Program
May 26
May 27
Stage One
8:00
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9:15
Breakfast & Arrival
9:00
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9:15
Opening Remarks by Nordic Blockchain Association
Jakob Mikkel Hansen
Nordic Blockchain Association
9:15
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9:30
Keynote - Cardano Foundation: The Integrity Economy: Why Digital Trust is the New Global Currency
Frederik Gregaard
Cardano Foundation
9:30
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9:55
Fireside - Fireblocks: Building Europe’s Euro Stablecoin: Inside the Qivalis Consortium
Niklas Reichert
Fireblocks
Mads Clemmensen
Danske Bank
9:55
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10:35
Stablecoins Geopolitics - Global Power Dynamics & Market Impact
Jón Helgi Egilsson
Monerium
Gabriel Bizama
Stablecoin Standard
Christian Omvik
NBX
Mads Clemmensen
Danske Bank
Hanna Raftell
Stratum 3 Ventures
10:35
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10:50
Keynote - Visa: Stablecoins in the Nordics and Baltics - From Hype to Infrastructure?
Viktor Möllborg
Visa
10:50
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11:05
Keynote - JP Morgan: Scaling 24/7 Payment Rails: Driving Enterprise Adoption
Mehtaj Syed
JP Morgan
11:05
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11:30
Fireside: Public & Private Collabs - Inside Norway's Digital Money and Tokenisation Experiements
Magnus Jones
Nordic Blockchain Association
Ken Siva Lie
Norges Bank
Lars Marius Sæverhagen
DNB
11:30
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12:10
Tokenized Financial Infrastructure - Where Is the Real Value?
Mikkel Thrane
Vipps MobilePay
Thomas Eichenberger
Sygnum
Nina-Luisa Siedler
siedler legal
Ole Morten Sunde
DNB
Tobias Lipfert
d-fine
12:10
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13:10
Lunch
13:10
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13:50
Trading Trends in Crypto - Retail vs. Institutional Dynamics
Rebecca Koskinen
Stackby.me
Christer Ekman
Coinmotion
Christopher Beck
Tradias
Julian Hötzel
Bitvavo
Stijn Vander Straeten
Crypto Finance
13:50
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14:05
Keynote - eToro: DeFi Lending Unlocked: From Market Mechanics to Retail-Ready Products
Omri Ross
eToro
14:05
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14:45
The New Wave of Crypto Investment Products - ETPs, ETFs & Derivatives
Christopher Kock
Virtune
Damien Schuler
Kaiko
Frank Schuil
Safello
Jacob Lindberg
Valour
14:45
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15:25
Portfolio Strategy in Digital Assets - Bitcoin vs. Diversification
Quentin Werlé
6 Monks
Elena Gonta
Bitget
Mykolas Majauskas
Bybit
Pascal Hügli
Maerki Baumann
Karl Naim
XBTO
15:25
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15:50
Fireside - Dfns/SEB: The On-Chain Transition of Banks
Christopher Grilhault des Fontaines
DFNS
Staffan Larsson
SEB
15:50
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16:05
Keynote - Bitcoin Suisse: Hard Money. Hard Choices. Why sovereignty matters now.
Andrej Majcen
Bitcoin Suisse
16:05
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16:20
Keynote: Market Abuse in Web3
Nina-Luisa Siedler
siedler legal
16:20
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16:45
Fireside: The Future of Finance - From Experimentation to Institutional Adoption
Ronit Ghose
Citi
Hanna Raftell
Stratum 3 Ventures
16:45
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16:50
Closing
Jakob Mikkel Hansen
Nordic Blockchain Association
Stage Two
8:00
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9:35
Breakfast & Arrival
9:35
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9:40
Welcome
Alexandra Overgaag
Thrilld Labs
9:40
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10:20
The Emergence of Digital Identities - What’s Ahead of Us in the Next 5 Years?
