Over the past two years, the   DARTE   Series took us across more than 28 cities, from Brussels to Washington, Helsinki to Buenos Aires, convening regulators, lawyers, and industry leaders to tackle the hardest questions in crypto regulation. One question kept coming back: how are crypto asset service providers supposed to disclose insider information publicly, verifiably, and in a way that actually holds up legally? I am proud to announce that   Mariana de la Roche (my partn

25+ sessions. Hundreds of experts. One shared objective: legal clarity for digital assets. When we initiated the DARTE Series together with   Mariana de la Roche Wills   ( BlackVogel ), the idea was simple but ambitious: create a space where regulators, policymakers, industry leaders and legal experts could engage in serious, structured dialogue on digital asset regulation - beyond panel soundbites and conference noise. With the support of the European Commission (Joachim Sch

Multijurisdictional issuance of USD-based e-money tokens in the EU has hit a regulatory wall, and the answer is not more prohibitions. Co-authored withNordic Law and BlackVogel, our Joint Interpretive Note makes the case that supervisory authorities need to distinguish between risk assessment and legal constraint. The current frameworks can support these models. What's missing are shared operational standards that protect consumers without closing the door on a competitive Eu

In recent decades, Germany - like many modern democracies and also the EU - has developed a paradoxical condition: the state is strong, yet no longer comprehensible. Its powers are extensive, but its structure has become opaque. Citizens face an environment that is formally rational but substantively impenetrable. The problem is not weakness - it is overcomplexity . This excess of complexity is not accidental. It is the unintended consequence of a moral virtue: the pursuit of

Berlin Deep Tech Award 2026

DARTE Rome 2.0 with UNIDROIT

Yesterday, my Cybersecurity & Business Bachelor class at   Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin   gathered at   Bitvavo ’s event space (many thanks for opening your doors to us, dear   Niklas Becher !) We listen to these experts: 🤖   Alexandra Wudel   talked about ethical AI in governmental use - and quickly made clear why this topic is so hard and yet so urgent. Ethical AI often sounds abstract, but the classic self-driving car dilemma captures the problem perfectly

When large parts of Berlin lost electricity, it wasn’t just a technical failure. According to reporting by   Berlin Story   ( https://www.berlinstory.de/news/stromausfall-in-berlin-kyrillische-fehler-im-text/ ), the incident also fits a broader pattern of disruption that combines attacks on infrastructure with confusion in the information space. What mattered most was what followed the collapse of electricity supply. Suddenly, basic life stopped. For me, the blackout meant fi

Co-organised by   Mariana de la Roche Wills   ( BlackVogel ) and myself, supported by the   European Commission   and held in collaboration with UNIDROIT and   Bybit EU , we discussed the problem of private law issues lacking any harmonisation in the digital assets realm globally and also within the EU today. Please read the full report here . UNIDROIT supports the harmonisation of the private-law frameworks for digital assets by creating the UNIDROIT Principles on Digital As

11 November 2025 | Soho House Berlin In collaboration with the European Commission, Project Catalyst, and the Cardano Foundation The DARTE Berlin 5.0 session brought together over thirty experts from across Europe and beyond to examine one of the most pressing intersections in today’s regulatory and technological debate: digital identity. As Europe prepares to implement the revised eIDAS 2.0 framework and the European Digital Identity Wallet, discussions revolved around the i

One of the most prestigious honours for fintech & insurtech innovation in the DACH region I would like to highlight and salute the outstanding winners of the FinTech Germany Award 2025 - enterprises that are advancing digital finance, shaping compliance landscapes, driving sustainability and Web3 adoption, and helping redefine what financial services mean in the digital age. 🏆 Winners at a glance Seed Stage 1st Place - Regpit GmbH (Berlin) 2nd Place - Steuerboard GmbH 3rd P

2024 German Fintech Awards

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Digital Fact Sheet of all EU digital regulations

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