Agenda

10:00 - 10:10

Opening Statement

Welcome and opening remarks

Prof. Dr. Dimitar Panayotov Dimitrov,

Rector, UNWE

10:00 - 10:10

Opening Statement

Welcome and opening remarks

Prof. Dr. Dimitar Panayotov Dimitrov,

Rector, UNWE

10:00 - 10:10

Opening Statement

Welcome and opening remarks

Prof. Dr. Dimitar Panayotov Dimitrov,

Rector, UNWE

10:10 - 10:30

From Wall Street to Blockchain: The Next Evolution of Financial Markets

Keynote

Ethereum Integrations into Web2

Blockchain is not replacing traditional finance—it is upgrading it. This session explores how tokenization, real-world assets, and on-chain infrastructure are transforming the way assets are issued, traded, settled, and owned. We will discuss why major financial institutions are embracing blockchain technology, the role of digital assets in modern portfolios, and why the future of finance is likely to combine the strengths of both traditional and decentralized markets.

Viktor Uzunov,

CEO, UEB3 Ventures

10:10 - 10:30

From Wall Street to Blockchain: The Next Evolution of Financial Markets

Keynote

Ethereum Integrations into Web2

Blockchain is not replacing traditional finance—it is upgrading it. This session explores how tokenization, real-world assets, and on-chain infrastructure are transforming the way assets are issued, traded, settled, and owned. We will discuss why major financial institutions are embracing blockchain technology, the role of digital assets in modern portfolios, and why the future of finance is likely to combine the strengths of both traditional and decentralized markets.

Viktor Uzunov,

CEO, UEB3 Ventures

10:10 - 10:30

From Wall Street to Blockchain: The Next Evolution of Financial Markets

Keynote

Ethereum Integrations into Web2

Blockchain is not replacing traditional finance—it is upgrading it. This session explores how tokenization, real-world assets, and on-chain infrastructure are transforming the way assets are issued, traded, settled, and owned. We will discuss why major financial institutions are embracing blockchain technology, the role of digital assets in modern portfolios, and why the future of finance is likely to combine the strengths of both traditional and decentralized markets.

Viktor Uzunov,

CEO, UEB3 Ventures

10:30 - 10:50

Cross-Chain Security: Trust Assumptions, Risks, and Infrastructure Challenges

Keynote

Ethereum Integrations into Web2

This session explores cross-chain security, examining the risks, trust assumptions, and infrastructure challenges that emerge as interoperability becomes foundational to the next generation of blockchain applications. Attendees will gain practical insights into navigating these complexities, evaluating cross-chain providers and implementations, and building more secure cross-chain systems.

Todor Karaivanov,

Blockchain Integrations & Product Partnerships, Chainlink Labs

10:30 - 10:50

Cross-Chain Security: Trust Assumptions, Risks, and Infrastructure Challenges

Keynote

Ethereum Integrations into Web2

This session explores cross-chain security, examining the risks, trust assumptions, and infrastructure challenges that emerge as interoperability becomes foundational to the next generation of blockchain applications. Attendees will gain practical insights into navigating these complexities, evaluating cross-chain providers and implementations, and building more secure cross-chain systems.

Todor Karaivanov,

Blockchain Integrations & Product Partnerships, Chainlink Labs

10:30 - 10:50

Cross-Chain Security: Trust Assumptions, Risks, and Infrastructure Challenges

Keynote

Ethereum Integrations into Web2

This session explores cross-chain security, examining the risks, trust assumptions, and infrastructure challenges that emerge as interoperability becomes foundational to the next generation of blockchain applications. Attendees will gain practical insights into navigating these complexities, evaluating cross-chain providers and implementations, and building more secure cross-chain systems.

Todor Karaivanov,

Blockchain Integrations & Product Partnerships, Chainlink Labs

10:50 - 11:20

Security in the AI Аge

Keynote

Smart Contract Security & OPSEC

Тhe session will explore how AI in 2026 changed web3 security and where we are heading now.

Krum Pashov,

CEO, Pashov Audit Group

10:50 - 11:20

Security in the AI Аge

Keynote

Smart Contract Security & OPSEC

Тhe session will explore how AI in 2026 changed web3 security and where we are heading now.

