The fourth Blockchain & DeFi Meetup of the DeFi Hub met at TechQuartier on Platz der Einheit in Frankfurt am Main on 6 December 2022 at 18:30. TechQuartier and DZ BANK sponsored the evening, and four DZ BANK experts gave the talks.
Kolja Gerlach, project lead for crypto custody, and Markus Zirnzak, project lead for crypto coin trading for retail clients, presented the blockchain initiatives of DZ BANK. Peter Kohl-Landgraf, Senior Business Analyst in the trading division, and Alexandros Korpis, software developer for DLT in IT development, followed with a deep dive on smart derivative contracts.
Earlier editions of the series featured the Blockdaemon talk in May 2022, and in August 2022 the SOLA-X talk on DeFi 2.0 followed.
Agenda of the evening
- 18:30 Get-together
- 19:00 Introduction
- 19:05 "Blockchain Initiativen der DZ BANK" by Kolja Gerlach and Markus Zirnzak
- 19:20 "Deep-Dive: Smart Derivative Contracts" by Peter Kohl-Landgraf and Alexandros Korpis
- 19:40 Q&A
- 20:00 Drinks, food and networking until 21:00
Meetup flyer and agenda as PDF
The two-page PDF from December 2022 shows the sponsors, the four speakers and the full agenda of the evening at TechQuartier.
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