CONF3RENCE 2026

Tuesday, September 15, 10:00Wednesday, September 16, 18:00
Kokerei HansaDortmundOpen event website
Sergei Novikov

Sergei Novikov

Attending both days, Sep 15-16. Digital assets and RWA now take up a growing share of his work at 8Blocks: he is in Dortmund to test token designs against the economics of the assets behind them and to argue the open questions in person.

Why we're there

Most RWA projects don't break on the tech. They break on the economics of the asset behind the token.

Digital assets and RWA have taken up a growing share of Sergei's work at 8Blocks, and DACH is where that work is moving fastest right now. With PwC, Union Investment, Centrifuge and Cashlink on the agenda, the tokenization conversation here is past the pitch stage.

Sergei comes with strong opinions and wants them tested: where regulation shapes the model instead of decorating it, which token designs survive contact with a real asset, and what still has no good answer. He's on the ground both days, Sep 15-16. If you're working on any of that, he'd rather argue it out over coffee than read about it later.

What the conference covers

Connecting Emerging Technologies & Traditional Economy. The DACH region's largest Web3, blockchain and digital assets conference, across four topic areas:

  • Tokenization and real-world assets.
  • Stablecoins and digital payments.
  • AI and enterprise adoption.
  • Institutional finance and blockchain infrastructure.

Venue context

200+ speakers, 150+ partners, 4,000+ attendees from 70+ countries in past editions, 82% C-level audience, 29 panels. The event is part of the FATT festival (Festival of Arts, Tech and Taste) in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Kokerei Hansa

Emscherallee 11, 44369 Dortmund, Germany