Krum Pashov,

CEO, Pashov Audit Group

10:50 - 11:20

Security in the AI Аge

Keynote

Smart Contract Security & OPSEC

Тhe session will explore how AI in 2026 changed web3 security and where we are heading now.

Krum Pashov,

CEO, Pashov Audit Group

11:35 - 12:15

Beyond the One-Off Audit: AI, Continuous Security, and the Evolving Threat Landscape

Panel

Smart Contract Security & OPSEC

The panel will look beyond the usual “AI will change security” conversation. We’ll explore what AI is actually changing in auditing and vulnerability research, whether AI-only audits are useful, how we train the next generation of auditors when AI can increasingly find the bugs juniors used to learn from, and whether DeFi's growing composability is creating an enormous, shared security monoculture, where one bad assumption or dependency can affect dozens of protocols. As security tooling becomes increasingly automated and DeFi increasingly interconnected, what does meaningful security actually look like?

Klara Kovacevic (Mod),

Ecosystem Lead, ChainSecurity

Krum Pashov,

Founder, Pashov Audit Group

Jonathan Riss,

Blockchain Intelligence Analyst, CertiK

Josef Gattermayer,

Founder, ack3

11:35 - 12:15

Beyond the One-Off Audit: AI, Continuous Security, and the Evolving Threat Landscape

Panel

Smart Contract Security & OPSEC

The panel will look beyond the usual “AI will change security” conversation. We’ll explore what AI is actually changing in auditing and vulnerability research, whether AI-only audits are useful, how we train the next generation of auditors when AI can increasingly find the bugs juniors used to learn from, and whether DeFi's growing composability is creating an enormous, shared security monoculture, where one bad assumption or dependency can affect dozens of protocols. As security tooling becomes increasingly automated and DeFi increasingly interconnected, what does meaningful security actually look like?

Klara Kovacevic (Mod),

Ecosystem Lead, ChainSecurity

Krum Pashov,

Founder, Pashov Audit Group

Jonathan Riss,

Blockchain Intelligence Analyst, CertiK

Josef Gattermayer,

Founder, ack3

11:35 - 12:15

Beyond the One-Off Audit: AI, Continuous Security, and the Evolving Threat Landscape

Panel

Smart Contract Security & OPSEC

The panel will look beyond the usual “AI will change security” conversation. We’ll explore what AI is actually changing in auditing and vulnerability research, whether AI-only audits are useful, how we train the next generation of auditors when AI can increasingly find the bugs juniors used to learn from, and whether DeFi's growing composability is creating an enormous, shared security monoculture, where one bad assumption or dependency can affect dozens of protocols. As security tooling becomes increasingly automated and DeFi increasingly interconnected, what does meaningful security actually look like?

Klara Kovacevic (Mod),

Ecosystem Lead, ChainSecurity

Krum Pashov,

Founder, Pashov Audit Group

Jonathan Riss,

Blockchain Intelligence Analyst, CertiK

Josef Gattermayer,

Founder, ack3

12:15 - 12:35

Your AI Agent Is the New Insider: OPSEC for Builders in the Agent Era

Keynote

Smart Contract Security & OPSEC

Crypto theft keeps moving up the stack: from scams, to smart contract bugs, to social engineering. Drift's $285M loss this year began with an approach at a crypto conference. The next insider is already on your machine: your AI agent. It installs packages, loads skills and runs tools with your permissions, right next to your keys, and Anthropic reports that users approve 93% of Claude Code permission prompts. Using real incidents from 2025 and 2026, from the Mastra npm compromise to the ClawHavoc malicious skills campaign, this talk shows how attackers turn agents against builders, and the OPSEC rules that keep your keys safe.

Galin Dimitrov,

Cybersecurity Engineer & Web3 Growth Lead, Founding Member, Superteam Ireland

12:15 - 12:35

Your AI Agent Is the New Insider: OPSEC for Builders in the Agent Era

Keynote

Smart Contract Security & OPSEC

Crypto theft keeps moving up the stack: from scams, to smart contract bugs, to social engineering. Drift's $285M loss this year began with an approach at a crypto conference. The next insider is already on your machine: your AI agent. It installs packages, loads skills and runs tools with your permissions, right next to your keys, and Anthropic reports that users approve 93% of Claude Code permission prompts. Using real incidents from 2025 and 2026, from the Mastra npm compromise to the ClawHavoc malicious skills campaign, this talk shows how attackers turn agents against builders, and the OPSEC rules that keep your keys safe.

