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Nov 6–7, 2025
Vienna

The Crypto Safety Conference

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Speakers

James Smith
Head of Ecosystem @ Ethereum Foundation
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Georg Harer
Managing Director & Head of Legal and Compliance @ Bybit EU
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Oliver Stauber
CEO @ KuCoin EU
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Patrick Hansen
Senior Director, EU Strategy & Policy @ Circle
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Matthias Bauer-Langgartner
Head of Policy Europe @ Chainalysis
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Johann Strobl
CEO @ RBI
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Garett Jones
Chief Economist & Co-Founder @ Bluechip
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Martin Kreitmair
CEO @ Tangany
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Christian Wolf
Head of Strategic Partnerships & Ecosystems @ RBI
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Vid Hribar
Strategic Partnerships and Ecosystems @ RBI
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Georg Brameshuber
CEO @ Validvent
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Astrid Woollard
CIO @ SMAPE Capital
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Marina Markezic
Co-Founder & Executive Director @ European Crypto Initiative
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Benjamin Levit
CEO & Co-Founder @ Bluechip
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Vaidya Pallasena
Co-Founder @ Bluechip
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Johnny Nesslinger
CEO @ THE BLACK TOWER SECURITY
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Juan Ignacio Ibañez
General Secretary @ MiCA Crypto Alliance
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Oliver Schmitt
CEO @ VALUEX
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TokenBrice
CEO @ DefiScan
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Thomas Dünser
CEO @ PROSYD
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Krzysztof Paruch
CEO @ Token Engineering Labs
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Markus Angermann
Lecturer @ Technical University of Vienna
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Thomas Jochen Wagner
CEO @ Crypto Recovery
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Martin Hanzl
Partner @ EY Law
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Maximilian Schausberger
Managing Director @ Elevator Ventures
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Matthias Reder
CEO @ RETTE DEIN GELD, Mining Expert @ Bitkern Group
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Anton Werner
Managing Director & Co-Founder @ Fountainhead Digital
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Martin Bechter
Managing Director & Co-Founder @ Fountainhead Digital
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Luis Schaubhut
Chief of Staff @ AllUnity
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Stuart Jackson
VP Sales Engineering @ Fireblocks
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Thomas Pecha
Director Global Business Development & Custody @ Bitpanda
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Bernhard Haslhofer
Research Group Leader @ Complexity Science Hub Vienna
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Markus Plank
Head of Wealth & Product Management @ RLB NÖ-Wien
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Patrick Prinz
COO & CFO @ Recoveris
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James Langer
Moderator
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Chiara Munaretto
Managing Partner @ Stablecoin Insider
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Elbruz Yilmaz
Managing Partner & Co-Founder @ Outrun
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Marcel Schreiber
COO @ Trever
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Eduard Prinz
Founder & CEO @ 21base, Chair @ DLT Austria
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Aleksandar Vankov
Product Owner @ LimeChain
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Nasib Fathi
Head of Growth @ DLT Austria
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Martin Froehler
Founder @USPD.io, Founder @Morpher
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Andrea Sacchi
Founder & CEO @ Codema Global Rating
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Tomáš Vaic
Business Development Manager @ Trezor
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Christian Niedermueller
COO @ KuCoin EU
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Jan Sell
COO @ Universal Everything
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Filippo Chiricozzi
Innovation & Digital Assets @ Banca Sella
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Bernhard Kronfellner
Partner & Associate Director @ BCG
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Ralph Rirsch
Fintech, Sandbox & AI Lead @ FMA
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Severin Gruber
General Secretary @ Federal Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism
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Agenda

Day 1
Nov 6
07:45–08:30am
Registration & Breakfast
08:30–09:15am
Opening Remarks
Johann Strobl
Benjamin Levit
Severin Gruber
09:15-09:40
The Institutional Stablecoin: From Wall Street to Washington
Garett Jones
09:40-10:00
Moore’s Law Meets Murphy’s Law: When Innovation Speed Meets Reality
Christian Wolf
10:00-10:30
What is innovative about hardware wallets, and how do we shape our product to bring self-custody to the masses?
Tomáš Vaic
10:30-11:00
Coffee Break
11:00-11:20
Proof of Work & Decentralization – An Unbeatable Duo
Matthias Reder
11:20-11:30
From Crypto Crime to State-sponsored Weaponization: Protecting a World of Tokenized Assets and Digital Identities
Patrick Prinz
11:30-12:30
Does every bank need a stablecoin strategy?
Filippo Chiricozzi
Jan Sell
Vid Hribar
Chiara Munaretto
Bernhard Kronfellner
12:30-13:30
Lunch
13:30-14:00
From Tracing Threats to Preventing Harm: The Next Era of Blockchain Analytics
Matthias Bauer-Langgartner
14:00-15:00
De-Risking Crypto: Investment Strategies for the Modern VC
Anton Werner
Elbruz Yilmaz
Astrid Woollard
Maximilian Schausberger
Oliver Schmitt
Ed Prinz
15:00-15:30
Coffee Break
15:30-16:00
Smart Contract Derivatives: The Next Infrastructure Layer for Global Markets
Aleksandar Vankov
16:00-16:30
The Stablecoin Endgame
James Smith
16:30-17:30
Security Measures for Custodians & Exchanges
Martin Kreitmair
Stuart Jackson
Thomas Pecha
Markus Plank
Markus Angermann
Christian Niedermueller
17:30-18:30
Transfer to Bluechip25 Dinner presented by Ethereum Foundation
Day 2
Nov 7
08:00-09:00
Registration & Breakfast
09:00-09:15
Morning Remarks
09:15-09:30
Trust vs. Truth
Vaidya Pallasena
09:30-10:00
About the Fragility of Stablecoins and How to Design a Stable Stablecoin
Thomas Dünser
10:00-10:30
Verifiable insights into DeFi's decentralization
TokenBrice
10:30-11:00
Coffee Break
11:00-12:00
Not your keys not your coins? Self hosting vs. centralized exchange under MiCAR from a consumer's perspective
Georg Harer
Oliver Stauber
Nasib Fathi
Ralph Rirsch
Andrea Sacchi
12:00-12:30
Crypto Recovery: Between Hope and Reality
Thomas Jochen Wagner
12:30-13:30
Lunch
13:30-14:00
Hacks and heists: Security challenges in the online and offline world
Johnny Nesslinger
14:00-15:00
The Convergence of Financial Services and DeFi Applications
Bernhard Haslhofer
Marcel Schreiber
Krzysztof Paruch
Georg Brameshuber
Martin Bechter
15:00-15:30
Coffee Break
15:30-16:00
Beyond Either-Or: Why Europe Needs CBDCs, Stablecoins, Deposit- and Commercial Bank Tokens All Together
Luis Schaubhut
16:00-17:00
Anchoring Trust: Digital Market Infrastructure, Stablecoins, and the Future of Payments in Europe
Juan Ignacio Ibañez
Martin Hanzl
Marina Markezic
Patrick Hansen
Chiara Munaretto
Martin Froehler
17:00-18:00
Closing Remarks & Networking
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.
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