Janne Jutila
Signicat
Agata Slater
Hashgraph
Martin Coxall
BSV Association
Raido Saar
ComplyOnce
Karola Xenia Kassai
KassaiLaw
10:20
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10:45
Fireside: From Speculation to Structure: Building Regulated Real-World Assets
Tord Eide
The Mint
Stig Aleksander Kjos-Mathisen
NBX
10:45
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11:00
Keynote - BSV Association: From Farm to Fork: How Blockchain is Rewiring Europe's Food Systems
Ásgeir Óskarsson
BSV Association
11:00
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11:15
Keynote - Bird & Bird: Where AMLR Becomes Relevant for Crypto Companies
Johannes Wirtz
Bird & Bird
11:15
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11:55
Combating Crypto Crime - Fraud, AML & FinCrime Challenges
Marc Oris Müller
GANN Labs
Dan Haj
Merkle Science
Jonathan Pallares
Valega
Erica Stanford
CMS
Raido Saar
ComplyOnce
11:55
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12:10
Keynote - Veli: Why Investment Platforms Are Racing to Launch Crypto Index Products?
Stevan Radonjanin
Veli
12:10
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13:10
Lunch
13:10
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13:50
Navigating MiCA - The Road Ahead
Reinis Znotins
UN:BLOCK
Svetlana Prussova
Cryptoprocessing by Coinspaid
Anna Agu-Alekseitšik
Lex Law
Tim Zolitz
Crypto Risk Metrics
Eleonora Pavliouk
Bird & Bird
13:50
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14:05
Keynote - DataExpert: The Blind Spot at the Fiat Exit
Erwin Heuvelman
DataExpert
14:05
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14:45
Institutional-Grade Protocols - Key Strategic Considerations for Enterprises
Henrik Westerberg
Sapio
Marius Smith
Ethereum Foundation
Marc Vanlerberghe
Algorand
Jon Isaksen
Stellar Development Foundation
Candice Teo
Espoir PR & Communications
14:45
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15:25
The Global Race of Innovation vs. Regulation - Which Region Will Win?
Christos Efthymiopoulos
Bermuda Monetary Authority
Tommaso Astazi
Blockchain for Europe
Hadley Chilton
Cork Gully
Mauro Lorenzo Halve
VBNL
Jacqueline Cooper
DARA - Digital Asset Regulatory Authority
15:25
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15:40
Keynote - dewa: Digital Identity Topic (The Infrastructure Behind Identity Wallets)
Lorenz Carl Flethenmacher
dewa
15:40
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16:40
Pitch Competition
Jakob Mikkel Hansen
Nordic Blockchain Conference
Johan Toll
Blockchain Sweden
Jin W Jeong
Jigeum Capital
Wojtek Jeznach
pointer.capital
Arun Maharajan
UNICEF Cryptofund
16:40
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16:45
Closing
Alexandra Overgaag
Thrilld Labs
Stage One
9:00
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9:55
Breakfast & Arrival
9:55
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10:00
Opening
Jakob Mikkel Hansen
Nordic Blockchain Association
10:00
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10:15
Keynote - Ledger: Digital Asset Custody: How AI Is Rewriting the Economics of Security
Kasper Luyckx
Ledger
10:15
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10:55
Custodial vs. Non-Custodial Wallets - Strategic Choices for Institutions and Enterprises
Laurent Marochini
Standard Chartered
Gerry Afentakis
Zodia Custody
Anya Nova
Galaxy
Kylie Poole
Taurus SA
Ilja Tomilin
Tangany
10:55
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11:10
Keynote - Coala Pay: Protection-Informed Humanitarian Financing: Preventing Aid Diversion and Promoting ‘Do No Harm’
Christian Alvarez
Coala Pay
11:10
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11:50
Crypto Yield Strategies - Staking, Lending, and Beyond
Graham Cooke
Brava Finance
Danny Bailey
Blockdaemon
Victoria Gago
European Blockchain Convention
Giovanni Ruggiero
Figment
Oskars Jepsis
Deploi
11:50
