Industry Insights: Panel Discussion: "Which Hurdles Still Exist for the Digital Programmable Euro to Get Live?"

Industry Insights: Panel Discussion: "Which Hurdles Still Exist for the Digital Programmable Euro to Get Live?"

Industry Insights: Panel Discussion: "Which Hurdles Still Exist for the Digital Programmable Euro to Get Live?"

The digital Euro is seen as one of the core components to enable wide industry adoption of blockchain. In this panel, Radoslav Albrecht (Bitbond), Lukas Weniger (Bankhaus von der Heydt), Dr. Marcus Hennig (d-fine), Maximilian Forster (Cash-on-Ledger Technologies), and Alexander Bechtel (Deutsche Bank) discuss which hurdles still exist for the digital programmable Euro to get live.

Watch this video on YouTube (ca. 33 min.).

About the lecturers

Alexander Bechtel is an expert in monetary economics and works for Deutsche Bank. Furthermore, he is a PhD candidate at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. His research focuses on monetary economics, money markets, digital currencies, and safe assets. Since June 2019, he is publishing a podcast on digital currencies called Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock’n’Roll (in German).

LinkedIn profile of Alexander Bechtel

Radoslav Albrecht is the founder & CEO of Bitbond, a leading company in the fields of asset tokenization and digital asset custody technology. Before founding Bitbond, Radoslav worked for Roland Berger Strategy Consultants and advised banks in Europe and Western Africa in restructuring and post-merger integrations. Prior to that Radoslav was with Deutsche Bank London in sales & trading of structured products. You can contact him via:

LinkedIn profile of Radoslav Albrecht

Lukas Weniger is a finance expert and working in business development for Bankhaus von der Heydt.

LinkedIn profile of Lukas Weniger

Dr. Marcus Hennig is a blockchain expert and consultant at d-fine.

LinkedIn profile of Dr. Marcus Hennig

Maximilian Forster is the co-founder and CBDO of Cash on Ledger. He is a private sector expert for virtual assets within the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), member of the Economic Council of Germany for digital assets & member of the German Banking Association. Furthermore, he is a public speaker and expert on “Central Bank Digital Currencies” within the European Commission & Parliament.

LinkedIn profile of Maximilian Forster

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