Crypto Valley Conference 2025

Risch-Rotkreuz , Switzerland

关于 Crypto Valley Conference 2025

The Crypto Valley Conference 2025, taking place on June 5–6 in Risch-Rotkreuz, Switzerland, is one of Europe’s leading blockchain technology events, hosted in the heart of Switzerland’s renowned Crypto Valley. Organized by the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts in collaboration with the Crypto Valley Association, the event gathers over 1,500 participants, including 60+ expert speakers, investors, regulators, startups, and blockchain enthusiasts. The agenda spans keynote presentations, technical masterclasses, panel discussions, and a startup pitch competition, covering cutting-edge topics like decentralized finance (DeFi), self-sovereign identity (SSI), tokenization, staking, regulation, cybersecurity, and the blockchain trilemma.

In addition to world-class content, the conference offers premium networking opportunities, including the Networking Apero and a scenic sunset cruise on Lake Zug. Whether you're a builder, researcher, policymaker, or founder, the Crypto Valley Conference is a unique chance to engage with leaders shaping the future of blockchain. Don’t miss your opportunity to connect, collaborate, and build where crypto innovation thrives.

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Michaela Schutz
Deputy Head of the Money Laundering Reporting Office Switzerland (MROS) at Bundespolizei fedpol Bundespolizei fedpol
Diego Ballon Ossio
Partner at Clifford Chance Clifford Chance
Ricardo Martins
Chief Crypto Officer at Bison Digital Assets Bison Digital Assets
Thomas Linder
Tax Partner at MME, Blockchain & FinTech Advisor, Swiss Tax & VAT Expert MME Legal AG
Emi Lorincz
Business Development Director at Talos Talos Trading
Max Schneider
Investment Manager at Blockwall Blockwall
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Philipp Vonmoos
CFO at Solana Foundation Solana Foundation
Olivier Galaud
DeFi Contributor at Enterprise Ethereum Alliance Enterprise Ethereum Alliance
Daniel Jogg
Chief Executive Officer at ENERHASH ENERHASH
Yvonne-Anne Pignolet
Director of Research at DFINITY DFINITY
Bastian Wetzel
Head of Acceleration Investments at CV VC CV VC
Mercedes Nieto
Head Regulatory at Bitcoin Suisse AG Bitcoin Suisse AG
Jérôme Bailly
Business Development Manager at Adnovum Adnovum
Michael Forster
Senior Underwriter Financial Lines at Liberty Specialty Markets Liberty Specialty Markets
Alexandra Lloyd
Risk & Compliance manager, head of AML at YouHodler YouHodler
Markus Perdrizat
Independent Advisor bridging TradFi and DeFi
Dennis Flad
Partner at t'charta, Business Director EMEA at Trinity P3, Chairman of Enterprise Blockchain Working Group at Crypto Valley Association t'charta
Olga Konchenkova
Member of Regulatory Working Group at Crypto Valley Association, General Counsel at Self Employed Crypto Valley Association
Alvaro Cosi
Head of Communications & Innovation at Switzerland for UNHCR Switzerland for UNHCR
Marcel Robert Harmann
Founder at THORWallet, Top 10 Fintech Leaders Switzerland, Crypto Valley Association Board Member THORWallet DEX
Ekaterina Anthony
Compliance Professional, Board Member of Crypto Valley Association Crypto Valley Association
Diana Biggs
Partner at 1kx 1kx
Benedek Orban
Head of Ecosystem at CV Labs, Board Member at Crypto Valley Association, Board Member at Chronicle Chronicle Labs | Protocol
Raphael Grieco
Founder at Olive Capital, Co-Chair at Crypto Valley Association, Lead Organizer at Base Switzerland, Co-Founder at NFT Factory Olive Capital
Niki (Nikoletta) Csanyi
Executive Director at CVA and Digital Strategist Crypto Valley Conference
Michele Soavi
COO & Chief Sustainability Officer at ImpactScope, Doctoral Supervisor at BSL, Chair of Sustainability WG at Crypto Valley Association ImpactScope
Maxim Kon
CEO & Founder at Consultiks, Compliance Lead at Autonomys, Board Member at Crypto Valley Association Consultiks
Rika Eichner
Strategic Leader in Blockchain & Transformation, Co-Chair at CVA Enterprise Blockchain Crypto Valley Association
Martin Liebi
General Counsel, External Advisor, Board Member Crypto Valley Association
Thomas Moser
Alternate Member of the Governing Board at Swiss National Bank Swiss National Bank
Pedro Lopez-Belmonte Eraso
Blockchain & Emerging Technologies Expert, Web3 Advocate at Digital Passports, Lecturer, 2x Author
Frederik Gregaard
Chief Executive Officer at Cardano Foundation Cardano Foundation
Dominic Williams
Internet Computer at DFINITY DFINITY
Lily Liu
President at Solana Foundation Solana Foundation
Dr Jemma Green
Cofounder at Powerledger, Venture Investor, Best-selling Author, Podcast Host at Unblock'd POWER LEDGER
Catriona Kellas
International Legal Lead - Digital Projects at Franklin Templeton Franklin Templeton
Giovanni Vicioso
Executive Director at CME Group, Senior Director of Equity Products at CME Group CME Group
Alessandro Pulvirenti
Financial Analyst / MROS at Bundespolizei fedpol Bundespolizei fedpol
Chris McAteer
Head Financial Crime & Digital Compliance at SIX SIX
Jacques Boschung
CEO of Halborn Halborn
Peter Hubli
Head of Digital Asset Solutions at Zürcher Kantonalbank Zürcher Kantonalbank
Hania Othman
Hedera Foundation | Funding the Sustainability Economy on Hedera Hedera Foundation
Frank van Zegveld
Head of Sales EMEA | Talos | Crypto & Digital Assets Talos Trading
Katryna Hanush
Managing Director at Wintermut Wintermute
Kasper Luyckx
Head Wallet Infrastructure & Staking at Crypto Finance Group Crypto Finance Group
Anoosh Arevshatian
Chief Product Officer at Zodia Custody Zodia Custody
Christian Bieri
Chief Executive Officer at Swiss Stablecoin AG Swiss Stablecoin
Raphael Zakarias
General Manager DACH at Backpack Backpack
Andreas Glarner
Partner at MME Legal MME Legal AG
Eva Lawrence
Head of EMEA at Figment Figment
Ilya Volkov
CEO Co-Founder at YouHodler YouHodler

