Crypto Asset Lab Conference 2026

We are delighted to announce the 6th Crypto Asset Lab Conference on January 22-23, 2026. CAL2026 is proudly presented by the European Commission-Joint Research Centre, Università Milano Bicocca, Digital Gold Institute, MUSA and DeTOKoDE.

CAL 2025 is a hybrid event, welcoming both in-person attendees at the University of Milano-Bicocca (Milan, Italy), and remote participants. Remote participants will receive a web streaming link to join the event virtually.

About CAL2026

CAL 2026 will focus on one of the most consequential developments in finance today: the

accelerating convergence of traditional finance (TradFi) and decentralised finance (DeFi).

This is not merely a technological evolution but a redefinition of how value is issued, transferred, and settled across institutional and decentralised architectures. A growing trend is at the centre of this transformation: financial instruments traditionally confined to centralised infrastructures are being reimagined in tokenised, programmable forms.

At CAL 2026, we invite contributions from academia, industry, and regulatory bodies to critically examine this convergence of TradFi and DeFi.

Program and call for paper

See the conference website: cryptoassetlab.org