Two Years of DARTE

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 Schwerin specifically) and in collaboration with institutions such as UNIDROIT - International Institute for the Unification of Private Law, the series has since evolved into a truly international roundtable platform.

What started with focused discussions on MiCA implementation has expanded to address:

– Private law foundations of digital assets

– Stablecoin reserve and custody structures

– AML & Transfer of Funds Regulation interplay

– DORA implications for CASPs

– Tokenisation frameworks

– DeFi governance questions

– Cross-jurisdictional regulatory divergences

Across Europe - and increasingly beyond - DARTE sessions have brought together carefully curated groups of 20–30 participants at a time. Invite-only. No press theatre, no lengthy presentations. Just substantive knowledge exchange.

Each session produces a consolidated report capturing areas of consensus, divergence and practical next steps (link in the comments). Those reports now form a growing body of structured knowledge around digital asset regulation.

What makes DARTE different is not scale - it is depth.

It is the willingness to sit in a room with regulators and industry experts and work through concrete legal questions until real solutions emerge.

Looking back at 2024&2025, I am deeply grateful to:

– the regulators who engaged openly

– the industry leaders who shared operational realities

– the academics who challenged assumptions

– the sponsors who made the format possible

– and the many experts who keep returning to continue the conversation

The attached compilation of “family pictures” is more than a memory reel. It documents a community that is shaping the regulatory foundations of digital assets in real time.

2026 will continue this work - with even stronger focus on harmonisation and cross-jurisdictional dialogue.

If you are working at the intersection of digital assets, regulation and legal architecture, reach out to Mariana or myself.