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RECORDINGS

Recordings from CAC26

Main Stage (March 25, 2026)
Exploration Stage (March 25, 2026)

Main Stage (March 25, 2026)

CONFERENCE WELCOME & OPENING

01_Visual Main Stage youtube
Conference Welcome and a Look Ahead for the Blockchain Center

Prof. Dr. Co-Pierre Georg (Frankfurt School)

02_Visual Main Stage youtube
Bridging Traditional and Digital Finance for a Sovereign European Ecosystem

Dr. Thomas Book (Deutsche Börse Group)

DIGITAL ASSETS IN EUROPE - POSITIONS & OUTLOOK

03_Visual Main Stage youtube
Europe’s Digital Asset Moment - What drives European Digital Assets Space 2026 and beyond?

Panel Discussion

04_Visual Main Stage youtube
Digital Assets und Europas Zukunft: Rahmen, Chancen, Verantwortung

Thomas Jarzombek (Bundesministerium für Digitales und Staatsmodernisierung)

05_Visual Main Stage youtube
Institutional Crypto: Adoption in a Hybrid World

Fireside Chat

06_Visual Main Stage youtube
Digital Assets Across the Atlantic – What Europe Can Learn from U.S. Market Dynamics

Mayer Brown Expert Discussion

07_Visual Main Stage youtube
Europe’s Digital Asset Landscape in the Dynamic Geopolitical Environment – Learnings, Challenges, Opportunities

Panel Discussion

FINANCIAL RESEARCH

08_Visual Main Stage youtube
Fiat Chain – Rethinking Public Blockchain Infrastructure Without Native Tokens

Silvio Micali (Algorand)

09_Visual Main Stage youtube
Philipp Sandner Memorial Award in Digital Finance Research - Welcome Address & Award Ceremony

WM Gruppe & Frankfurt School

10_Visual Main Stage youtube
The Future of Financial Research: The Philipp Sandner Memorial Award 2026

Panel Discussion

BRIDGING DEFI & TRADFI

11_Visual Main Stage youtube
The Future of ISINs: Automated Delivery via Smart Contracts

Dr. Marc Henniges (d-fine), Dr. Duc Au (WM Gruppe)

12_Visual Main Stage youtube
Crypto: Just Another Asset Class? Moving Toward Seamless Access to All Assets

Marco Kessler (SIX)

13_Visual Main Stage youtube
How does the Role of Market Infrastructures Evolve with the Convergence of Crypto and Digital Securities?

Panel Discussion

TOKENIZED CAPITAL MARKETS

14_Visual Main Stage youtube
The Government Bond Experiment - How does the Full Lifecycle unfold on the Blockchain, from Issuance to Repayment?

Jonathan Leßmann (SWIAT)

15_Visual Main Stage youtube
Transforming Industrial Payments: Digital Assets in Action

Panel Discussion

16_Visual Main Stage youtube
Beyond Wrappers - How Tokenized Funds and Money Market Funds transform Fund Distribution, Settlement and Collateral

Panel Discussion

SECONDARY MARKETS & MARKET STRUCTURE

17_Visual Main Stage youtube
How Tokenization will Redefine Capital Markets & Payments

Panel Discussion

18_Visual Main Stage youtube
The European DLT Stack - Interoperability, Control Planes, and the Path to Scale

Panel Discussion

Exploration Stage (March 25, 2026)

INSTITUTIONAL CRYPTO & DEFI

19_Visual Exploration Stage youtube
Total Costs of Crypto Trading for Retail Investors - Comparative Study of Providers

Benjamin Schaub (intas.tech), Christopher Anz (Frankfurt School)

20_Visual Exploration Stage youtube
Crypto Trading in 2026 And Beyond: Liquidity, Fragmentation, Risk Management and Best Execution – What Institutional Players Really Need

Panel Discussion

21_Visual Exploration Stage youtube
What is Driving Institutional Crypto & Bitcoin Portfolios 2026 and Beyond?

Panel Discussion

22_Visual Exploration Stage youtube
Entering the Next Phase: Where Tokenization, Stablecoins and DeFi Meet Traditional Capital Markets

Panel Discussion

23_Visual Exploration Stage youtube
The Quiet Collision Reshaping Financial Markets

Dolf Diederichsen (Hyphe), Simon Censkowsky (Cashlink)

DIGITAL ASSET INFRASTRUCTURE

24_Visual Exploration Stage youtube
Financial Institutions, Technology Providers, Regulators - Is there a Match for Tokenisation?

Panel Discussion

25_Visual Exploration Stage youtube
Agentic Finance - Engineering The Architecture of Time

Mäx Meixner (Teroxx)

26_Visual Exploration Stage youtube
Collateral Reinvented — Safeguarding Markets in the Age of Digital Assets

Panel Discussion

REGULATION IN PRACTICE - INTEROPERABILITY & STANDARDS

27_Visual Exploration Stage youtube
MiCAR in Practice - from Licensing to Operating-Model Reality and Learnings from other Jurisdictions

Panel Discussion

28_Visual Exploration Stage youtube
Permissioned Markets, Public Networks, and the Interoperability Standard – What is needed for the Next-Gen Market Architecture?

Panel Discussion

29_Visual Exploration Stage youtube
Quantum-Resilient Ethereum

Dr. Benedikt Wagner (Ethereum Foundation)

30_Visual Exploration Stage youtube
The MiCA Competence Framework - Preparing CASP Professionals for the July 2026 Deadline

Arno Pernthaler (DEC Institute), Dimitri Granger (The Big Whale)

31_Visual Exploration Stage youtube
4 Jahre Krypto Bei Volksbanken: Ein Praxisbericht

Sebastian Steiner (Volksbank Mittlerer Schwarzwald), Andreas Luksch (Digital Investment Solutions)

32_Visual Exploration Stage youtube
Blockchain Capabilities & Exponential Tech Orchestration: How to drive European Sovereignty - The role of Science and Industry Associations

Sebastian Becker (Bundesblock), Prof. Dr. Co-Pierre Georg (Frankfurt School)

33_Visual Exploration Stage youtube
The Uncertain Future of Global CBDC Projects

John Kiff (Kiffmeister Consulting)

CAC26 HOSTS & SPONSORS

20260319_Sponsors