Frontiers in DeFiWorkshop Series

Past editions / 2026

Berlin
2026.

The fifth edition, hosted by HTW Berlin, connected empirical blockchain research with questions of market design, governance and financial infrastructure.

Link to institutional event website: https://frontiers-in-defi.github.io/Berlin2026/

28 May 2026
Einstein Center Digital Future

Meet the researchers

Speakers

A day of ideas & exchange

Programme

28 May 2026 · Berlin

Arrival & registration

Welcome remarks

Morning session 1

  • Claudio Tessone · On-Chain Realities: Empirical Evidence on Incentives, Manipulation, and Market Structure in DeFi
  • Massimo Bartoletti · LLMs as verification oracles for Solidity
  • Michele Fabi · Tokenized Governance: Delegation, Agency, and Cycles

Coffee break

Morning session 2

  • Co-Pierre Georg · The (In-)Finite Money Glitch
  • Lorenzo Schönleber · Market Efficiency in Prediction Markets – A Comparison with Derivatives
  • Barbara Będowska-Sójka · Early warning systems for cryptocurrency markets: Predicting “zombie” assets using machine learning

Lunch break

Afternoon session 1

  • Walter Hernandez · No Questions Asked: Effects of Transparency on Stablecoin Liquidity During the Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank
  • Aviv Yaish · Inequality in the Age of Pseudonymity
  • Janos Tapolcai · Where Does MEV Really Come From? Revisiting CEX-DEX Arbitrage on Ethereum

Coffee break

Afternoon session 2

  • Robert Ślepaczuk · Informer in Algorithmic Investment Strategies on High-Frequency Bitcoin Data
  • Simon Trimborn · The Geographic Origins of Blockchain Transactions
  • Olivier Guéant · Perpetual Futures and Funding Rates: A Stackelberg Perspective

The people behind the workshop

Organisers

A shared initiative, brought together by researchers across Europe.

Across institutions. Across disciplines. Across Europe.