Past Events

Several trends are converging within crypto finance. Combined with the increased adoption of bitcoin and decentralised ecosystems, the world is fundamentally changing. What data and investments are driving the underlying trends of transformation?

Traditional finance and crypto are like oil and water. Will the crypto industry disrupt traditional finance or will tradfi embrace crypto and defi?

Gavin Wood is the CTO and Co-Founder of two of the blockchain’s biggest successes: Ethereum and Polkadot. Every interview with Gavin is about technology and the future of the blockchain. The best investors in the blockchain don’t just invest in companies, they invest in the people building companies. The interview is about getting to know Gavin the person and what it is about Gavin that has led to his vision.

Moving from spontaneous strategies to a professional approach. What are the different trends, indicators and signals within crypto, and how can you identify category leaders?

Widening the crypto market and the role of stablecoins and security tokens. How do we broaden the crypto economy using security tokens?

Expanding and exciting investment opportunities are colliding with regulatory, trust and market forces. How can investors handle volatility, achieve predictability and protect their wealth?

Sometimes the problems of the world need a radical approach - crypto being a good example. How will our pioneer tackle the challenges that we have yet to face?

The NFT revolution is here, we’re already experiencing NFT era 1.0 and 2.0. Together we will explore how consumers will experience NFTs in the next 2 - 5 years by looking at the origins of the NFT industry. From its roots in the 90’s video game secondary market to the adventent of blockchain, and now the flourishing of NFTs in the Metaverse, what new experiences will we discover in the near future?

This discussion will explore the role of art and NFTs in driving global investments, particularly in emerging markets. A panel with expertise from investment to product to data science and art will share the first UN and multi-government collaboration in the NFT space. How can new communities, build around NFT creation and ownership, unlock massive potential for digital infrastructure investments, and digital public goods?

Gaming as an investment opportunity. How can play to earn be valuable to investors and have a profound societal impact?

NFTs have created certainty of digital ownership in markets where it was previously uncertain. Is their decentralised character going to create stability and a catalyst for serious economic transformation or is it just another bubble?

To understand the future of DeFi, we must first understand its origins; crypto originated with cypherpunks, those who believed that open-source software and strong cryptography could be used to ensure electronic privacy and usher in a new era of socioeconomic liberty. The remarkable growth of unstoppable money and decentralised smart contracts has brought a new wave of innovation known as DeFi, but the cypherpunk ideologies core to this technology are being challenged by the traditional financial system and its gatekeepers. Will the forces that stand in opposition to a decentralised, censorship-resistant financial system be doomed to fail, similarly to those who opposed the internet before it?

First they ignore you, then they challenge you and then they embrace you. Is DeFi catalysing the transformation of TradFi regulations?

Approximatley 250 USD Billion could be locked up in DeFi by January 2022. What is the role of this asset class within institutional portfolio mix?

DeFi has the power to become a mainstream tool for empowering financial independence. What will it take to get there?

The workshop focuses on economics and risks of different classes of stablecoins, introduces a new stability mechanism for algorithmic stablecoins and shows how this can support mobile payments.

In a modern world where technology connects us at a global level, we have seen innovation in blockchain growing at an exponential pace. As investment in digital assets becomes more mainstream, there is an increasing spotlight on bitcoin's energy usage and its impact on society. Questions include bitcoin mining’s effect on the local power grid, reliance on fossil fuels, or the potential of converting local waste into global value in a new era of renewable power generation. Join this roundtable for a brief presentation and an open discussion on why energy companies, and in particular renewable energy producers, are turning to bitcoin mining operators to help optimise their power assets, fund the development of new renewable energy projects, and improve the stability of the grid.

Digital Asset Custody solutions have evolved significantly over the past decade and are starting to play an ever-increasing role in acting as gatekeepers for digital asset market exposure. This workshop will review the evolution of digital asset custody solutions to date, discuss recent regulatory and technological developments, and explore the role digital asset custody solutions will play over the coming decade for retail and institutional market participants.

Introduction to multichain composability: 1. What is the multichain / 2. What is multichain fungibility / 3. What is multichain comoposability / 4. Examples of multichain composability / 5. What are the consequences of these new features and the impact on regulation.

Global crypto adoption is at a tipping point – and EMEA markets are driving the next wave. Join this interactive workshop to learn more about the drivers of digital asset growth and how to seize the opportunity set.

An opportunity for a discussion with leading policymakers in crypto and digital assets.

Often, cryptocurrencies claim to be a new asset class, and "currencies", which deflects the need to analyse their value using traditional financial thinking. However, if stable currencies eventually predominate in DeFi, then "digital gold" thinking might not hold for the native tokens of general-purpose blockchains. Here we present a way to think about the potential value of a general-purpose blockchain's native token, without claiming it is a currency, or digital gold.

An exploration of the role of the DAO in the current investment landscape. What are the practical considerations that investors should consider before engaging in DAOs? How might DAO’s influence investment practices, fund management, capital distribution in the immediate future as they become increasingly common?

Investment implementation in crypto is key and leads to diverging outcomes with, in certain cases room for substantial alpha.

Just because ‘high yield’ in traditional finance (TradFi) isn’t what it used to be, that doesn’t necessarily mean higher risks for higher rewards when investing in decentralised finance (DeFi). Join us for a discussion of the risk spectrum when investing in crypto, and with negative real returns from traditional ‘high yield’ fixed income, learn about market neutral strategies to generate higher yield in DeFi.

The arrival of derivatives in DeFi will be one of the most important developments in crypto, in line with the significance of smart contract platforms, tokens, and spot dexes. In this workshop, we will discuss the state of decentralized derivatives, how to understand the features of derivatives protocols, and share frameworks for evaluating this new category of crypto assets.