⭐Vienna Blockchain Week (VBW26)

Vienna Blockchain Week 2026 (VBW26) Austria's largest Blockchain, Web3 & Digital Assets Conference May 18–19, 2026 · DC Tower, Vienna Where Europe's Crypto Elite Shapes the Next Cycle.
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DAY 1 · May 18 · Web3Hub Vienna (DC Tower 3) On Chain Evolution — From Digital Gold to Programmable Finance 13:00 – Doors Open & Networking 13:30 – Opening: Austria as Your Strategic Web3 Base (ABA) 13:50 – Opening Keynote: Dr. Alfred Taudes (ABC Research) Sessions include: · L1 vs L2 vs Appchains — Who Wins Which Workloads · Bitcoin as a Strategic Asset — States and Institutions · Stablecoins 2026 — Settlement, Regulation & Payment Rails · Digital Identity & Zero Knowledge — Compliance Without Surveillance · Mining & Staking as a Business Model 19:00 – Afterparty · Live DJ · BBQ · Open Bar ─────────────────────────────
DAY 2 · May 19 · DC Tower 1 & DC Tower 3 Digital Assets & Policy — Institutional Adoption Begins Now East Stage + West Stage running in parallel · Stablecoins vs CBDCs — Control, Privacy & Adoption · Crypto Taxation in the EU — with PwC Austria · Institutional Adoption 2026 — ETFs, Custody & Real Allocation · AML & Travel Rule Implementation · MiCA Licensing — From Application to Approval · Tokenized Securities — Market Structure & Settlement · Custody Models — Bank Grade vs Crypto Native · Privacy vs Policing — Chainalysis, Crystal Intelligence & Iknaio in Dialogue · Global Crypto Regulatory Report 2026 — Keynote by PwC Legal 20:00 – VIP Lounge · Hotel Meliá Vienna 20:00 – Official Afterparty · DC Tower 3 · Live DJ · BBQ · Open Bar ─────────────────────────────
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS Dr. Alfred Taudes — ABC Research Johannes Edlbacher — PwC Austria Marion Biber — ABA / Invest in Austria Horst Treiblmaier — Modul University Vienna Andrew Forson — DeFi Technologies Markus Sabadello — Danube Tech Luca Castellani — UNCITRAL Marina Markezic — European Crypto Initiative Cristiano Ventricelli — Moody's Andri C. Gmünder — Ledger Enterprise Daniel