Frontiers in DeFiWorkshop Series

Past editions / 2025

Berlin
2025.

The fourth edition brought researchers together in Berlin to examine lending protocols, cryptoasset markets, decentralised governance and the design of digital money.

Link to institutional event website: https://events.htw-berlin.de/forschung/frontiers-in-defi-2025/

18 September 2025
HTW Berlin · Wilhelminenhof Campus

Meet the researchers

Speakers

A day of ideas & exchange

Programme

18 September 2025 · Berlin

Arrival & registration

Welcome remarks

Morning session 1

  • Massimo Bartoletti · Theory of Lending Protocols in DeFi
  • Yichen Luo · Piercing the Veil of TVL: DeFi Reappraised
  • Benjamin Kraner · Money in Motion: Micro-Velocity and Usage of Ethereum’s Liquid Staking Tokens

Coffee break

Morning session 2

  • Natalie Packham · Jump risk premia in the presence of clustered jumps
  • Massimiliano Caporin · Sector Structure in Digital Asset Returns
  • Daniel Traian Pele · Do Investors Buy Innovation: Market Responses to ETH Development Milestones

Lunch break

Afternoon session 1

  • Valerie Laturnus · How Do Shareholder Defaults Influence Corporate Governance in DeFi Lending?
  • Stefan Schmid · Democracy for DAOs: Decentralized Governance in Theory and Practice
  • Stefan Kitzler · The Impact of DeFi Crime Events on DAOs

Coffee break

Afternoon session 2

  • Martin Herdegen · Optimal Dynamic Fees in Automated Market Makers
  • Daniele Marazzina · The Adoption of Central Bank Digital Currency
  • Paul P. Momtaz · Venture Tokenization and Growth: The Going-Public Decision of Decentralized Digital Platforms

Networking apéro

The people behind the workshop

Organisers

A shared initiative, brought together by researchers across Europe.

Across institutions. Across disciplines. Across Europe.