise Data Layer13:55 – 14:20 · 25 min · Executive Forum
The Innovation Challenge - a Call to ActionSpeaker:
Alexander Höptner
CEO, AllUnity GmbH
13:55 – 14:40 · 45 min · Future Stage
All ways lead to Rome: Pontes, Appia & the necessary marriage of financial & technical sovereigntySpeakers:
Jens Paulsen
Dolf Diederichsen
Co-founder and CEO, Hyphe Markets GmbH
Jork Leonhardt
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, corpus.core GmbH
Magnus Jones
Board Member, Nordic Blockchain Association
Moderation
14:15 – 14:40 · 25 min · Main Stage
European Champions: Forming Future Financial Players in the German-speaking MarketsSpeakers:
Dr. Lewin Boehnke
Chief Strategy Officer, Crypto Finance | Deutsche Börse Group
Nils von Schoenaich-Carolath
Chief Growth Officer, tradias GmbH
Oliver Schmitt
CEO, VALUEX / VI3NNA Congress
Moderation
14:20 – 15:15 · 55 min · Executive Forum
Tokenization Deep Dive - Assets, Adoption & DistributionSpeakers:
Markus Kluge
CPO & Co-Founder, tokenforge GmbH
Raphael Neuberger
COO & CFO, Cashlink
Christoph Jentzsch
Founder, beel
Carlos Ficola
Head of Growth, NYALA Digital Assets AG
14:40 – 15:20 · 40 min · Future Stage
Leaders vs. Laggards: Financial Institutions of the FutureSpeakers:
David Kurz
Business Development, Bitvavo
Charles Moussy
EU Policy Director, Bybit
Marco Bodewein
Managing Director, Bullish
Alireza Siadat
Lead Blockchain & Digital Assets EMEA, Deloitte Legal
Moderation
14:40 – 14:55 · 15 min · Main Stage
Institutional Trust Infrastructure - What enables Trust?Speakers:
Jacek Trzmiel
Associate Director of Sales, DACH, Crystal Intelligence
Sebastian Becker
Managing Director, Bundesblock
Moderation
14:55 – 15:30 · 35 min · Main Stage
Scaling Institutional Trust: Custody, Wallets, Identity & SecuritySpeakers:
Martin Kreitmair
CEO, Tangany GmbH
Niclas Voigt
VP Digital Assets, Commerzbank AG
Jonas Gantenbein
Head of Product Innovation & Business Solutions, Celsion Bank AG
Oliver Naegele
Board Member, Blockchain Bundesverband
Moderation
15:15 – 15:40 · 25 min
Coffee Break · Executive Forum
15:20 – 15:45 · 25 min
Coffee Break · Future Stage
15:30 – 15:50 · 20 min
Coffee Break · Main Stage
15:40 – 16:00 · 20 min · Executive Forum
Tokenization & Automation: How to reduce the cost of future Digital Capital MarketsSpeakers:
Dominik Auricht
Strategic Project Partner, UniCredit Bank GmbH
Radoslav Albrecht
Founder & CEO, Bitbond
15:45 – 15:55 · 10 min · Future Stage
Title to be announced15:50 – 16:15 · 25 min · Main Stage
Regulation, Tax & Competitiveness - MiCA 2.0, DAC8, DORA and beyondSpeakers:
Alireza Siadat
Lead Blockchain & Digital Assets EMEA, Deloitte Legal
Dr. Mara Hartsperger
Head of Crypto Services, Baader Bank AG
Dr. Nina-Luisa Siedler
Lawyer, Board Member, siedler legal, DAAvern, Bundesblock
Moderation
15:55 – 16:20 · 25 min · Future Stage
Bridging the crypto Language gap - how Technology, Institutions and Regulators can understand each otherSpeakers:
Afra Stöhr
Founder, 0xcounting
Stephan D. Meyer
Co-Founder, Obligate & LEXR
16:05 – 17:00 · 55 min · Executive Forum
Trust Infrastructure for Institutions - Custody, Wallets, Identity & ComplianceSpeakers:
Dr. Lewin Boehnke
Chief Strategy Officer, Crypto Finance | Deutsche Börse Group
Dr. Thomas Endress
Head of M-Trust - Executive Director EMD Digital, Merck KGaA
Alexandra Lloyd
Head of AML, Youhodler
Jacek Trzmiel
Associate Director of Sales, DACH, Crystal Intelligence
Philipp Sandor
CEO, Schmankerl Management Consultancy
Moderation
16:15 – 16:40 · 25 min · Main Stage
How to Collaborate: Industry x Blockchain FoundationsSpeakers:
Patricia Albrecht
Country Lead, Solana Germany
Fabian Bormann
Director of Ecosystem Engineering, Cardano Foundation
Heinz-Günther Lux
Sebastian Becker
Managing Director, Bundesblock
Moderation
16:20 – 17:05 · 45 min · Future Stage
A strategic look at the Crypto Taxation Debate in Germany & AustriaSpeakers:
Marie Christin Rinke
Partner, Tax Advisor, Möhrle Happ Luther
Florian Wimmer
Co-Founder & CEO, Blockpit AG
Paul Pöltner
Chairman, Digital Assets Association Austria
Moderation
16:40 – 17:00 · 20 min · Main Stage
Digital Public Infrastructure - EU Business Wallet, Trust Stacks & European SovereigntySpeaker:
Prof. Dr. Jens Strüker
Professor for Information Systems, University of Bayreuth & Fraunhofer FIT
17:00 – 17:35 · 35 min · Executive Forum
Rewiring of Financial Market Infrastructure & the vision for a Deutschland AG 2.0Speakers:
Oliver Naegele
Board Member, Blockchain Bundesverband
Robert Heinze
Dr. Hagen Weiss
Digital Assets Lead, PwC Legal
Moderation
17:00 – 17:35 · 35 min · Main Stage
Society 2035 - AI, Digital Assets & our Future Economic BackendSpeakers:
Stephan Lutz
Partner | Risk Transformation & Digital Assets, PwC
Dyma Budorin
CEO and cofounder, Hacken
Joachim Schwerin
PhD Economist, Preußen
Max Muth
Journalist, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Moderation
17:35 – 18:00 · 25 min · Main Stage
The Race for international Digital Assets Leadership18:00 – 18:05 · 5 min · Main Stage
Closing Remarks & Transition to Drinks ReceptionSpeakers:
Daniela Boback
Head of Ecosystem & Strategic Partnerships, Bundesblock
Sebastian Becker
Managing Director, Bundesblock
18:20 – 21:20 · 180 min · Main Stage
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Daniela Boback
daniela@bundesblock.deSebastian Becker
sebastian@bundesblock.de