All Things Digital Assets

CEX vs. DEX with Jan Kühne from BSDEX

Do markets (still) need a centralized facilitator?

Over the past year we have seen the rise of Decentralized Finance from an obscure and niche phenomenon to an industry worth more than $52 billion.

Digital assets are traded in a trustless fashion and with large volumes. Markets are created, thrive and fizzle away within days or weeks.

If you are still trying to come to terms with Crypto being an asset class worth $2 trillion, then DeFi might make you feel uneasy at first.

Our founders Dr. Karl-Michael Henneking and Simon Schaber 夏商周 had the great pleasure of speaking with Jan Kühne, B2B Sales and Partnerships at Börse Stuttgart Digital Exchange on the differences, similarities, up- and downsides of centralized, high-trust and decentralized, trustless exchanges.

Enjoy the show!

Institutional Adoption with Julian Grigo from Solarisbank

Finance is changing by the day. Either we change with it or become redundant.

Challenger banks and Fintechs like Solarisbank, N26 and Kraken are rapidly innovating on the fundamentals of the industry.
Are retail banks in their current forms still going to exist by 2030?

Our founders Karl-Michael and Simon had the great pleasure of speaking with Julian Grigo, Managing Director of Digital Assets at Solarisbank on the topics that really matter.   

Deep DeFi with Victor von Wachter

$40 Billion locked in DeFi.
US-trash bonds with 4% risk of default yielding 3,9%.
3.1 million ETH staking at 9% yield p.a.
Ethereum and BTC at all time highs.

By 2030 there will be no more banks. Only DeFi-onramp companies.
DeFi is the largest success story of 2020 with AUM growing 40-fold year on year.

Our latest guest on the Untitled Investment Talk, Victor von Wachter is one of the most premier academics in the industry. Currently researching DeFi systems at the University of Copenhagen, his insights both from the financial- and technological world prove invaluable time and again in understanding this interdisciplinary field.

Euro Stablecoin with Bankhaus von der Heydt and Bitbond

Will regulatory compliant stablecoins replace Tether and co in the future?  What's the benefit of a Euro-backed stablecoin? Will it co-exist with a Central bank digital currency? 

Radoslav Albrecht, CEO of Bitbond, and Lukas Weniger from Bankhaus von der Heydt provide deep insights on stablecoins in the Untitled Investment Talk. The show is hosted by Untitled Investment Expertise co-founders Dr. Karl-Michael Henneking and Simon Schaber.

Disrupting Professional Sports Financing with Dr. Oliver Krause from Liquiditeam

How will sports clubs be funded in the future? What role do fanvestors play? What are the advantages of tokenized fundraising? Why do fan engagement and funding better go hand in hand, and why is tokenization an ideal means to enable such synergies?

Simon Schaber and Dr. Karl-Michael Henneking discuss new ways of professional sports financing with Dr. Oliver Krause, the Chairman of liquiditeam. Liquiditeam is a digital disruptor providing innovative fan engagement solutions for sports clubs and athletes, powered by blockchain technology.

Tokenizing Sports with Thomas Euler from Liquiditeam

Our Co-hosts Karl-Michael and Simon had the opportunity to learn more about liquidi.team's efforts to tokenize the sports world.
The news that they would go this way with Borussia Dortmund (BVB) made waves not only in the crypto-space.
What are the main challenges? How does blockchain technology enable the creation of value for fans, clubs and investors?
Join us and find out!

Optimizing Crypto Taxes with Florian Wimmer from Blockpit

Part 2 

Fintech innovation is central in the ascent of the crypto financial system.
Liquidity mining, lending, staking and perpetual futures, rapid change offers massive opportunities if risks are properly managed.

In this episode, listeners get an in-depth and concise overview of how to optimize their investment strategies from a tax-perspective in new, high-yield, DeFi products. (Special deep-dive on Germany and Austria)

Crypto Taxation Fundamentals with Florian Wimmer from Blockpit

Crypto portfolios boosted this year. But how much of your gains can you keep, how much is taxed? How to minimize the tax load?

Taxation depends on the type of asset, holding period, whether you are a private person or a corporation, specifics of national tax schemes, and much more.

Dr. Karl-Michael Henneking and Simon Schaber from Untitled Investment Expertise discuss crypto taxation with Florian Wimmer the CEO of the leading European crypto tax solution provider Blockpit.

This is part 1 of the Untitled Investment Talk.

Digital Securities: Cost Disruption 2 - with Christopher May from Finoa and Michael Dullinger from Cashlink

Tokenization can save up to 65% costs in the issuance of securities - according to a recent study by the digital asset servicing and tokenization specialists Finoa and Cashlink.

This is part two of the Untitled Investment Talk on cost disruption in the trillions $ market of digital securities. Dr. Karl-Michael Henneking and Simon Schaber from Untitled Investment Expertise discuss how to unlock cost savings along the issuance value chain with Christopher May, Co-Founder of Finoa, and Michael Duttlinger, CEO of Cashlink. 

Digital Securities: Cost Disruption 1 - with Christopher May from Finoa and Michael Duttlinger Cashlink

Tokenization of securities is a multi-trillion $ market. How does this work in practice? What are the benefits? What are the learnings from tokenizing a blue-chip stock?

Dr. Karl-Michael Henneking and Simon Schaber from Untitled Investment Expertise talk with two market shapers: Christopher May, the  Co-CEO of the custody service provider Finoa and Michael Duttlinger, CEO of the tokenisation infrastructure specialist Cashlink.

This is part 1 of the Untitled Investment Talk.