d-fine in blockchain, digital assets and DLT markets

d-fine says it has completed more than 50 blockchain projects since 2016 (d-fine). The topics it lists are central bank digital currencies and payment infrastructure, tokenization platforms, crypto custody and key management, DeFi and smart contracts, and digital identity. Its project examples include a debt capital markets platform on Hyperledger Fabric that has been running since 2018, a crypto custody solution with air-gapped cold storage, the tokenization of real estate for fractional investment, and an anti-money laundering solution for crypto custodians.

The staff come from more than 30 nations and have what d-fine calls an "analytical, quantitative and technological background" (d-fine). Artificial intelligence and data analytics is another of its focus topics. d-fine is also a member of the Digital Euro Association, next to banks, asset managers and technology firms.

d-fine organizes the Frankfurt Forum on Digital Assets & Applications, a free evening conference at the Literaturhaus Frankfurt for experts on DLT-based securities, money and infrastructure. Guests apply and are admitted as capacity allows. The second edition, on DLT-based capital markets, had two panels moderated by d-fine's blockchain experts.

The first panel covered market infrastructure built on distributed ledgers, with DekaBank, 360X, 21X and Seturion. The second covered payments in DLT-based markets and the use of different forms of money, with the Deutsche Bundesbank, Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, DZ Bank and AllUnity.

The forum's program named the rules that drive this market. Germany's Electronic Securities Act (eWpG) allows crypto securities without a paper certificate. The EU DLT Pilot Regime lets trading venues such as 21X trade and settle tokenized securities on a ledger, and the EU's market integration package strengthens it. For the cash leg, stablecoins under MiCAR and Pontes, the ECB service for settlement in central bank money, are the two routes.

The pages on tokenization in Germany and onchain capital markets explain these rules and name the banks and exchanges that use them.

d-fine is on the About page among Finance Loop's event and network partners. Finance Loop announced the Frankfurt Forum on Digital Assets & Applications on its blog and lists it on its topic pages on tokenization and Polygon. The pages on digital assets in Frankfurt and tokenization in Frankfurt describe the forum's panels, and risk management in Frankfurt names d-fine among the consultancies that work for the city's risk teams.

d-fine is a management consultancy for analytically demanding work in banking and capital markets, insurance and asset management, energy, healthcare, technology and the public sector. In finance its topics include blockchain, digital assets, AI and data analytics.

d-fine has its head office at An der Hauptwache 7 in Frankfurt am Main. It has more than ten offices in seven European countries.

Yes. d-fine lists crypto custody and key management among its blockchain topics, and its project examples include a custody solution with air-gapped cold storage and an anti-money laundering solution for crypto custodians. A firm that holds crypto for clients in Germany needs a BaFin license, today under MiCAR. The pages on crypto custody and the CASP license explain what the license covers and how a provider applies for it.

Yes. d-fine hosts the Frankfurt Forum on Digital Assets & Applications in Frankfurt, a conference on DLT-based capital markets, and publishes the date and the application form on its website.