CONF3RENCE 2026

Tuesday, September 15, 10:00Wednesday, September 16, 18:00
Kokerei Hansadortmund
Sergei Novikov

Sergei Novikov

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

Why we were 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 came with strong opinions and put them to the test: 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 spent both days on the ground, Sep 15-16.

Who we can help, and with what

  • Founders pre-TGE who need a token model that survives launch, not just a chart that looks good on day one.
  • Teams tokenizing real-world assets who need the economics and structure to stand up to a real asset and real regulation.
  • Funds and allocators who want an honest read on whether a project's token design actually works before they back it.

Event in brief

The DACH region's largest Web3, blockchain and digital assets conference, connecting emerging technologies and the traditional economy across four topic areas:

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

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

These are the questions we work on outside the venues too: we design token models from scratch and audit live ones on economics, unlocks and demand. Get in touch if that's your problem to solve.

Kokerei Hansa

Emscherallee 11, 44369 Dortmund, Germany