Breakfast Club 07: (De)central Digital Currencies and Public Offerings. What’s next?
curated by the European Forum Alpbach, supported by UniCredit Bank Austria
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in deutscher SpracheSeveral central banks, such as the Swedish Riksbank, are working on the introduction of sovereign e-currencies as a supplement to the existing fiat money. At the same time, new forms of public offerings such as ICOs and STOs are decentralising how capital is raised. How does it all fit together? What will come next, and are we prepared?
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Dr. Martin ANGERER
Assistant Professor, Finance, University of Liechtenstein, Vaduz
| 2008-2010 | Scientific Assistant, University of Innsbruck |
| since 2009 | Frequent Lecturer, Ramkhamhaeng University of Bangkok and Hat Yai, Danube University Krems, University of Innsbruck |
| 2011-2012 | Post-Doc in Finance, University of Liechtenstein, Vaduz |
| since 2012 | Assistant Professor, Finance, University of Liechtenstein, Vaduz |
| since 2016 | Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Family Office, Vaduz |
| Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Real Estate Development, Vaduz |
Eric DEMUTH
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Bitpanda GmbH, Vienna
| Eric Demuth is an entrepreneur with an eSports background. Whilst being active in the financial industry in London and Vienna since 2009, he also founded his first company. Frustrated by how hard it was to buy and sell digital currencies like Bitcoin, he co-founded Bitpanda in 2014 together with Paul Klanschek and Christian Trummer. Before all this, he traveled the world on cargo ships while working as a ship’s mechanic, followed by economics studies at the WU Wien and London School of Economics & Political Science. |
Dr. Beat WEBER
Senior Economist, OeNB - Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Vienna
| since 1995 | Senior Economist, OeNB - Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Vienna |
Dipl.-Ing.in Anita POSCH
Podcast Host, Bitcoin & Co; Author and Keynote Speaker; President, DAAA - Digital Asset Association Austria, Vienna
| Anita Posch is an entrepreneur, media producer, host of the Bitcoin & Co. Podcast and author of a Bitcoin beginners book. She is the president of the non-profit organization DAAA - Digital Asset Association Austria and a member of Bitcoin Austria. She translated "The Internet of Money" by Andreas M. Antonopoulos to german. In her podcast she discusses the philosophy, ideas and concepts behind Bitcoin with guests like Adam Back, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Prof. Alfred Taudes, and many more. Anita Posch has as strong background in web development, e-commerce and online business. Her clients included KTM Sportmotorcycle AG, woom GmbH or Vienna University of Economics. Her work has been recognized in publications like "die Presse", Wirtschaftsblatt, Futurezone or Gewinn. 2017 she finished the "Digital Currencies" course at the University of Nicosia. Anita has a Multimedia Producer Diploma from the SAE Institute and studied Urban Planning at the Technical University of Vienna. |
