Benedikt Ködel, CFA, Sygnum Head of Credit & Lending, will take the stage at Arkade Day 2026 in Lugano, ahead of Plan ₿ Forum 2026.
On Wednesday, 21 October, Benedikt will speak during the event’s Capital Sessions, a programme on the role of Bitcoin in corporate and institutional finance, alongside Alexander S. Blume (Two Prime) on the Digital Credit panel.
Join the waiting list: https://t.co/yjhlPnlR1Y
The Sygnum team will also be at @LuganoPlanB Forum in Lugano on 23–24 October, including Mathias Imbach, Dom Castley, Lutz Preussler, Markus Hämmerli, Sergio González Gesto, Ines D., Atanas Piskachev, Manuel Meier, Romano Marco Brotschi, Serge Brunner, Iulian Zanoaga, Jesper Grosen Jensen, Malachi Richards, Jennifer Aubrecht, Annsophie von Frenckell, Joshua M. Devine and Lukas Jelk.
Come talk to the team about Sygnum's Bitcoin-native solutions, including Bitcoin Lombard loans, the Starboard Sygnum BTC Alpha Fund, Bitcoin spot and derivatives trading, and 100% offline Cryo cold storage.
📍 Visit us at Villa Ciani, 1st floor, Room 105
🔗 Learn more about Sygnum’s Bitcoin-native solutions: https://t.co/fnK5dyi4Lc
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Builder Lab is next Wednesday. Here’s the afternoon in four parts: issuance, swaps, contracts and security.
New assets on Bitcoin, Intent markets, a new contract language with its SDK, and code you can verify for post-AI security. Then live vaults
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https://t.co/vDOIBZJZhd
@nuri is like that by DEFAULT. It can NEVER move your funds, and there is no admin key like in liquid and cant lose your funds, we built on @arkade_os for bitcoin lightning.
On October 21 in Lugano, we're opening the hood.
Arkade has changed a lot under the surface lately. At Builder Lab you'll see what's ready, how it fits together, and what's next.
Building on Bitcoin is getting fun again. Come see for yourself 👾
https://t.co/vDOIBZJZhd
Friends and builders are heading to Lugano next week.
Some of the people joining the Builder Lab at Arkade Day:
Edu Jatahy, DePix
@zerolore, USDT0
@roy_breez, Breez
More to come.
Modern contracts are coming to Bitcoin.
Define the logic in a high-level language, compile it, and call the contract from your app.
Offchain execution through Arkade, with onchain spending paths and settlement on Bitcoin.
Early days. More at Builder Lab on Oct 21.
https://t.co/sYs1LAmInY
Most finance comes with fine print.
Who can move the money. When it pays. What happens if someone walks away, and how you get out if something breaks.
Arkade gives builders the tools to set those terms clearly, up front, with Bitcoin underneath.
On October 21 in Lugano, we're opening the hood.
Arkade has changed a lot under the surface lately. At Builder Lab you'll see what's ready, how it fits together, and what's next.
Building on Bitcoin is getting fun again. Come see for yourself 👾
https://t.co/vDOIBZJZhd
After talking about bitcoin all day, what do Bitcoin builders actually want to do?
Yeah, you got it, scream really loudly into each other's ears about some more Bitcoin.
Underground Disco Club Oct 20–22 is where the real conversations happen. Paid entry. Sponsored by @chimera_wallet, @arkade_os, @Braiins.
Learn more → https://t.co/YRJZPHW5gv
Coming to Lugano again @arkade_os day! Oct 21 at LAC is bigger and more interesting than last time, split into two tracks designed for different parts of the Bitcoin stack.
Whether you're moving capital or building products, there's something designed for you.
We are pleased to announce that @H100Group is joining Ark Labs as co-host of Capital Sessions on 21 October in Lugano.
@Sanderandersenn will open up the day with a conversation on growing Bitcoin per share in Europe.
Join us as we explore the frontier of modern finance.
A Block Interview with one of the Lugano rockstars and a great friend: @tierotiero
We talked about Ark & @arkade_os, @premai_io, how to ship for real, keyboard people and people people (sorry you have to watch the episode to understand this concept better 🙂)
Here's the link, you don't want to miss this one:
https://t.co/bHaeXehTD2
We’re doing it again! Arkade Day returns for its second edition in Lugano on October 21.
Join treasury leaders, trading and financial services professionals and security specialists to discuss what’s next for Bitcoin finance, alongside new product showcases.
Details and registration: https://t.co/NrbWAiKoFN
FOUR MONTHS LATER, we’re finally ready to bring Castle’s High-Yield account to our customers.
The road here has been quite painful: working with tech that wasn’t quite ready and required us to spend two months QA’ing it ourselves, endless back-and-forth on agreements, compliance, disclosures… and the complexity of launching a securities product.
To every Castle customer who trusted us and patiently waited: I’m sorry. We set expectations that we didn’t meet. We’ve learned a lot, and we’ll do better next time.
At the same time, I’m incredibly proud. To my knowledge, we’re the first to bring the concept of flexible dividends to the U.S. market — combining modern fixed-income products with bitcoin in a way that didn’t exist before.
I think this is what the future of savings products looks like, and I’m happy we get to contribute to it.
We’re doing it again! Arkade Day returns for its second edition in Lugano on October 21.
Join treasury leaders, trading and financial services professionals and security specialists to discuss what’s next for Bitcoin finance, alongside new product showcases.
Details and registration: https://t.co/NrbWAiKoFN