CfC St. Moritz Industry Days 2026

Curated. Connected. Collaborative.

From January 13th to 17th, 2026, the CfC St. Moritz Industry Days return – a curated, multi-day event dedicated to the technologies shaping the future of digital infrastructure. Designed in close collaboration with leading partners, the format combines vertical content with trusted conversations, high-level networking, and exclusive gatherings across St. Moritz.

Over the course of three late afternoons, each day focuses on a clearly defined theme – from Bitcoin and tokenization to AI, digital infrastructure and new frameworks. Complemented by informal community activations and curated side formats, the Industry Days offer a setting where innovation meets application, and dialogue leads to action.

This is not just about emerging technology – it’s about how institutions, enterprises, and regulators are actively engaging with it. The CfC St. Moritz Industry Days provide the clarity, depth, and strategic context needed as blockchain and adjacent technologies move from experimentation to adoption.

WHAT

A curated, multi-day event focused on blockchain, AI, tokenization, infrastructure, and regulation – with keynotes, panels, fireside chats and networking.

WHEN

January 13th to 17th, 2026

WHERE

St. Moritz, Switzerland

The CfC St. Moritz Industry Days 2026 will take place at Villa Beaulieu; a newly renovated venue in the heart of St. Moritz, located between the iconic Badrutt’s Palace Hotel and Hotel Schweizerhof.

This exclusive location features a coffee bar, restaurant, private dining areas, meeting rooms, and a limited number of boutique hotel rooms. The official opening of Villa Beaulieu is scheduled just before Christmas 2025. More details about the venue and setup will be shared soon.

Wednesday, 14.01.2026

Bitcoin Day: Exploring Bitcoin’s evolving role as infrastructure, asset class, and policy vector.

  • Block 1

    • 16:00 - 16:30

      Industry Days attendees only.

      Welcome and entry.

    • 16:30 - 16:50

      Bitcoin's Ascent - From Dead to Productive Capital in a New Financial Order

      Bitcoin has moved beyond its origins as idle “dead capital,” emerging as a yield-generating settlement layer powering Bitcoin Capital Markets and next-generation financial rails. What began as a store of value is now seeing broad institutional adoption, reinforced by global policy shifts that increasingly recognize Bitcoin as a distinct asset class — even amid volatility.

    • 16:50 - 17:15

      Sovereignty & Self-Custody: Still the Core of the Bitcoin Ethos?

      With institutional adoption growing, how do we preserve user autonomy and align innovation with core values of decentralization?

    • 17:15 - 17:45

      Institutional Bitcoin in 2026: Infrastructure, Custody & Use Cases

      What’s driving institutional interest in Bitcoin infrastructure, and which real-world applications are leading the way?

    • 17:45 - 18:05

      Bitcoin Yield is a Lie: The Search for BTC Income

      Amidst bitcoin’s growing institutionalization, holders are seeking ways to make the asset productive. We will examine purported methods for generating yield and the risks inherent in them. Lastly, we will review the most effective ways to make BTC productive and their associated trade-offs.

    • 18:05 - 18:30

      Building Trusted Platforms: How Tech Enables Regulated Digital Asset Markets

      A cross-industry discussion exploring how infrastructure providers and enterprise players are shaping compliant digital asset environments — from custody and identity to regulatory-grade scalability.

    • 18:30 - 19:00

      Perspectives on Bitcoin: Regulation, Infrastructure and Global Impact

      A focused look at how institutional players shape Bitcoin’s market structure across liquidity, execution and oversight. 

  • Networking

    • 19:00 - 20:00

      Networking Drinks

      Unwind with conversations, drinks, and community connections.

  • Evening program

    • 20:30 - 23:00

      Drinks & Dinner

Thursday, 15.01.2026

Tokenization, custody, regulation, and the evolving architecture of finance.

  • Block 1

    • 16:00 - 16:30

      Industry Days attendees only.

      Welcome and entry.

    • 16:30 - 16:50

      How Financial Infrastructure Is Being Rebuilt: Trust, Tokenization, and the Next Wave

      Global financial infrastructure is moving from controlled experimentation toward live, regulated deployment as institutions extend tokenisation into post-trade, settlement, and reconciliation processes. This shift is exposing a governance gap, where automation and interoperability increasingly outpace existing oversight models. Addressing this challenge requires shared standards, verifiable accountability, and neutral infrastructure that enables institutions to scale digital assets responsibly while preserving regulatory continuity and market trust.

