All Things Digital Assets

Future of Crypto Taxation. Plea for a radical crypto tax reform. Interview with Dr. Niklas Schmidt , tax partner at Wolf Theiss Attorneys in law. Dr. Niklas Schmidt is a tax expert with deep practical experience in digital asset trading and Defi. Further topics the Untitled Investment Expertise founders Dr. Karl-Michael Henneking and Simon Schaber discussed with him International taxation of crypt...

DeFi is eating the world (of finance). Finance is changing faster than ever and banks have to either evolve or face extinction. Deutsche Bank’s Head of Digital Assets and Currency Strategy, Alexander Bechtel speaks with our hosts Karl-Michael Henneking and Simon Schaber about the future of finance.

The narrative has holes ... Privacy is a major concern when it comes to using Central Bank Digital Currencies for individual and business payments. Due to regulatory requirements, the Digital Euro can’t be fully anonymous - according to ECB and national banks’ statements. CBDC expert Alexander Bechtel challenges this view in the Untitled Investment Talk with Dr. Karl-Michael Henneking  and  Simon...

All you need to know about the future of derivatives markets in crypto with Jimmie Lenz, director of the Master's of Engineering in Fintech and Cybersecurity at Duke University. Jimmie is a renowned industry expert with decades of experience in the worlds of finance and engineering.  Our co-founders  Dr. Karl-Michael Henneking  and  Simon Schaber 夏商周 had the opportunity of discussing the future...

Love it or hate it: Crypto markets will see regulation. But what kind of regulation? Is EU’s MICA regulation going too far, i.e. putting handcuffs on stablecoins and DeFi startups? Or is MiCAR the long-awaited and forward-looking regulatory framework that brings Europe to the global pool position in digital asset markets? All investors need to know about this topic in a compact, to the point inter...

Do markets (still) need a centralized facilitator? Over the past year we have seen the rise of Decentralized Finance from an obscure and niche phenomenon to an industry worth more than $52 billion. Digital assets are traded in a trustless fashion and with large volumes. Markets are created, thrive and fizzle away within days or weeks. If you are still trying to come to terms with Crypto being an a...

Finance is changing by the day. Either we change with it or become redundant. Challenger banks and Fintechs like Solarisbank, N26 and Kraken are rapidly innovating on the fundamentals of the industry. Are retail banks in their current forms still going to exist by 2030? Our founders Karl-Michael and Simon had the great pleasure of speaking with Julian Grigo, Managing Director of Digital Assets at...

$40 Billion locked in DeFi. US-trash bonds with 4% risk of default yielding 3,9%. 3.1 million ETH staking at 9% yield p.a. Ethereum and BTC at all time highs. By 2030 there will be no more banks. Only DeFi-onramp companies. DeFi is the largest success story of 2020 with AUM growing 40-fold year on year. Our latest guest on the Untitled Investment Talk, Victor von Wachter is one of the most premier...

Will regulatory compliant stablecoins replace Tether and co in the future?  What's the benefit of a Euro-backed stablecoin? Will it co-exist with a Central bank digital currency?  Radoslav Albrecht, CEO of Bitbond, and Lukas Weniger from Bankhaus von der Heydt provide deep insights on stablecoins in the Untitled Investment Talk. The show is hosted by Untitled Investment Expertise co-founders Dr. K...

How will sports clubs be funded in the future? What role do fanvestors play? What are the advantages of tokenized fundraising? Why do fan engagement and funding better go hand in hand, and why is tokenization an ideal means to enable such synergies? Simon Schaber and Dr. Karl-Michael Henneking discuss new ways of professional sports financing with Dr. Oliver Krause, the Chairman of liquiditeam. Li...

Our Co-hosts Karl-Michael and Simon had the opportunity to learn more about liquidi.team's efforts to tokenize the sports world. The news that they would go this way with Borussia Dortmund (BVB) made waves not only in the crypto-space. What are the main challenges? How does blockchain technology enable the creation of value for fans, clubs and investors? Join us and find out!

Part 2  Fintech innovation is central in the ascent of the crypto financial system. Liquidity mining, lending, staking and perpetual futures, rapid change offers massive opportunities if risks are properly managed. In this episode, listeners get an in-depth and concise overview of how to optimize their investment strategies from a tax-perspective in new, high-yield, DeFi products. (Special deep-di...

Crypto portfolios boosted this year. But how much of your gains can you keep, how much is taxed? How to minimize the tax load? Taxation depends on the type of asset, holding period, whether you are a private person or a corporation, specifics of national tax schemes, and much more. Dr. Karl-Michael Henneking and Simon Schaber from Untitled Investment Expertise discuss crypto taxation with Florian...

Tokenization can save up to 65% costs in the issuance of securities - according to a recent study by the digital asset servicing and tokenization specialists Finoa and Cashlink. This is part two of the Untitled Investment Talk on cost disruption in the trillions $ market of digital securities. Dr. Karl-Michael Henneking and Simon Schaber from Untitled Investment Expertise discuss how to unlock cos...

Tokenization of securities is a multi-trillion $ market. How does this work in practice? What are the benefits? What are the learnings from tokenizing a blue-chip stock? Dr. Karl-Michael Henneking and Simon Schaber from Untitled Investment Expertise talk with two market shapers: Christopher May, the  Co-CEO of the custody service provider Finoa and Michael Duttlinger, CEO of the tokenisation infra...

Bitcoin, Blockchains and the Future of the Internet! Behind the scenes of the cryptopia movie. Dr. Karl-Michael Henneking and Simon Schaber from Untitled Investment Expertise talk with the filmmaker and entrepreneur Torsten Hoffmann about his award-winning crypto documentaries. Enjoy the show and the movie. Support independent filmmakers. For our fans: a special 30% discount at check-out of crypto...

What techniques do professional investors use to optimize their risk-return ratio? How can technical analysis be beneficial for value investors? For which digital assets does it work best?  This Untitled Investment Talk is the second part of an interview conducted with Gys Hough from Coinstone Capital. Gys discusses key questions around smart investment techniques for digital assets with Simon Sch...

How does a crypto fund select digital assets? When to invest at what price? How can model portfolios help? Where is the DeFi market heading - infrastructure protocols versus layer 2 applications? What is the next big thing after DeFi?  Untitled Investment Expertise founders Simon Schaber and Dr. Karl-Michael Henneking invited Gys Hough from Coinstone Capital to share his view and discuss these que...

Tech companies reach sky-rocket valuations these days. Is this sustainable or a bubble? Are cryptocurrencies an alternative to hedge public stock market risks? How to determine the value of digital assets? These are the topics Simon Schaber and Dr. Karl-Michael Henneking from Untitled Investment Expertise are covering in episode #4 of the Untitled Investment Talk. 

Is the current Decentralised Finance craze just repeating the ICO history of 2017/18? What drives the market and how will it develop? That's what Simon Schaber and Dr. Karl-Michael Henneking from Untitled Investment Expertise discuss in this episode of the Untitled Investment Talk.

Managed custody for digital assets is a global race for supremacy. Who are the players? What makes a good institutional-grade custodian? Simon Schaber and Dr. Karl-Michael Henneking - both co-founders of Untitled Investment Expertise - discuss the global crypto custody landscape.  

Why custody is an important piece in the puzzle for institutional investors in cryptocurrencies and digital assets. Simon & Karl-Michael from UIE discuss crypto custody in the light of the new regulation in Germany.