A senior-level investment forum for institutional and accredited investors
Join us in Budapest for a high-impact day of insight, strategy, and opportunity in the rapidly evolving crypto and blockchain investment landscape.
This exclusive conference is designed for CIOs of family offices, professional investment managers, and experienced accredited investors who want to move beyond headlines and hype – and focus on where real, risk-adjusted returns are emerging.
Through expert-led discussions, case studies, and candid market analysis, we will explore:
- Where institutional capital is already being deployed in digital assets
- How blockchain infrastructure is reshaping finance, insurance, and private markets
- Practical frameworks for portfolio allocation, risk management, and governance
- The opportunities – and pitfalls – of the next phase of crypto adoption
This is not a beginner’s seminar. It is a closed, senior-level forum for investors who understand capital, cycles, and conviction – and who want to be positioned ahead of the next wave of value creation.
If you manage capital and want informed exposure to one of the most transformative asset classes of our generation, this is a conversation you should not miss.
Registration & Welcome Coffee
Opening Remarks
Andrew Jackson & Joe (Nakamoto)
Welcome address, objectives for the day, and framing the macro and investment context for digital assets.
Keynote Address
Bitcoin: What’s the Problem?
Speaker: Joe Bryan
An investment-focused exploration of Bitcoin’s monetary thesis, its role as digital hard money, and why it matters in today’s macroeconomic environment.
Bitcoin Mining & Energy Infrastructure.
Grid Balancing and Mining: A Technical Perspective.
Presented by: Daniel Jogg.
Company Spotlight: Enerhash.
How Bitcoin mining integrates with energy grids, enhances grid stability, and creates new economic models for energy producers.
Coffee Break
Allocating to Crypto – A Macro Framework for Institutional Investors
- How crypto fits within a traditional multi-asset portfolio (risk, correlation, inflation hedge)
- Timing the cycle: liquidity, macro indicators, and positioning across BTC/ETH vs alts
- Portfolio construction: core vs satellite allocations and risk management discipline
Speaker: Pierre Henry – EXPAAM
Institutional Access to Bitcoin & Digital Assets
ETPs, ETFs & Regulated Market Access
Head of Northern Europe, 21Shares
A comprehensive introduction to exchange-traded crypto products:
- Structure of crypto ETPs and ETFs
- Physical vs synthetic exposure
- Custody and counterparty considerations
- Liquidity and pricing mechanics
- Regulatory frameworks in Europe
- Pros and cons vs direct ownership
Networking Lunch Break
Case Study Listing a BTC Treasury Company
- Structuring a public vehicle with Bitcoin as a treasury reserve asset
- Regulatory, listing, and investor appetite considerations
- Lessons learned: volatility, governance, and capital raising strategy
Scott Ellam Founder & CEO XCE
Directional & Market Neutral Crypto Hedge Funds
- Differences between directional beta exposure and market-neutral alpha strategies
- Arbitrage, funding rates, and inefficiencies unique to crypto markets
- Risk-adjusted returns: how hedge funds perform across bull and bear cycles
Speaker: Pierre Henry – EXPAAM
Beyond the Wallet: Structuring Digital Assets for Wealthy Clients
- Using PPLI and other wrappers to optimise tax, succession, and privacy
- Institutional-grade custody vs self-custody: risks and best practice
- Integrating digital assets into family offices and legacy planning
Speaker: Alan McGregor Managing Partner PPLI Solutions
Coffee Break
Pierre Henry
- Investment thesis behind digital art and NFTs as an emerging asset class
- Valuation drivers: provenance, scarcity, and cultural relevance
- Liquidity challenges and fund structuring for collectors and investors
Digital Art Fund
Hanna Adynets
- Common causes of loss: hacks, lost keys, fraud, and operational errors
- Legal and forensic tools for tracing and recovering digital assets
- Preventative frameworks: custody, governance, and security protocols
Digital Asset Recovery
Tim Wilkinson Tokenized Real Estate Blockimmo
- Tokenization as a solution to illiquidity in institutional real estate
- Fractional ownership and global investor access
- Always-on markets: how blockchain changes pricing, trading, and settlement
INVESTOR ROUND TABLE – Key Takeaways from the Day. Audience Participation Welcomed
- Where institutional capital is flowing in digital assets today
- Key risks: regulation, custody, and market structure
- Outlook: convergence of traditional finance and crypto markets
Closing remarks Andrew Jackson
- Key takeaways for investors entering or scaling crypto exposure
- The role of digital assets in the next financial cycle
- Building a disciplined, long-term investment framework
Networking Drinks
Event finish
VIP Dinner
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I’m delighted to be contributing to the upcoming discussion at the inaugural Bitcoin and Digital Assets Investment Forum in Budapest. My focus will be on the evolving expectations of real estate asset allocators and how the tokenisation of this traditionally illiquid asset class can unlock more efficient liquidity solutions for institutional investors. By bridging institutional real estate with digital asset technology, we have the opportunity to reshape capital formation and secondary market access in a meaningful way.
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I’m looking forward to participating in the Bitcoin and Digital Assets Forum to gain deeper insights into this evolving asset class and better understand how to invest responsibly and strategically.
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Joe Bryan is a leading international voice on Bitcoin, educating individuals, companies, and governments on the subject.
He studied Physics at the University of Oxford before spending over a decade in derivatives trading, primarily at Goldman Sachs. He later moved into building businesses, co-founding ioSport, a quantitative engineering company that was acquired by Superbet. Joe remained with the business as it scaled into a major global player, running M&A, co-heading Superbet Ventures, and leading several major financings alongside leading private equity and private credit partners. He now focuses exclusively on Bitcoin.
