CryptoAsset Lab
Advancing digital finance through research and dialogue
The Crypto Asset Lab (CAL) is an interdisciplinary research and policy hub based at the University of Milano-Bicocca (Milan).
It connects scholars, regulators, and industry leaders to explore DeFi, crypto-assets, CBDCs, stablecoins, and the future of financial infrastructure.
CAL is a forum that fosters an open dialogue between TradFi and DeFi, with the ambition to shape the future of finance together.
Interdisciplinary approach
The Crypto Asset Lab brings a balanced and deeply interdisciplinary approach to advancing crypto-asset and blockchain technologies and analysing their economic, regulatory, financial and technological impacts. Our faculty and scientific committee draw together experts from banking and finance, economic law, cryptography and computer science, fintech, investment and risk management, public policy and regulation, and mathematics — reflecting the scope of CAL's engagement with crypto-assets as investment opportunities, fintech innovation and regulatory challenges.
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Annual conference
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Research Papers
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Expert Speakers
Research insights shaping the future of digital assets
CAL Conferences highlights
A comprehensive Recap of CAL 2026 — including session highlights, keynote interventions, and award-winning papers — will be published here: stay tuned for insights from researchers, policymakers, and industry leaders shaping the next phase of digital finance!
CAL 2025
Delve into last year conference to get a glimpse of what is going to come in this year’s edition: from last year’s Regulation and Innovation Panel, featuring experts from the ECB, ESMA, and leading financial institutions, to papers and presentations that sparked pivotal discussions on how policy frameworks can foster — rather than hinder — responsible crypto innovation.
Education
Current courses across Unimib that offer an in-depth exploration of fully digital tools such as crowdfunding and token offerings, as well as the technological mechanisms of the crypto world — including blockchain, smart contracts, tokenomics, and DeFi — which are essential to understanding how capital is innovatively generated, raised, managed and regulated.