European Blockchain Convention

AI agents have voices. With MCP, they have hands. What they still need is money.

That was Robby Yung (@viewfromhk) @animocabrands at EBC12, on why agentic finance belongs on blockchain rails.

The panel closed with one question: what share of online payments will agents handle by 2030?

Robby Yung: 15 to 25%, citing industry forecasts
Woldemar Häring, (@WhiteCase): 50/50
Patrick Martin, European Media Finance: more than 50%
Paul Infante Moñozca, Moñozca Family Office, added why public education has to come before adoption.

Full session:
youtu.be/2dXJpDNOdY8?si…

Real-time treasury is not a technology problem. It is a liquidity problem: who provides euro liquidity at 3am on a Sunday?

At EBC12, Gernot Prettenthaler (RBI), Poonam Ahuja (@commerzbank), Luca Colombo (
@UniCreditEurope), Ramón Pájaro Castellón (@bancosantander) and Gayle Raeside (@MidChains_) discussed what stablecoins actually change for corporate treasury.

Watch the replay:
youtube.com/watch?v=WQbHC2…

Full regulatory harmonization is off the table. Interoperability is not.

At EBC12, Colin Payne (@TheFCA), @paddi_hansen (@circle), @RBLevin55 (@Taftlaw) and David Bequette (@aml_incubator), moderated by Stephane Blemus (@WhiteCase), on what it takes.

Watch the full panel:
youtube.com/watch?v=Npue-R…

Institutional adoption is raising a key infrastructure question: permissioned, permissionless, or both?

At EBC12, Sam Patel (@SamPatel8085 @glacislabs), @JaschaSamadi (@greenfield_cap), Martin Mueller (RL1), David Walsh (@davwals @ethereuminsti) and Georg Schneider (@digitalasset) discussed the trade-offs around control, interoperability, compliance and scale.

Watch the full panel:
youtube.com/watch?v=2b8fuD…

Onchain markets could change more than how funds are distributed. They could reshape how investment products are structured and managed.

At EBC12, Jakob Mikkel Hansen (@nordicblock), Kevin Riou (@Swissquote), Jean Malo Dupart (@Stifel), Jerald David (Arca Funds & @Lynq_Network) and Patrik Björklund (@JHIAdvisors) discussed what that means for asset managers.

Watch:
youtu.be/Zf3lamyAeG0?si…