AI agents have voices. With MCP, they have hands. What they still need is money.
That was Robby Yung (@viewfromhk) @animocabrands at EBC12, on why agentic finance belongs on blockchain rails.
The panel closed with one question: what share of online payments will agents handle by 2030?
Robby Yung: 15 to 25%, citing industry forecasts
Woldemar Häring, (@WhiteCase): 50/50
Patrick Martin, European Media Finance: more than 50%
Paul Infante Moñozca, Moñozca Family Office, added why public education has to come before adoption.
Full session:
youtu.be/2dXJpDNOdY8?si=F9Fw…
Onchain markets could change more than how funds are distributed. They could reshape how investment products are structured and managed.
At EBC12, Jakob Mikkel Hansen (@nordicblock), Kevin Riou (@Swissquote), Jean Malo Dupart (@Stifel), Jerald David (Arca Funds & @Lynq_Network) and Patrik Björklund (@JHIAdvisors) discussed what that means for asset managers.
Watch:
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Institutional adoption is raising a key infrastructure question: permissioned, permissionless, or both?
At EBC12, Sam Patel (@SamPatel8085 @glacislabs), @JaschaSamadi (@greenfield_cap), Martin Mueller (RL1), David Walsh (@davwals @ethereuminsti) and Georg Schneider (@digitalasset) discussed the trade-offs around control, interoperability, compliance and scale.
Watch the full panel:
youtube.com/watch?v=2b8fuDVU…
Full regulatory harmonization is off the table. Interoperability is not.
At EBC12, Colin Payne (@TheFCA), @paddi_hansen (@circle), @RBLevin55 (@Taftlaw) and David Bequette (@aml_incubator), moderated by Stephane Blemus (@WhiteCase), on what it takes.
Watch the full panel:
youtube.com/watch?v=Npue-RUI…
Real-time treasury is not a technology problem. It is a liquidity problem: who provides euro liquidity at 3am on a Sunday?
At EBC12, Gernot Prettenthaler (RBI), Poonam Ahuja (@commerzbank), Luca Colombo (
@UniCreditEurope), Ramón Pájaro Castellón (@bancosantander) and Gayle Raeside (@MidChains_) discussed what stablecoins actually change for corporate treasury.
Watch the replay:
youtube.com/watch?v=WQbHC2jD…
Corporate treasury is moving toward faster settlement, automated flows and always-on financial infrastructure.
At EBC12, Sascha Dobratz (@DanskeBank_DK), Mark Zalan @MarkZalan_ (@GoMining), Jevgenijs Kazanins @jevgenijs (@tempo), Océane Codjia @0xceaneCodjia (@coinbase) and Angel Gomez (@utila_io) discussed what that shift means for treasury, liquidity and payments.
Watch:
youtu.be/G4LYnK1bDdA?si=k7qu…
20 days to DAF New York.
After 12 editions of EBC and three DAF London, we are bringing our institutional event format to the U.S. for the first time.
New York is the natural next step as @DAF_Global grows into a marketplace for institutions, investors and digital asset providers.
1:1 meetings. Private meetings. Side events. Senior decision-makers.
13 November. New York.
Get your early bird ticket here:
eblockchainconvention.com/di…
🤖 Made with AI
Tokenized funds raise a simple but critical question: who actually holds the asset?
At EBC12, @enevamaria (@TreverGmbH), @dcalabaza (@BNPParibas), Laurent Majchrzak (@CACEIS), Philipp Wagner (@dwpbank) and Artem Stopnevich (@thevault_soft) discussed custody, ownership and institutional responsibility in tokenized fund markets.
Watch the full panel:
youtu.be/tiOAGVnyqhc?si=6ZZ1…
Vaults could become a key infrastructure layer for onchain asset management.
At EBC12, Tommy Doyle (Stealth Mode), Andrew O'Neill (@SPGlobal), @standemaistre (Belem Capital), @Yannimoto (@Bitwise), @ArtemTolkachev (@falconfinance) and Laeeq Shabbir (@htdgtl) discussed how vaults can support scalable investment strategies, automation and institutional participation.
Watch the full panel:
youtu.be/hxO-bkNcJMk
How could tokenisation change the way institutional liquidity moves?
At EBC12, Harvey Li (Tokenization Insight), Nikhil Sharma (@BlackRock), Kjetil Watne (@NorgesBank), Philipp Müller (@SNB_BNS), Patrik Björklund (@JHIAdvisors) and Alastair Sewell @ASewell6140 (@avivainvestors) discussed tokenised money market funds, liquidity, yield and settlement.
Full panel:
youtu.be/Jd6LGr_Trlo?si=dZuC…
Can your digital asset company explain itself to an investor without you in the room?
At EBC12, Otilia Pețu (NOA Group) explored why clear positioning, business models and investor communication matter as the market matures.
Full keynote:
youtu.be/nhtDXx-x7cI?si=P7xI…
What does it take for a digital asset company to go from growth to IPO?
At EBC12, Victor Teixeira (@generaltensor), Jean-Malo Dupart (@KBWfinthink), Guillaume Vitrich (@WhiteCase) and Jan-Philip Grabs (@areta_io) discussed consolidation, M&A, capital raising and the road to public markets.
Full panel:
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