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12:30
RWAs & Tokenization - Bridging Traditional Finance and Digital Assets
Åsa Skålén
Realjuridik
Nikhil Sharma
Blackrock
Stephan Lutz
Bitmex
Jack Nikogosian
Aryze
Michael Akampa
Nobon
12:30
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13:30
Lunch
13:30
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14:10
Crypto Adoption in Payments - Unlocking Opportunities with Programmable Money
Daniel Hinders
Gnosis
Simon Seiter
AllUnity
Paul Afshar
Paybis
Marcus Mølleskov
Januar
Ariane Batchelor
Mastercard
14:10
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14:50
Shaping the Digital Economy - Central and Commercial Banks in the Era of Digital Money
Hachem Hassan
Danmarks Nationalbank
Ole Morten Sunde
DNB
Georges Mansourati
Swedbank
Courtney Williams
Clius Global Partners
14:50
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15:30
Institutional Crypto Market Infrastructure
Jon Blankfield
Talos
Jennifer Shaughnessy
CoinRoutes
Daniel Elsawey
Bitpanda
Dorian Vincileoni
Kraken
Torbjørn Bull Jenssen
K33
15:30
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15:55
Fireside - Bitwise: How to Win Institutional Crypto Mandates
Marco Poblete
Bitwise
Radoslav Poljasevic
LO:TECH
Stage Two
9:00
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9:55
Breakfast & Arrival
9:55
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10:00
Opening
Alexandra Overgaag
Thrilld Labs
10:00
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10:40
AI On-chain - Where Do We See the Real Utility of Agentic Finance?
César Soto Valero
SEB
Elias Faltin
Dwellir
Devon Martens
Swarp Pay
Boris Bohrer-Bilowitzki
Concordium
Anna Tutova
AI Crypto Minds
10:40
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11:20
The Protocol Dilemmas - Balancing Interoperability, Scalability, Privacy, and Security
Liam Karwan
Chainlink Labs
Jacob Stenum Czepluch
Solidity
Halvor Bakke-Veiby
Riften Labs
Joël Valenzuela
Dash
Shirly Valge
Institute of Free Technology
11:20
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11:35
Keynote - TRM Labs
Luke Dufour
TRM Labs
11:35
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11:50
Keynote - Bybit: How Digital Assets and Innovation Are Shaping the Next Era of Finance
Gustav Buder
Bybit
11:50
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12:30
Is Crypto Taxation Too Complicated? Can the Nordics Lead with a Simpler Model?
Maximilian Gartner
Blockpit
Andreas Soreby Karlsson
Helm Tax
Carl Gärdsell
Divly
Marie Christin Rinke
MÖHRLE HAPP LUTHER
12:30
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13:30
Lunch
13:30
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14:10
Risk & Compliance Strategies from Institutions to DeFi
Orest Gavryliak
1inch
Uve Poom
CryptoSwift
Andries Doets
Bird & Bird
Alexandra Lloyd
YouHodler
Pete Eskew
Blockaid
14:10
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14:25
Keynote - Politecnico di Milano: The Stablecoin Landscape: Global Trends and Real Use Cases
Ettore Zauli
Politecnico de Milano
14:25
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15:05
DeFi Unfiltered - Can It Survive in Europe?
Håvard Terland
d-fine
Marina Danylyuk-Kerem
Mibit Group
Magnus Jones
Nordic Blockchain Association
Alireza Siadat
Deloitte
Elvin Sababi
Somnia
15:05
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16:05
The Nordic Edge - A Rising Hub for Blockchain & Crypto Innovation
Zarina Björklund Rehn
Blockchain Sweden
Burcu Mavis
UNDP AltFinLab
Emelie Moritz
Nordic Blockchain Association
Ted Scheiman
Firi
Martin Wichmann
Kvarn X
16:05
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16:20
Fireside - Zenith/Pegasus: The Quiet Institutional Shift: When Wall Street Goes On-Chain
Gustav Arentoft
Zenith
Matthew Breen
Pegasus
16:20
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16:30
Joint Closing
Jakob Mikkel Hansen
Nordic Blockchain Association