Blockchain and Decentralised Finance

• Understand blockchain technology, decentralisation, and consensus mechanisms.
• Compare blockchain platforms and their capacity to host financial applications.
• Analyse the roles of intermediaries, users, and platforms in DeFi.
• Differentiate between custodial and non-custodial financial services.
• Learn decentralised trading, lending, borrowing, and stablecoin operations.
• Identify digital asset use cases, including tokens and governance.
• Examine regulatory frameworks and compliance requirements for digital assets.
• Apply practical blockchain skills, such as wallet creation, transactions, and application usage.

Monday, 9 June 2025

9:30 – 10:00  Introductory remarks and tour-de-table

10:00 – 11.:00  Principles of Decentralization, Blockchain Structure, and Smart Contracts

11:00 – 11:30  Coffee break

11:30 – 12:30  Consensus, Privacy, and Comparison of Different Blockchains

12:30 – 13:15  Interactive exercise: blockchain wallet creation and token transfers

13:15 – 14:15  Lunch break

14:15 – 15:45  Financial Services on Blockchain: Decentralized Lending, Borrowing, and Composite Assets

15:45 – 16:00  Coffee break

16:00 – 17:30   Asset tokenization, stablecoins and digital money

17:30 – 18:30  Aperitif

Tuesday, 10 June 2025

9:30 – 10:30  Interactive Exercise: usage of decentralized platforms, performing trades, borrowing, and lending, token creation

10:30 – 11:00  Coffee break

11:00 – 12:30  Token use cases, digital asset types, and intersection to traditional finance

12:30 – 13:30  Lunch break

13:30 – 14:30   Regulatory and legal frameworks for digital assets and decentralized finance

14:30 – 14:45  Coffee break

14:45 – 17:00   Interactive exercise: business challenge for blockchain-based service

FULL FEES applicable from 7 April onwards*:

• € 950 – Academics
• € 1900 – Public sector
• € 2100 – Private sector

*Please note that the payment must be settled one week before the start of the course.

The fee includes tuition, access to all course materials and pedagogic activities, coffee and lunch breaks and social activities, as well as a certificate of attendance after the course has been completed. The fee does not include travel and accommodation expenses or other local transportation costs (taxis, private cars).

Please submit a certificate attesting your status of Professor, PhD Student or Research Associate to fbf@eui.eu before registering. FBF secretariat will provide you with a code to register. Seats for academics are limited.

EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT (-10%), applicable until 6 April COB:

Participants are eligible for the below early bird discount if they register and pay by 6 April 2025. Please note that those who wish to pay a reduced fee for academics must send proof of academic status to fbf@eui.eu in order to verify their eligibility.

• € 855 – Early bird academic*/ € 950 full fee (from 7 April)
• € 1710 – Early bird public sector / € 1900 full fee (from 7 April)
• € 1890 – Early bird private sector / € 2100 full fee (from 7 April)

GROUP DISCOUNT (-15%) for minimum 3 participants from the same institution:

The below group discount applies to 3 or more participants who register for the same course from the same institution. Those wishing to take advantage of the group discount must write an email to fbf@eui.eu, stating the full names of the proposed participants.

• € 807,5 – Group discount academic
• € 1615 – Group discount public sector
• € 1785 – Group discount private sector

CANCELLATION POLICY

Paid registration fee is non-refundable. However, registrant substitution may be made up to 15 days before the start date of the course by contacting fbf@eui.eu.