Galin Dimitrov,

Cybersecurity Engineer & Web3 Growth Lead, Founding Member, Superteam Ireland

12:15 - 12:35

Your AI Agent Is the New Insider: OPSEC for Builders in the Agent Era

Keynote

Smart Contract Security & OPSEC

Crypto theft keeps moving up the stack: from scams, to smart contract bugs, to social engineering. Drift's $285M loss this year began with an approach at a crypto conference. The next insider is already on your machine: your AI agent. It installs packages, loads skills and runs tools with your permissions, right next to your keys, and Anthropic reports that users approve 93% of Claude Code permission prompts. Using real incidents from 2025 and 2026, from the Mastra npm compromise to the ClawHavoc malicious skills campaign, this talk shows how attackers turn agents against builders, and the OPSEC rules that keep your keys safe.

Galin Dimitrov,

Cybersecurity Engineer & Web3 Growth Lead, Founding Member, Superteam Ireland

12:35 - 13:00

How DeFi Lost the Plot

Fireside chat

Consumer DeFi

The instits are here and your bags are still worthless: why? Focusing too much on the players, DeFi lost sight of the game. Marc & Brice will assess the current state of play, what went wrong with the last five years of DeFi development, and where do we go from here.

Marc Zeller,

Founder, Aave Chan Initiative (ACI)

Token Brice,

Founder, Polaris / Pharos

12:35 - 13:00

How DeFi Lost the Plot

Fireside chat

Consumer DeFi

The instits are here and your bags are still worthless: why? Focusing too much on the players, DeFi lost sight of the game. Marc & Brice will assess the current state of play, what went wrong with the last five years of DeFi development, and where do we go from here.

Marc Zeller,

Founder, Aave Chan Initiative (ACI)

Token Brice,

Founder, Polaris / Pharos

12:35 - 13:00

How DeFi Lost the Plot

Fireside chat

Consumer DeFi

The instits are here and your bags are still worthless: why? Focusing too much on the players, DeFi lost sight of the game. Marc & Brice will assess the current state of play, what went wrong with the last five years of DeFi development, and where do we go from here.

Marc Zeller,

Founder, Aave Chan Initiative (ACI)

Token Brice,

Founder, Polaris / Pharos

14:00 - 14:20

CHAIN++: Polymorphic Crypto Chains

Keynote

Onchain Privacy & Scaling

Every blockchain is built on cryptography that will one day need replacing, and quantum computing is bringing that day closer. Today, changing algorithms usually means a disruptive hard fork and a network-wide cutover. Polymorphic crypto chains take a different approach: each block records how it is protected, so new algorithms, including post-quantum ones, can be adopted gradually. No forks, no rewriting of history, and no forced upgrades across the network.

Kiril Kalchev,

System Architect Data Lake, BRAIN++ AI Factory

14:00 - 14:20

CHAIN++: Polymorphic Crypto Chains

Keynote

Onchain Privacy & Scaling

Every blockchain is built on cryptography that will one day need replacing, and quantum computing is bringing that day closer. Today, changing algorithms usually means a disruptive hard fork and a network-wide cutover. Polymorphic crypto chains take a different approach: each block records how it is protected, so new algorithms, including post-quantum ones, can be adopted gradually. No forks, no rewriting of history, and no forced upgrades across the network.

Kiril Kalchev,

System Architect Data Lake, BRAIN++ AI Factory

14:00 - 14:20

CHAIN++: Polymorphic Crypto Chains

Keynote

Onchain Privacy & Scaling

Every blockchain is built on cryptography that will one day need replacing, and quantum computing is bringing that day closer. Today, changing algorithms usually means a disruptive hard fork and a network-wide cutover. Polymorphic crypto chains take a different approach: each block records how it is protected, so new algorithms, including post-quantum ones, can be adopted gradually. No forks, no rewriting of history, and no forced upgrades across the network.

