Panel Discussion: "Traditional Finance vs. DeFi and Bitcoin: How Does This Fit?"

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Panel Discussion: "Blockchain Unicorns: How to Identify a Valuable Start-Up?"

Seemingly daily, new crypto investment opportunities are being offered that promise high returns to their investors. The possibilities range from direct investing in crypto assets like Bitcoin, staking, and lending to investing in crypto funds to name a few. So will there be a big shift from traditional investments to crypto investments in the near future? Which role will inflation drive (triggered by Corona, energy prices, Ukraine crisis)? Given the huge volatility of cryptocurrencies, is it even advisable for institutional investors to invest here?

In this panel, 
Philipp SandnerSebastian KraftChristian Labetzsch, Nils von Schoenaich-Carolath and Benjamin Schaub elaborate on different investment possibilities. 

 

Watch this video on YouTube (ca. 62min)

About the lecturers

Prof. Dr. Philipp Sandner has founded the Frankfurt School Blockchain Center (FSBC). In 2018 and in 2019, he was ranked as one of the “top 30” economists by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), a major newspaper in Germany. Further, he belonged to the “Top 40 under 40” — a ranking by the German business magazine Capital. Since 2017, he is member of the FinTech Council of the Federal Ministry of Finance in Germany. The expertise of Prof. Sandner includes blockchain technology in general, crypto assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, the digital programmable Euro, tokenization of assets and rights and digital identity. You can contact him via mail (email@philipp-sandner.de), or via:

LinkedIn profile of Philipp Sandner

Sebastian Kraft is Principal Product Owner (Director) of the Commerzbank DLT Lab. His responsibilities include the analysis and development of DLT/blockchain use cases for the bank leading the activities in Frankfurt in the areas of Digital Assets, Digital Euro, Self-Sovereign Identities & Supply Chain Management. He brings his experience in strategy development for banks from his previous positions as Head of Business Development, in Group Strategy and Inhouse Consulting at Commerzbank, as well as from external consulting.

LinkedIn profile of Sebastian Kraft

Christian Labetzsch is the co-founder of Blocksize capital, a provider of a new generation of asset management, fund services and investment banking for digital assets, and of micobo, a management consulting firm specialised research and technology integration company with focus on FinTech and digital banking.

LinkedIn profile of Christian Labetzsch

Nils von Schoenaich-Carolath is founder of von Schoenaich-Carolath Consulting where he worked on different projects in the digital asset and tokenization space. He is also Managing Director at Bankhaus Scheich. Bankhaus Scheich/tradias, provides the necessary infrastructure and services to enable all institutional investors to access the enormous potential of digital assets.

LinkedIn profile of Nils Schoenaich-Carolath

Benjamin Schaub did his Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration at Justus-Liebig-Universität in Gießen. Later on, he worked as a project manager at the Frankfurt School Blockchain Center and is now a senior consultant at INTAS.tech. Apart from that, he is the Head of Digital Hub at Plutoneo. He is keen on Blockchain regulatory and governance, such as the development of Blockchain-Use-Cases.

LinkedIn profile of Benjamin Schaub


 

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