    • 16:50 - 17:15

      Tokenization in Practice: Lessons from Real-World Assets

      How real-world assets are tokenized in production environments, who is already live with institutional deployments, and what operational constraints still limit scale.

    • 17:15 - 17:45

      Navigating Legal Uncertainty: Global Crypto Regulation in Flux

      Custody is no longer just about protection – it’s enabling new services, revenue models, and trust. infrastructure, and which real-world applications are leading the way?

    • 17:45 - 18:05

      Programmable Privacy: Unlocking Regulated Finance with Zero-Knowledge

      This keynote explores how zero-knowledge cryptography enables a new paradigm: Programmable Privacy. Financial systems are at an inflection point. On one side: the demand for transparency, compliance, and auditability. On the other: the non-negotiable need for financial privacy, data protection, and confidentiality. 
      Private markets and payments are the only way for crypto to become mainstream.
      Diving deep into how capital markets, traders, national security, defense, payroll providers and civil society aid providers benefit from the technology the most. 

    • 18:05 - 18:30

      Institutional DeFi without Bridges

      How institutions execute cross-chain trades without bridges, how existing trading infrastructure connects to DeFi, and what this enables for real-world institutional use cases today.

    • 18:30 - 19:00

      The Future of Money: From Stablecoins to Tokenized Assets

      As monetary layers diversify, what roles will public and private issuers play in shaping digital finance?

  • Networking

    • 19:00 - 20:00

      Networking Drinks

      Unwind with conversations, drinks, and community connections.

  • Evening program

    • 20:30 - 23:00

      Drinks & Dinner

    • 23:45 - 02:00

      Awe-inspiring party (invitation only)

      Invitation only.

Friday, 16.01.2026

DeepTech & AI: At the forefront of cryptography, quantum technology, artificial intelligence and digital infrastructure.

  • Block 1

    • 16:00 - 16:30

      Industry Days attendees only.

      Welcome and entry.

    • 16:30 - 16:50

      Quantum Computing Is No Longer Experimental

      Industrial-Scale Use Cases Define the Next Computing Megacycle

    • 16:50 - 17:15

      From Fragmentation to Coordination

      Why finance and Al are both stuck with fragmented rails and systems, and how orchestration turns complexity into execution.

    • 17:15 - 17:45

      Digital Infrastructure for Emerging Tech: What’s Missing?

      Power, compute, connectivity – what foundational gaps still need to be solved for frontier tech to scale?

    • 17:45 - 17:50

      From National Vision to Global Relevance?

      As Deputy Prime Minister and later Prime Minister during Liechtenstein’s first-mover phase with the TVTG and MiCA, Daniel Risch reflects briefly on the governmental vision, the rationale for moving quickly at national level, and the expectations for international relevance and adoption.

    • 17:50 - 18:00

      The Liechtenstein Trust Integrity Network: Purpose, Structure, and Strategic Context

    • 18:00 - 18:20

      Foundation Is Easy. Adoption Is Hard.

      A conversation on institutional readiness versus real-world traction. Why do strong frameworks not automatically lead to adoption? What do early partners and ecosystem stakeholders see as the missing links for broader engagement?

    • 18:20 - 18:40

      First Mover Positioning: Advantage or Limitation?

      A critical look at Liechtenstein’s role as a first mover. What worked, what didn’t, and what lessons can be drawn from early pilots, returned licenses, and the evolution of regulatory expectations in a more mature market environment?

    • 18:40 - 19:00

      Scaling Trust Through Collaborative Development

      This panel examines the role of institutional co-innovation, reuse of open results, and aligned experimentation. How can collaboration across disciplines and competitors reduce friction, accelerate learning, and create resilient digital infrastructure?

    • 19:00 - 19:15

      Been there, done that - what's missing?

      Drawing on Mack McCauley’s personal journey of helping build and scale some of the world’s most influential technology companies, this session explores why he chose to engage again, what he believes those platforms ultimately could not unlock, and why going back to first principles with a “blank sheet” approach is essential to address the missing layers of trust, coordination, and real-world adoption.