Daniel is a pioneer in the energy industry with 8+ years of experience. Prior founding Enerhash, he worked as a gas wholesale expert at MET, a Swiss energy trading company.
Pierre is an experienced public and private company executive. Previously, Pierre was CEO of Trine II Acquisition Corp. and CFO/EVP of Trine Acquisition Corp., publicly traded investment funds focused on disruptive technology and upper middle market infrastructure. Pierre raised $1bn from some of the world’s most important investors across the Trine vehicles. A noted success for shareholders was Pierre’s sourcing, structuring, and closing of Desktop Metal, the first pure-play additive manufacturing company in the world to trade on The New York Stock Exchange.
Prior to Trine, Pierre was VP of Corporate Development and Investor Relations at Hemisphere Media Group, a NASDAQ traded media company with a $500m portfolio of film & TV IP/cable assets in the US and LATAM. Pierre got his start as an investor / entrepreneur in Asia, working in private equity, film development, and consulting roles across companies such as Rakuten, Walt Disney, and Kylin Capital (麒麟资本).
A native of New York City, Pierre holds degrees from The University of Chicago (A.B), University of Cambridge (MPhil), and Stanford’s Graduate School of Business (MBA).
Bernhard Wenger is Vice President and Head of Northern Europe at 21shares, a global leader in crypto-backed exchange-traded products. In this role, he leads sales and business development across the Northern European region. Before joining 21shares, he was Managing Director of the Swiss office at State Street Global Advisors. He previously held various roles at ETF Securities in London, including Head of European Distribution, and has held senior positions at Morgan Stanley, HSBC, and BNP Paribas.
Andrew Jackson is an investor and insurance entrepreneur with over 20 years’ experience building financial services businesses across Europe. He was a pioneer of title insurance in Central and Eastern Europe, leading the expansion of the product across the region through a joint venture with a Fortune 500 insurer, culminating in a successful exit.
Over the course of his career, Andrew has been involved in several billion euros of commercial real estate transactions and has developed deep networks across European financial and real estate markets.
Andrew currently serves as Business Development Director at Quadra, a high-growth, Poland-based pan-European managing general agent (MGA), where he is focused on scaling distribution and expanding specialty insurance solutions across the region.
Alongside his executive role, Andrew maintains a strong interest in emerging financial trends, digital assets, and alternative capital structures. He is the founder of BLTR (Bottom Left Top Right), a media and conference platform exploring exponential technologies and long-term capital themes.
He also established the Bitcoin & Crypto Investment Forum, bringing together accredited investors and capital allocators to better understand the evolving digital asset landscape.
Joe Nakamoto is a hands-on Bitcoin journalist and filmmaker dedicated to exploring the intersection of decentralized finance and emerging markets. With a YouTube audience of over 20,000 subscribers, Joe is best known for his immersive, on-the-ground documentaries that span the globe—from the Ivory Coast and Senegal to El Salvador and Peru. His investigative work, including his notable documentary on Bitcoin in Cuba, focuses on real-world adoption and the human stories behind the technology.
A seasoned communicator and polyglot, Joe is fluent in English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese. This linguistic versatility has made him a premier choice for international stages, where he has served as Master of Ceremonies for audiences ranging from 200 to 20,000 people. His hosting credits include major industry conferences in global hubs such as Miami, London, Cape Town, Barcelona, and Montreal.
Beyond his media work, Joe serves as a strategic advisor to innovative Bitcoin ventures, including Heatbit and the Orange Pill App. Currently based in Lisbon, Portugal, he remains a constant fixture in the global Bitcoin scene, whether he is researching the next frontier of adoption or sharing his insights through his popular social media channels on X and Nostr.
Tim is the co-founder of S-TKN, a Swiss-based real world asset technology provider which has been developing blockimmo, a pioneering real estate digitalisation platform. With over 25 years of pan-European real estate experience working with institutional & private investors, he has seen first-hand the opportunity to bring efficiencies to traditional markets through blockchain technology.
Tim has been studying the digital asset space since 2017 and having spent a large part of his career in the emerging markets of Central & Eastern Europe, has given him a clear insight into how the more illiquid markets can primarily benefit from a solution that allows fractional ownership and trading in a marketplace that never closes.
blockimmo is aiming to become the leading technology provider in Europe for institutional capital looking to transition to the digital future that will be powered by blockchains.
I’m glad to take part in the Bitcoin and Blockchain Investment Forum in Budapest and contribute an investigative perspective on risk, compliance, and accountability in the crypto market.
I am pleased to join the upcoming BTC and Digital Assets Forum to explore prudent and institutional-grade allocation opportunities, and structures within the digital asset ecosystem.
Scott Ellam is the Founder and CEO of Connecting Excellence Group (XCE), the UK-based international executive recruitment group built on a Bitcoin standard. Since 2014, he has led Spencer Riley, XCE’s flagship subsidiary, and has built a profitable and high-performing executive recruitment business. In 2021, he introduced a Bitcoin treasury strategy, establishing a sound money foundation to strengthen the balance sheet for future growth.
With the launch of XCE as a BTC company, the executive search business is uniquely positioned for accelerated growth driven by the Group’s Bitcoin treasury strategy. XCE’s IPO has increased access to capital, expanded its Bitcoin treasury, and strengthened talent attraction through performance-based share options. Scott has also scaled its BTC-specialist executive recruitment division to drive education, integration and corporate Bitcoin adoption.