Kiril Kalchev,

System Architect Data Lake, BRAIN++ AI Factory

14:20 - 14:50

Building Post-Quantum Trust for Interconnected AI

Panel

Onchain Privacy & Scaling

This session explores the cryptographic frontier of distributed intelligence, detailing how interconnected systems can achieve tamper-evident resilience against next-generation computational threats. It delves into the architectural shifts required to build policy-governed, cross-facility trust without a single centralized operator - paving the way for true cryptographic agility. A strategic look at the evolving frameworks necessary to secure the next epoch of federated AI.

Georgi Kirov (Mod),

Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Crisp Labs

Kiril Kalchev,

System Architect Data Lake, BRAIN++ AI Factory

Angel Marchev,

Professor on Financial Modeling and AI, UNWE and Sofia-Uni

Petar Nikolov,

Co-Founder, Equisect

14:20 - 14:50

Building Post-Quantum Trust for Interconnected AI

Panel

Onchain Privacy & Scaling

This session explores the cryptographic frontier of distributed intelligence, detailing how interconnected systems can achieve tamper-evident resilience against next-generation computational threats. It delves into the architectural shifts required to build policy-governed, cross-facility trust without a single centralized operator - paving the way for true cryptographic agility. A strategic look at the evolving frameworks necessary to secure the next epoch of federated AI.

Georgi Kirov (Mod),

Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Crisp Labs

Kiril Kalchev,

System Architect Data Lake, BRAIN++ AI Factory

Angel Marchev,

Professor on Financial Modeling and AI, UNWE and Sofia-Uni

Petar Nikolov,

Co-Founder, Equisect

14:20 - 14:50

Building Post-Quantum Trust for Interconnected AI

Panel

Onchain Privacy & Scaling

This session explores the cryptographic frontier of distributed intelligence, detailing how interconnected systems can achieve tamper-evident resilience against next-generation computational threats. It delves into the architectural shifts required to build policy-governed, cross-facility trust without a single centralized operator - paving the way for true cryptographic agility. A strategic look at the evolving frameworks necessary to secure the next epoch of federated AI.

Georgi Kirov (Mod),

Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Crisp Labs

Kiril Kalchev,

System Architect Data Lake, BRAIN++ AI Factory

Angel Marchev,

Professor on Financial Modeling and AI, UNWE and Sofia-Uni

Petar Nikolov,

Co-Founder, Equisect

14:50 - 15:20

Bridging TradFi and DeFi: Best Practices for RWA Tokenisation on Ethereum

Panel

Consumer DeFi

Tokenising real-world assets on Ethereum means navigating two worlds at once - regulatory compliance on one side, open, composable infrastructure on the other. This panel brings together legal, technical, and infrastructure perspectives to unpack what actually works: how compliant issuance and identity standards like ERC-3643 are built into tokenisation from day one, and what it takes for TradFi institutions to trust and adopt DeFi-native rails at scale.

Candice Teo (Mod),

Founder of Espoir Communications

Alvaro Garrido Mesa,

Partner, LegalNode

Krzysztof Paruch,

CEO, Cryptoeconomist, and Token Engineer

14:50 - 15:20

Bridging TradFi and DeFi: Best Practices for RWA Tokenisation on Ethereum

Panel

Consumer DeFi

Tokenising real-world assets on Ethereum means navigating two worlds at once - regulatory compliance on one side, open, composable infrastructure on the other. This panel brings together legal, technical, and infrastructure perspectives to unpack what actually works: how compliant issuance and identity standards like ERC-3643 are built into tokenisation from day one, and what it takes for TradFi institutions to trust and adopt DeFi-native rails at scale.

Candice Teo (Mod),

Founder of Espoir Communications

Alvaro Garrido Mesa,

Partner, LegalNode

Krzysztof Paruch,

CEO, Cryptoeconomist, and Token Engineer

14:50 - 15:20

Bridging TradFi and DeFi: Best Practices for RWA Tokenisation on Ethereum

Panel

Consumer DeFi

Tokenising real-world assets on Ethereum means navigating two worlds at once - regulatory compliance on one side, open, composable infrastructure on the other. This panel brings together legal, technical, and infrastructure perspectives to unpack what actually works: how compliant issuance and identity standards like ERC-3643 are built into tokenisation from day one, and what it takes for TradFi institutions to trust and adopt DeFi-native rails at scale.

