CfC St. Moritz
St. Moritz ▪︎ January 12-14th 2022
The EdenBase team was delighted to have attended the Crypto Finance Conference St. Moritz 2022.
Over the course of three days, opinion leaders and high-ranking representatives from governmental and supranational bodies, the private sector, academia and decentralized organizations exchanged their knowledge on digital assets, blockchain and traditional finance. As a part of a well-structured program, industry leaders had the opportunity to talk about tech trends, regulatory changes and new business developments to connect the traditional and the new world.
DAY 1: Macro-Perspective on the Industry
Panel: CBDCs, Stablecoins and Privacy - Impact for Governments, Society and the Industry
With many nations consulting and some starting to deploy CBDCs, they are quickly becoming a reality. Will CBDCs really be an economic enabler and should we reconcile giving up privacy for the benefits?
Moderator Eric Van der Kleij
▪︎ Thomas Moser, Swiss National Bank
▪︎ Teana Baker-Taylor, Chamber of Digital Commerce
▪︎ Jon Cunliffe, Bank of England
The panellists discussed the effects of CBDCs and stablecoins on our economies along with relinquishing our privacy for the benefits.
The Swiss and UKs progress and position in the field of CBDCS were discussed by Dr Thomas and Jon Cunliffe together with some of the most important questions including privacy, identity and the role of banks in a world of CBDCs.
The takeaway from Eric van der Kleij, panel moderator and Co-Founder at EdenBase is that the jury is out as to whether private money, CBDC enabled private money or CBDCs will prevail.
“One of the huge benefits of moderating such amazing panels is we get access to multiple viewpoints of CBDCs and stablecoins from regulatory experts on the panel.” — Eric Van der Kleij
Take a look at the full video here.
Day 2: Micro-Perspective on the Industry
Panel: The Critical Role and Potential Disruption of Traditional Finance - Exploring the Importance to Society and the Need to Adapt to a New Playing Field
Traditional finance and crypto are like oil and water. Will the crypto industry disrupt traditional finance or will TradFi embrace crypto and DeFi?
Moderator Eric Van der Kleij
▪︎ Dr. Stephan A. Zwahlen, Maerki Baumann & Co. AG
▪︎ Adriana Hassan, Figure
▪︎ Michael Bucella, BlockTower Capital
Traditional finance is still the dominant way of transferring value, however, cryptocurrencies have the potential to become the new benchmark. In this session, the panel covered crypto and its potential to disrupt traditional finance.
Dr. Stephan A. Zwahlen (CEO of Maerki Baumann & Co. AG, an 100 year old private bank in Switzerland) explained their rapid journey to becoming leading traditional bank players, highlighting the difficulties for crypto companies to get a fiat bank for their operations, a problem they are proud to be helping solve.
Micheal Bucella (General Partner at BlockTower Capital) who’s aim to it bridge De-Fi to the real world, shared an insightful pool delegate example with the panel exploring what the concept of “mild adherence to regulations” means to the industry, whilst Adriana Hassan shared details about Figures' merger with Homebridge.
A Pioneer's Fireside - Hear From a Leading Mind Trailblasing a Path for Prosperity and the Future of Society
Sometimes the problems of the world need a radical approach - crypto being a good example. How will our pioneer tackle the challenges that we have yet to face?
Moderator Eric Van der Kleij
▪︎ Christian Angermayer, Apeiron Investment Group
The Pioneers fireside with Christian Angermayer was particularly interesting and challenged some of our most traditional values, for example, how the «disease of ageing» can be reversed.
Getting To Know Gavin Wood: The Visionary Behind Ethereum, Polkadot And Web 3.0
▪︎ Gavin Wood, Polkadot
▪︎ Rob Schmults, Blockchange Ventures
”We are moving on to the phase where we have more latitude to build things on top of Polkadot, and the technologies beyond Polkadot 1.0, into what Polkadot 2.0 looks like.” - Polkadot founder, Gavin Wood, in conversation with Rob Schmults about "Getting to know Gavin Wood: The visionary behind Ethereum, Polkadot and Web3 Foundation" at CfC St. Moritz.
NFTs: Connecting Communities, Connecting The World
How can new communities build around NFT creation and ownership, unlock massive potential for digital infrastructure investments, and digital public goods?
▪︎ Nadieh Bremer, Data Visualization Artist
▪︎ Rudolf Budja, Gallerist
▪︎ Philipp Schaerer, Visual artist
▪︎ Bill Tai, Venture Capitalist and EdenBase Competition Judge
This discussion explored the role of art and NFTs in driving global investments, particularly in emerging markets. A panel with expertise from investment to product to data science and art shared the first UN and multi-government collaboration in the NFT space and showcased examples of art from the Murmur in NYC and The Centre Pompidou in Paris.
Bill Tai shared details of the charity auction taking place at the famous Segantini Museum curated by the head of Christies Switzerland.
DAY 3: Workshops & Roundtables
Roundtable: Crypto Policy-Making Roundtable for Business, Society and Governments
An opportunity for a discussion with leading policymakers in crypto and digital assets.
A well-attended roundtable including industry and regulatory experts such as David Burt (Premier of Bermuda), Johanna Thörnblad (Country President Sweden), Eric Van der Kleij (EdenBase), Bill Tai (Venture Capitalist), Fred Thiel (Marathon Digital Holdings) and Daniel Doll-Steinberg (EdenBase).
The roundtable comprised of a wide-ranging discussion covering the importance of well thought through policy recommendations and the potential of cryptocurrencies in providing energy solutions for societies.
Fred Thiel and Johanna Thörnblad contributed significantly, sharing positive examples of sustainability.
“ This is a marathon, not a sprint and those that rush into regulation or deregulation may not be the winners in the space” — Daniel Doll-Steinberg
About Crypto Finance Conference
The Crypto Finance Conference is the World’s most exclusive investor conference on cryptocurrencies and blockchain investments. The CfC brings together both private and institutional investors and the leading providers of the crypto and blockchain universe. The conference offers expert education, investment opportunities, excellent networking opportunities and last but not least a great setting in exclusive and beautiful locations around the world such as St. Moritz in the Swiss mountains or Half Moon Bay, CA in the US.
About EdenBase
EdenBase is a fund, hub and ecosystem powering sustainable supergrowth with Frontier Technologies. By building a world leading community and ecosystem, EdenBase supports high growth, frontier technology-powered businesses and portfolio companies deliver responsible supergrowth and valuable impact to create a better future.