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Stablecoin Summit Recap: Keynotes and Panels in Lugano

ByRGB Protocol Association
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RGB Protocol Association hosted the Stablecoin Summit on Sunday, October 25th, 2026, at LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura in Lugano, Switzerland, as part of Plan ₿ Week. The invite-only morning brought together stablecoin issuers, lenders, exchanges, and infrastructure builders for two keynotes and three panels, after more than 120 requests to attend.

In Brief

  • Event: Stablecoin Summit, LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura, October 25th, 2026, the morning after Plan ₿ Forum
  • Program: two keynotes and three panels, with opening and closing remarks by the Association
  • Requests to attend: more than 120, with attendance by approval
  • Keynote speakers: Giacomo Zucco and Saifedean Ammous
  • Official sponsor: Utexo

The Program

Birkan Kayadibi, COO and co-founder of RGB Protocol Association, opened the Summit. As outlined in the Summit announcement, the program covered the relationship between Bitcoin and the dollar, lending in digital dollars, stablecoin distribution, and the technology layer.

  • Opening keynote, “Bitcoin’s Dollar Problem”: Giacomo Zucco, Vice President, Plan ₿ Foundation
  • Panel, “Borrowing and Lending in Digital Dollars”: Max Keidun (CEO, Debifi) and Igor Neumann (Co-founder, Firefish), moderated by Federico Rivi (Bull Bitcoin)
  • Panel, “How Stablecoins Get Distributed”: Lorenzo Romagnoli (Co-founder, USDT0), Matteo Branchetti (CPO, Utexo), and Gabriele Sabbatini (Co-founder, Hercle), moderated by Luca Esposito (Blockstream Capital Partners)
  • Panel, “The Tech Layer”: Federico Tenga (R&D, Bitfinex), Marco Argentieri (CEO, Ark Labs), and Arnab Naskar (Co-founder, STOKR), moderated by Birkan Kayadibi
  • Closing keynote, “Stablecoins and US Debt”: Saifedean Ammous, author of The Bitcoin Standard

Closing remarks by Birkan Kayadibi preceded lunch and networking among speakers and attendees.

Acknowledgments

RGB Protocol Association thanks all speakers, moderators, and attendees, and Utexo, official sponsor of the Summit.

Videos of the sessions will follow on rgb.info.

For Developers and Integrators

Start here: technical docs and guides at docs.rgb.info

Run & build: protocol libraries at github.com/rgb-protocol, wallet and application tooling at github.com/RGB-Tools

Ecosystem & membership: updates and membership at rgbprotocol.org/members

About RGB Protocol Association

RGB Protocol Association is a Swiss non-profit. It supports the development, standardization, and adoption of RGB Protocol on Bitcoin. The protocol enables private and scalable digital assets for Bitcoin and Lightning. Additionally, the Association works through open collaboration with companies, researchers, and the broader free-software community.

Media & Partnerships

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