Candice Teo (Mod),

Founder of Espoir Communications

Alvaro Garrido Mesa,

Partner, LegalNode

Krzysztof Paruch,

CEO, Cryptoeconomist, and Token Engineer

15:35 - 16:05

From Speculation to Strategy: Trading, Risk, and Investing in Volatile Markets

Panel

TradFi / CeFi trading and investment

Crypto has spent the past year moving from panic to something calmer, but whether that shift holds is still an open question. This panel puts traders and investors head to head on where the market actually stands: has the bear market found its low, what has genuinely changed in market structure and liquidity since the last cycle, and is retail coming back. It also tackles whether crypto can start outperforming equities and gold again, and how to read crypto's price action against a backdrop of near-record equity markets, high yields on long-dated US Treasuries, and an unstable geopolitical environment. Attendees leave with a sharper read on the current market regime, not a forecast.

Daniel Vasilev (Mod),

Еconomist and Мarket Аnalyst

Zdravko Pirinliev,

Senior Investment Analyst, BenchMark

Viktor Uzunov,

CEO, UEB3 Ventures

Pascal Tallarida,

Founder, Jarvis Network

15:35 - 16:05

From Speculation to Strategy: Trading, Risk, and Investing in Volatile Markets

Panel

TradFi / CeFi trading and investment

Crypto has spent the past year moving from panic to something calmer, but whether that shift holds is still an open question. This panel puts traders and investors head to head on where the market actually stands: has the bear market found its low, what has genuinely changed in market structure and liquidity since the last cycle, and is retail coming back. It also tackles whether crypto can start outperforming equities and gold again, and how to read crypto's price action against a backdrop of near-record equity markets, high yields on long-dated US Treasuries, and an unstable geopolitical environment. Attendees leave with a sharper read on the current market regime, not a forecast.

Daniel Vasilev (Mod),

Еconomist and Мarket Аnalyst

Zdravko Pirinliev,

Senior Investment Analyst, BenchMark

Viktor Uzunov,

CEO, UEB3 Ventures

Pascal Tallarida,

Founder, Jarvis Network

15:35 - 16:05

From Speculation to Strategy: Trading, Risk, and Investing in Volatile Markets

Panel

TradFi / CeFi trading and investment

Crypto has spent the past year moving from panic to something calmer, but whether that shift holds is still an open question. This panel puts traders and investors head to head on where the market actually stands: has the bear market found its low, what has genuinely changed in market structure and liquidity since the last cycle, and is retail coming back. It also tackles whether crypto can start outperforming equities and gold again, and how to read crypto's price action against a backdrop of near-record equity markets, high yields on long-dated US Treasuries, and an unstable geopolitical environment. Attendees leave with a sharper read on the current market regime, not a forecast.

Daniel Vasilev (Mod),

Еconomist and Мarket Аnalyst

Zdravko Pirinliev,

Senior Investment Analyst, BenchMark

Viktor Uzunov,

CEO, UEB3 Ventures

Pascal Tallarida,

Founder, Jarvis Network

16:05 - 16:25

Stablecoins Have Won. Now What?

Keynote

Consumer DeFi

Crypto set out to reinvent money, but found one of its strongest use cases in bringing existing currencies onchain. This keynote traces how that shift happened, why it made sense for adoption, and what it tells us about where stablecoins are heading. It looks at the practical gaps that still need to be addressed, the role of DeFi in building around this money, and how the result could change the way people access and use financial services.

Maximilian Roszko,

Business Development Lead, Curve Finance

16:05 - 16:25

Stablecoins Have Won. Now What?

Keynote

Consumer DeFi

Crypto set out to reinvent money, but found one of its strongest use cases in bringing existing currencies onchain. This keynote traces how that shift happened, why it made sense for adoption, and what it tells us about where stablecoins are heading. It looks at the practical gaps that still need to be addressed, the role of DeFi in building around this money, and how the result could change the way people access and use financial services.

Maximilian Roszko,

Business Development Lead, Curve Finance

16:05 - 16:25

Stablecoins Have Won. Now What?

Keynote

Consumer DeFi

Crypto set out to reinvent money, but found one of its strongest use cases in bringing existing currencies onchain. This keynote traces how that shift happened, why it made sense for adoption, and what it tells us about where stablecoins are heading. It looks at the practical gaps that still need to be addressed, the role of DeFi in building around this money, and how the result could change the way people access and use financial services.

