Authors

Dr. Oliver Völkel, LL.M.

Dr. Oliver Völkel, LL.M.

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Bryan Hollmann, LL.M.

Bryan Hollmann, LL.M.

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Global Digital Asset Forum Vienna

Can the European market in digital assets remain competitive without greater regulatory certainty?

Global Digital Asset Forum Vienna: The ART Market Today

Why have asset-referenced tokens not yet gained momentum in the European market?

Global Digital Asset Forum Vienna: Asset-Referenced Tokens

What makes asset-referenced tokens so difficult to classify under MiCA?

Testing the Boundaries of MiCA’s DeFi Exemption

Few topics currently attract as much attention in the financial sector as stablecoins. What began as a technical tool within the crypto ecosystem has evolved into a strategically relevant instrument of monetary and financial policy.

Global Digital Asset Forum Vienna: Regulating Innovation

How does supervisory practice shape the innovation landscape?

Stablecoins: From Niche Product to Strategic Power Instrument

Few topics currently attract as much attention in the financial sector as stablecoins. What began as a technical tool within the crypto ecosystem has evolved into a strategically relevant instrument of monetary and financial policy.

From Dollar Dominance to Euro Ambitions

A high-level debate on the world’s next currency competition.

Europe's Answer to the Stablecoin Challenge

A legal and strategic roadmap for Europe's digital money future.

CBDCs: Public Money in a Digital Age

A rare insight directly from the institution designing the monetary system of tomorrow.

Driving Innovation: Stablecoins in the Private Economy

In this keynote as part of our Vienna FinTech Week 2025 event, Prof. Alfred Taudes explored why privately issued digital assets have become the cornerstone of payment innovation — and how Europe must react if it doesn’t want to fall behind.