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Katalin Tischhauser
Head of Research at Sygnum Bank Sygnum Bank
Martin Leinweber
Director of Digital Asset Research & Strategy at MarketVector Indexes MarketVector Indexes
Saro McKenna
Co-Founder & CEO at Dacoco (Alien Worlds) Dacoco GmbH
Denitza Vatchkova
European Business Development Lead at Bullish Bullish
Audris Siow
Head of Institutional Partnerships at Bitvavo Bitvavo
Romain Leroy-Castillo
Director Projects at Swiss Sustainable Finance Swiss Sustainable Finance
Dr. Verónica Pollak
Senior Legal Counsel at AMINA Bank AMINA Bank
Serge Kaulitz
Co-Founder at The Barrel Club GmbH, Head DLT | Blockchain | Digital Assets at Luzerner Kantonalbank AG Luzerner Kantonalbank AG
Andreas Furrer
Attorney-at-Law (MLL) and Professor of Law at the University of Lucerne (CH), Special Counsel at MLL Legal MLL Legal

议程

Legal & Tax TRACK

09:40USA: Crypto Under New Leadership - What Can We Really Expect to Happen in U.S. Digital Asset Policy & Enforcement? – AUDI MAX

Speaker: Alan Cohn

10:00The Swiss MiCA Playbook: Practical Strategies for Compliance & Competitive Advantage – AUDI MAX