Maximilian Roszko,

Business Development Lead, Curve Finance

16:25 - 16:50

Building Under CROPS: What the Ethereum Foundation's Mandate Means for Developers and Institutions

Panel

Onchain Privacy & Scaling

In March 2026 the Ethereum Foundation published a mandate hardcoding censorship resistance, open source, privacy, and security, CROPS, as the non-negotiable principles guiding its work and priorities going forward. This panel brings together builders, researchers, and product leaders to discuss what that looks like in practice: sustaining open source development, and reconciling privacy-preserving infrastructure with institutional compliance and censorship resistance.

Vyara Savova (Mod),

Senior Policy Lead, European Ethereum Institute

Mike McCabe,

Product Lead, 0xbow

Sofia Sukhinina,

Funding Coordination, OSPO Researcher, Ethereum Foundation

Sajida Zouarhi,

Chief Product Officer, Optimum

16:25 - 16:50

Building Under CROPS: What the Ethereum Foundation's Mandate Means for Developers and Institutions

Panel

Onchain Privacy & Scaling

In March 2026 the Ethereum Foundation published a mandate hardcoding censorship resistance, open source, privacy, and security, CROPS, as the non-negotiable principles guiding its work and priorities going forward. This panel brings together builders, researchers, and product leaders to discuss what that looks like in practice: sustaining open source development, and reconciling privacy-preserving infrastructure with institutional compliance and censorship resistance.

Vyara Savova (Mod),

Senior Policy Lead, European Ethereum Institute

Mike McCabe,

Product Lead, 0xbow

Sofia Sukhinina,

Funding Coordination, OSPO Researcher, Ethereum Foundation

Sajida Zouarhi,

Chief Product Officer, Optimum

16:25 - 16:50

Building Under CROPS: What the Ethereum Foundation's Mandate Means for Developers and Institutions

Panel

Onchain Privacy & Scaling

In March 2026 the Ethereum Foundation published a mandate hardcoding censorship resistance, open source, privacy, and security, CROPS, as the non-negotiable principles guiding its work and priorities going forward. This panel brings together builders, researchers, and product leaders to discuss what that looks like in practice: sustaining open source development, and reconciling privacy-preserving infrastructure with institutional compliance and censorship resistance.

Vyara Savova (Mod),

Senior Policy Lead, European Ethereum Institute

Mike McCabe,

Product Lead, 0xbow

Sofia Sukhinina,

Funding Coordination, OSPO Researcher, Ethereum Foundation

Sajida Zouarhi,

Chief Product Officer, Optimum

17:00 - 17:15

Become Local-First: Not Your Keys, Not Your Data

Keynote

Onchain Privacy & Scaling

This talk explores Trezor’s implementation of Evolu, a local-first library, and the engineering challenges encountered along the way - from choosing the right library using SLIP-21 for deriving the keys, to implementing device-authorized quotas and developing a functional UX

Matěj Husák,

Tech Lead, Networks Team, Trezor

17:00 - 17:15

Become Local-First: Not Your Keys, Not Your Data

Keynote

Onchain Privacy & Scaling

This talk explores Trezor’s implementation of Evolu, a local-first library, and the engineering challenges encountered along the way - from choosing the right library using SLIP-21 for deriving the keys, to implementing device-authorized quotas and developing a functional UX

Matěj Husák,

Tech Lead, Networks Team, Trezor

17:00 - 17:15

Become Local-First: Not Your Keys, Not Your Data

Keynote

Onchain Privacy & Scaling

This talk explores Trezor’s implementation of Evolu, a local-first library, and the engineering challenges encountered along the way - from choosing the right library using SLIP-21 for deriving the keys, to implementing device-authorized quotas and developing a functional UX

Matěj Husák,

Tech Lead, Networks Team, Trezor

17:15 - 17:45

The Custody Paradox: Security, Usability, and Who Gets to Verify

Panel

Consumer DeFi

Self-custody promises full control, but every wallet still asks users to trust something: hardware, software, vendors, external data sources, and ultimately the information they rely on before signing. This panel brings together leading hardware wallet makers to unpack the real trade-offs behind different security models: open vs. closed source, hardware vs. software security, usability vs. stronger guarantees, and trusted data vs. local verification. How do these models hold up under real-world attacks? And where should self-custody actually end — with control of the key, or with the ability to independently verify what you're signing?

