Southern European Banks Enter the Digital Asset Market: The MiCA Hub Play

Name: Southern European Banks Enter the Digital Asset Market: The MiCA Hub Play
Start: 2026-10-29T11:40:00+01:00
End: 2026-10-29T12:20:00+01:00
Location: MERGE Stage

Date: 29/10/2026

11:40h. - 12:20h.

Place: MERGE Stage

Southern European banks are quietly positioning as the new MiCA hub for regulated digital assets. Practitioners from Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain share their strategies, what makes their jurisdictions attractive, and where competition with the traditional European hubs is heating up.

Speakers

Alessandro Fuser

Head Markets at Crypto Finance | Deutsche Börse

Benoît Courtois

Director | Head of Blockchain & Digital Assets at Unicaja

Riccardo Donega

Head of DLT and Digital Assets Products at Banca Sella

Ricardo Martins

Chief Crypto Officer at Bison Digital Assets Bank

Where banks, regulators and the crypto ecosystem sit at the same table.

Twice a year, MERGE brings together 5,000+ attendees and 250+ speakers. A private Institutional Summit at the Madrid Stock Exchange, two days at the Palacio de Cibeles, and the networking that moves the industry.

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Southern European Banks Enter the Digital Asset Market: The MiCA Hub Play

Alessandro Fuser

Benoît Courtois

Riccardo Donega

Ricardo Martins

Where banks, regulators and the crypto ecosystem sit at the same table.

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