      Mack McCauley - former technology executive at IBM, Microsoft, AWS, Facebook, Google and Nvidia who shaped all the world’s most influential technology companies.

  • Networking

    • 19:15 - 20:30

      Networking Drinks

      Final exchanges at altitude – unwind and reflect on a week of ideas and innovation.

  • Evening program

    • 20:30 - 23:00

      Drinks & Dinner

Saturday, 17.01.2026

Farewell Brunch on a Mountain Hut (invitation only)

    • 12:00 - 16:00

      Farewell Brunch on a Mountain Hut

      Invitation only.

Speakers

  • Laura Borum
    Tech Investments Manager
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark
  • Julian Liniger
    CEO
    Relai
  • Mahsa Behzadi
    Senior Technical Program Manager
    Google Switzerland
  • Brett Reeves
    Head of European Sales
    BitGo
  • Sandro Knöpfel
    Global Business Development Lead
    Cardano Foundation
  • Vít Jedlička
    Founder and President
    Free Republic of Liberland
  • Clarisse Hagège
    CEO
    Dfns
  • Kyle Ellicott
    Executive Director
    Stacks Asia Foundation
  • Aqsa Zubair
    Assistant Director, FinTech
    Bermuda Monetary Authority
  • Mike McCoy
    Head of Business Development
    Aleo Network Foundation
  • Anna Wroblewska
    Chief Business Officer
    Dinari
  • Julian La Picque
    Group CFO
    Chiliz
  • Lia Müller Peña
    Founder
    Intuitively AI
  • Wojciech Kaszycki
    Founder & Chairman
    BTSE
  • Kerem Kolcuoglu
    Digital Finance Advisor
    Government of Bermuda - Ministry of Finance
  • Müge Cöteli
    CEO Relm Europe
    Relm Insurance
  • Orest Gavryliak
    Chief Legal Officer
    1inch
  • Daniela Herrmann
    Co-Founder
    Dynex / Dynex Moonshots
  • Lorna Hutchman
    CMO
    Penrose Partners
  • Philipp Zentner
    Founder & CEO
    LI.FI
  • Max J. Heinzle
    Founder & CEO
    21X
  • Amar Odedra
    Global Head - Investments & Capital Markets
    Algorand Foundation
  • Sebastien Badault
    EVP Enteprise
    Ledger
  • Matt Kummel
    Chief Commercial Officer
    NEAR Foundation
  • Daniel Risch
    Senior Advisor & former Prime Minister Liechtenstein
    t minus 5
  • Alexander Blume
    Co-Founder & CEO
    Two Prime
  • Marcus Maute
    Managing Director
    Solstice
  • Lothar Seidemann
    CTO
    SolidCrypt Technologies Ltd (BASF)
  • Elcin Mustafa Guven
    Worldwide Digital Assets Sales Lead
    IBM
  • Bernhard Kronfellner
    Partner & AD
    Boston Consulting Group
  • G Clay Miller
    Partner / U.S. Digital Finance Advisor
    Penrose / Government of Bermuda
  • Rolf Günter
    Managing Partner
    RWG MARECO
  • Aleksandra Fetisova
    Head of BD
    1inch
  • Dennis Platzl
    CEO
    Swiss Subnet
  • Marcel Hostettler
    Managing Partner
    Allegra LAW AG
  • Franz Wirnsperger
    Chairman
    LTIN
  • Gregory Chew
    CEO
    QPQ AG
  • Lucian Aguilar
    CEO
    Foundation for the New Creative Economies (FNCE) & LUKSO
  • Michael Healy
    Co-Founder at Unit Network | Investor at Unit Ventures
    Unit Network & Unit Ventures
  • Marc Degen
    Chair Advisory Board
    LTIN - Liechtenstein Trust Integrity Network
  • Marcel Fleisch
    Chief Product Officer
    VP Bank
  • Markus Menzl
    Chief Client Officer EMEA
    AMINA Bank AG
  • Patrick Chopard
    CEO
    Ethtry
  • Ravi de Silva
    CEO
    de Risk Partners
  • Yves Holenstein
    Head Custody & Yield
    Bitcoin Suisse AG
  • Pascal Arnold
    Strategy & Operations
    CfC St. Moritz Industry Days
  • Dr. Kathrin Gabriele Kind
    Chief Quantum-Driven Solutions Officer
    Dynex