Steffen Kux (Mod),

Co-CEO & Co-Founder, Corpuscore.tech

Nikita Eriashev,

DACH Growth Lead, Tangem

Skas,

Software Engineer, Trezor

Nicolas Bacca,

Chef at ZKNOX

17:15 - 17:45

The Custody Paradox: Security, Usability, and Who Gets to Verify

Panel

Consumer DeFi

Self-custody promises full control, but every wallet still asks users to trust something: hardware, software, vendors, external data sources, and ultimately the information they rely on before signing. This panel brings together leading hardware wallet makers to unpack the real trade-offs behind different security models: open vs. closed source, hardware vs. software security, usability vs. stronger guarantees, and trusted data vs. local verification. How do these models hold up under real-world attacks? And where should self-custody actually end — with control of the key, or with the ability to independently verify what you're signing?

Steffen Kux (Mod),

Co-CEO & Co-Founder, Corpuscore.tech

Nikita Eriashev,

DACH Growth Lead, Tangem

Skas,

Software Engineer, Trezor

Nicolas Bacca,

Chef at ZKNOX

17:15 - 17:45

The Custody Paradox: Security, Usability, and Who Gets to Verify

Panel

Consumer DeFi

Self-custody promises full control, but every wallet still asks users to trust something: hardware, software, vendors, external data sources, and ultimately the information they rely on before signing. This panel brings together leading hardware wallet makers to unpack the real trade-offs behind different security models: open vs. closed source, hardware vs. software security, usability vs. stronger guarantees, and trusted data vs. local verification. How do these models hold up under real-world attacks? And where should self-custody actually end — with control of the key, or with the ability to independently verify what you're signing?

Steffen Kux (Mod),

Co-CEO & Co-Founder, Corpuscore.tech

Nikita Eriashev,

DACH Growth Lead, Tangem

Skas,

Software Engineer, Trezor

Nicolas Bacca,

Chef at ZKNOX

17:45 - 18:00

Building Better DEXes: An Arbitrary Mean-Rate Exchange Protocol

Keynote

Consumer DeFi

Automated Market Makers (AMMs) traditionally dictate liquidity through a predefined invariant curve (such as $x\cdot y=K^{2}$), which indirectly determines the exchange rates for users. This talk proposes reversing that standard order. By taking the desired exchange rate as the foundational building block, we can construct a new, flexible class of decentralised exchange (DEX) protocols. We will explore how this "Mean-of-Derivatives" approach solves the mathematical roadblocks that currently limit concentrated liquidity designs, opening up a much wider space for programmable liquidity.

Dr. Mark Richardson,

Project Lead, Bancor

17:45 - 18:00

Building Better DEXes: An Arbitrary Mean-Rate Exchange Protocol

Keynote

Consumer DeFi

Automated Market Makers (AMMs) traditionally dictate liquidity through a predefined invariant curve (such as $x\cdot y=K^{2}$), which indirectly determines the exchange rates for users. This talk proposes reversing that standard order. By taking the desired exchange rate as the foundational building block, we can construct a new, flexible class of decentralised exchange (DEX) protocols. We will explore how this "Mean-of-Derivatives" approach solves the mathematical roadblocks that currently limit concentrated liquidity designs, opening up a much wider space for programmable liquidity.

Dr. Mark Richardson,

Project Lead, Bancor

17:45 - 18:00

Building Better DEXes: An Arbitrary Mean-Rate Exchange Protocol

Keynote

Consumer DeFi

Automated Market Makers (AMMs) traditionally dictate liquidity through a predefined invariant curve (such as $x\cdot y=K^{2}$), which indirectly determines the exchange rates for users. This talk proposes reversing that standard order. By taking the desired exchange rate as the foundational building block, we can construct a new, flexible class of decentralised exchange (DEX) protocols. We will explore how this "Mean-of-Derivatives" approach solves the mathematical roadblocks that currently limit concentrated liquidity designs, opening up a much wider space for programmable liquidity.

Dr. Mark Richardson,

Project Lead, Bancor

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