Anton Werner is Co-Founder and Partner at Fountainhead Digital. The company develops and manages crypto investment strategies for institutional investors.
Anton Werner has spent the past 15 years in the technology sector as both a founder and investor. He built and sold his first company to a publicly listed firm before transitioning into venture capital. From traditional VC, he moved into the frontier of technology investing: Crypto/Web3
Anton Werner Lecture topics
- Crypto is Bigger than You Think
Why is crypto much more than an asset class and why are most investors still missing the full picture?
Crypto is the only technology that is also it’s own asset class. It challenges how we coordinate as humans, manage value, and build organizations in an increasingly digital world. This talk helps audiences understand the broader architecture of the crypto economy and why its impact on capital markets, data, and finance may be far greater than most realize.
- The Converging Megatrends: Stablecoins, Tokenization & AI
How can investors capture three of the biggest technology shifts of our time through one investable universe?
Most investors see these trends in isolation, yet they’re converging faster than expected. This keynote explains how blockchain protocols enable these megatrends and why owning the underlying crypto assets is the purest way to participate in the value creation process as an investor.
- The Allocation Gap: How Regulation is Reshaping the Crypto Opportunity
Why are European investors still underallocated to crypto and how will regulation trigger the next re-pricing across digital assets?
While Bitcoin and crypto-related equities soar to new highs, the rest of the market continues to lag. This keynote breaks down the structural reasons behind this dislocation and explains why upcoming U.S. and global regulation will change global access. Anton shows how regulatory clarity will unlock asymmetric opportunities beyond Bitcoin and which crypto segments and assets could be winners of the next market phase
- Why the World’s Most Powerful Technology Can’t Remain Centralized
Can the future of artificial intelligence truly stay in the hands of a few — or will decentralization become the safeguard for transparency, data ownership, and accountability?
Artificial intelligence will determine how the next generation thinks, works, and interacts. Yet it’s currently controlled by a handful of corporations. In this keynote, Anton explores how crypto and blockchain can decentralize AI infrastructure, creating open systems that ensure fairness, resilience, and long-term trust in one of the most transformative technologies of our time.
- The Digital Euro Is Dead – It Just Doesn’t Know It Yet
Can Europe still build a digital currency that competes — while U.S. stablecoins dominate the global stablecoin race?
While the EU debates design frameworks, U.S. stablecoin issuers are building real infrastructure and expanding the dollar’s dominance into the digital age. In this keynote, Anton explains why the digital euro is politically motivated, technically flawed, and unlikely to compete and why regulators and institutions must rethink their strategy before it’s too late.
About Anton Werner
Since 2018, Anton has been investing professionally in crypto assets. Through an investment consortium, he supported early-stage decentralized projects – some of which now shape the global crypto industry. These experiences ultimately led him to co-found Fountainhead Digital in 2023, a Vienna-based research and investment firm focused on digital assets.
At Fountainhead Digital, Anton and his team work with family offices, wealth managers, asset managers, and private banks, who want long-term exposure to crypto assets, but demand professional standards.
In addition, Anton sits on the Advisory Board of the Bund Institutioneller Investoren (bii) and serves as Co-Chair of the Digital Assets Working Group at the Digital Asset Association Austria (DAAA), contributing to the advancement of professional frameworks for digital asset investing.
He also teaches at several universities and business schools, sharing his practical experience and commitment to financial education with the next generation of finance professionals.
Anton is recognized for his ability to translate complex technologies and market structures into clear, actionable insights. His keynotes are known for combining strategic depth with real-world relevance – making crypto not only understandable, but truly engaging for professional audiences.