On March 29 and 30, the Crypto Asset Conference (CAC) made its way to Frankfurt am Main. With over 80 speakers and thousands of attendees, it is considered one of the leading digital asset conferences in Europe. BTC-ECHO was on site.

The crypto sector is characterized by constant change. Because: The development of Bitcoin, Ethereum and Co. rarely stands still. New trends are constantly emerging as part of this technological revolution. In parallel, the areas of application of the blockchain are also growing and it is now being used in many areas of life.

These very trends and technological developments were the topic at this year’s Crypto Asset Conference (CAC) 2023A from March 29 to 30. More than 80 speakers thus explained Web3, Bitcoin and the future of digital securities on the campus of the Frankfurt School of Finance. Another broad block of topics focused on CO₂-tokenization and ESG developments.

CAC: Banks are interested in crypto

Numerous representatives from the traditional financial world were also found at the CAC. During a discussion, Deka Bank and BNY Mellon shared their views on digital funds and securities. The following day, Gunnar Regier of U.S. big bank J.P. Morgan explained how institutional adoption of digital assets could work. The head of the CAC, blockchain professor Philipp Sandner, emphasized to BTC-ECHO:

‘Banks are starting to get interested in digital securities. That’s why this topic was also the focus of the Crypto Asset Conference. We are very pleased that we were able to map the hypes that are developing within the crypto space. The next conference, in the fall, should be about Bitcoin, when the crypto winter is presumably over.

Away from the Crypto Asset Conference, an action by “Bitman” attracted attention. The Bitcoiner collective beamed the cryptocurrency logo onto Deutsche Bank, the Eurotower and the new headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB). The message is precise: the ECB and other public institutions need to get to grips with Bitcoin.