10:40Emerging Global Standards for a Maturing Digital Asset Ecosystem - Who Has the Lead? – AUDI MAX

Speakers: Diego Ballon Ossio, Veronika Pollack, Andreas Glarner

11:20Tax Efficiency in Web3 – AUDI MAX

Speaker: Thomas Linder

TECHNOLOGY TRACK

14:00How to Design Better On-Chain Governance Models While Protecting Privacy? – AUDI MAX

14:20Internet Capital Markets – AUDI MAX

Speaker: Lily Liu

14:40The Future of Tech is Self Writing – AUDI MAX

Speaker: Dominic Williams

16:00Follow the Money: Where Are Crypto VCs Placing Their Bets in 2025? – AUDI MAX

Speakers: Diana Biggs, Maximilian Schneider

Moderator: Benedek Orban

AI TRACK

09:30Decentralized Intelligence: AI's Future on Open Network – AUDI MIDI

10:00Managing Sustainability Data with Blockchain and AI – AUDI MIDI

Speakers: Romain Leroy Castillo, Daniel Jogg, Hania Othman, Alvaro Cosi, Yvonne-Anne Pignolet, Michele Soavi

10:40Autonomous by Design: The Rise of AI Agents – AUDI MIDI

Speakers: Konrad Merino, Luc Jodet

AML & COMPLIANCE TRACK

12:00Smart Crime, Smarter Compliance: AI and the Future of AML – AUDI MAX

Speakers: Michaela Schütz, Chris McAteer, Alexandra Lloyd

Moderator: Ekaterina Anthony

14:00Following the Money: The Role of AML in Combatting Human Trafficking in Switzerland – AUDI MIDI

Speaker: Beat Lehman

14:20Universal Digital Law Codex (UDLC) – Building the Legal Infrastructure – AUDI MIDI

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Andreas Furrer

14:40CARF Masterclass – AUDI MIDI

Speaker: Matthias Staubli

15:10Avoiding the Courtroom: Legal Innovation and Arbitration in Crypto – AUDI MIDI

Speakers: Maxim Kon, Martin Liebi

15:30The Art of Filing SARs: Practical Insights for AML Professionals – WORKSHOP ROOM 202

Speakers: Mercedes Nieto, Jean Canzanella, Alessandro Pulvirenti

STARTUP COMPETITION

10:30CVC25 Startup Pitch Competition – FORUM

Judging Panel: Philip Vonmoos, Maximilan Schneider, Raphael Grieco, Bastian Wetzel, Mathieu Chanson, Benedek Orban

INSTITUTIONAL TRACK

09:00 – Hunting Alpha: The Institutional Quest for Yield in Crypto

10:00 – Charting Crypto: Data-driven Insights & Key Trends Shaping Institutional Crypto Market Strategy

10:40 – Wealthtech in a Connected and Digital Era - Act or Get Left Behind

11:20 – Third Party Innovation in a CBDC Economy

12:00 – Stablecoins at scale: The Backbone of the New Financial Ecosystem

13:00 – Institutional Flows: Insights into Crypto Demand and Market Shifts

14:00 – What's at Stake? Institutional Demand for Staking vs Regulatory Frameworks

14:20 – New Custodial Setups: Crypto's Biggest Financial Hacks and What We've Learned From the Largest Custody Compromises?

15:00 – The Exchange Product Playbook 2.0: Building the Future of Exchanges in a Regulated World

16:00 – Bitcoin in the Balance

17:00 – Beyond Cold Storage: How Multi-Party Computation Is Reshaping Digital Asset Security

17:45 – Make the Crypto Valley Great Again

18:30 – Stablecoin and Enterprise Blockchain – a pairing for success?

开始:
2025年6月5日 09:00 , CET (UTC +1)
结束:
2025年6月6日 06:00 , CET (UTC +1)
地点:
Hochschule Luzern – Suurstoffi 1, 6343 Risch-Rotkreuz, Switzerland
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