Bluechip25 Conference

When

Nov 6–7, 2025

Where

Raiffeisen Bank International
Am Stadtpark 9
1030 Vienna

About

Billions have been lost to depegs, hacks, and mismanagement. Not just in obscure altcoins, but in billion-dollar assets people once trusted.  

Bluechip25 is our collective step toward changing that. This is the first global conference dedicated to crypto safety, hosted by Bluechip and Raiffeisen Bank International.  

We bring together risk experts, protocol teams, auditors, regulators, and investors. Join us to learn and share best practices, network with crypto professionals, and set a new benchmark for trust and transparency.  

Our goal is simple - to make crypto safer for everyone.

Speakers

James Smith

Ecosystem Development Lead @ Ethereum Foundation

Georg Harer

Managing Director & Head of Legal and Compliance @ Bybit EU

Oliver Stauber

CEO @ Kucoin EU

Patrick Hansen

Senior Director, EU Strategy & Policy @ Circle

Matthias Bauer-Langgartner

Head of Policy Europe @ Chainalysis

Johann Strobl

CEO @ RBI

Garett Jones

Chief Economist & Co-Founder @ Bluechip

Martin Kreitmair

CEO @ Tangany

Christian Wolf

Head of Strategic Partnerships & Ecosystems @ RBI

Vid Hribar

Strategic Partnerships and Ecosystems @ RBI

Georg Brameshuber

CEO @ Validvent

Alexei Zamyatin

Co-Founder @ BOB, CEO @ Distributed Crafts

Astrid Woollard

CIO @ SMAPE Capital

Marina Markezic

Co-Founder & Executive Director @ European Crypto Initiative

Benjamin Levit

CEO & Co-Founder @ Bluechip

Vaidya Pallasena

Co-Founder @ Bluechip

Johnny Nesslinger

CEO @ THE BLACK TOWER SECURITY

Juan Ignacio Ibañez

General Secretary @ MiCA Crypto Alliance

Oliver Schmitt

CEO @ VALUEX

TokenBrice

CEO @ DefiScan

Thomas Dünser

CEO @ SUM Group

Krzysztof Paruch

CEO @ Token Engineering Labs

Markus Angermann

Blockchain Expert @ Digital Euro Association

Thomas Jochen Wagner

Managing Director @ Crypto Recovery

Martin Hanzl

Partner @ EY Law

Maximilian Schausberger

Managing Director @ Elevator Ventures

Matthias Reder

Founder @ RETTE DEIN GELD, Mining Expert @ Bitkern Group

Anton Werner

Managing Director & Co-Founder @ Fountainhead Digital

Martin Bechter

Managing Director & Co-Founder @ Fountainhead Digital

Alexander Höptner

CEO @ AllUnity

Stuart Jackson

VP Sales Engineering @ Fireblocks

Thomas Pecha

Director Global Business Development & Custody @ Bitpanda

Bernhard Haslhofer

Research Group Leader @ Complexity Science Hub Vienna

Markus Plank

Head of Wealth & Product Management @ RLB NÖ-Wien

Patrick Prinz

COO & CFO @ Recoveris

James Langer

Bluechip25 Moderator

Chiara Munaretto

Bluechip25 Moderator

Bluechip25 Dinner

presented by

After a full day of conversations at Bluechip25, we invite all attendees to join us for the official Bluechip25 Dinner.  

This is a curated evening of networking at a traditional Heurigen restaurant in the hills of Vienna. Taste local wines and flavorful cuisine in the warm glow of Austrian hospitality. 

This is your chance to make new connections, and continue old conversations - with a glass of Grüner Veltliner in hand.  

Buses will depart from the conference venue to transfer all attendees to the dinner location.

Agenda

Day 1

Nov 6

08:00–08:30am

Registration and Breakfast

08:30–09:00am

Opening Remarks

Johann Strobl

Benjamin Levit

09:30-10:00

The Institutional Stablecoin: From Wall Street to Washington

Garett Jones

10:00-10:30

From Crypto Crime to State-sponsored Weaponization: Protecting a World of Tokenized Assets and Digital Identities

Patrick Prinz

10:30-11:00

Coffee Break

11:00-11:15

Moore’s Law Meets Murphy’s Law: When Innovation Speed Meets Reality

Christian Wolf

11:15-12:30

Does every bank need a stablecoin strategy?

12:30-13:30

Lunch

13:30-14:00

From Tracing Threats to Preventing Harm: The Next Era of Blockchain Analytics

Matthias Bauer-Langgartner

14:00-15:15

Security Measures for Custodians & Exchanges

Martin Kreitmair

Stuart Jackson

Thomas Pecha

Markus Plank

15:15-15:45

Coffee Break

15:45-16:15

UX Safety: Am I Sending Money To The Right Account?

James Smith

16:15-17:30

De-Risking Crypto: Investment Strategies for the Modern VC

Anton Werner

Martin Bechter

Astrid Woollard

Maximilian Schausberger

Oliver Schmitt

17:30-18:30

Transfer to Restaurant

18:30

Bluechip25 Heurigen Dinner presented by Ethereum Foundation

Day 2

Nov 7

08:00-09:00

Registration and Breakfast

09:00-09:15

Morning Remarks

09:15-09:45

From Depegs To Design: Building A Stablecoin Risk Framework

Vaidya Pallasena

09:45-10:15

About the Fragility of Stablecoins and How to Design a Stable Stablecoin

Thomas Dünser

10:15-10:45

Verifiable insights into DeFi's decentralization

TokenBrice

10:45-11:15

Coffee Break

11:15-12:30

The Convergence of Financial Services and DeFi Applications

Bernhard Haslhofer

Alexei Zaymatin

Krzysztof Paruch

Georg Brameshuber

12:30-13:30

Lunch

13:30-14:00

Not your keys not your coins? Self hosting vs. centralized exchange under MiCAR from a consumer's perspective

Georg Harer

14:00-14:30

Hacks and heists: Security challenges in the online and offline world

Johnny Nesslinger

14:30-15:00

Coffee Break

15:00-15:30

Beyond Either-Or: Why Europe Needs CBDCs, Stablecoins, Deposit- and Commercial Bank Tokens All Together

Alexander Höptner

15:30-16:45

Anchoring Trust: Digital Market Infrastructure, Stablecoins, and the Future of Payments in Europe

Juan Ignacio Ibañez

Martin Hanzl

Marina Markezic

16:45-17:00

Closing Remarks

17:00-17:30

Networking and End of Conference

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