Un:Block Europe 2026

01 April, 2026
Riga, Latvia

UN:BLOCK is the largest blockchain, fintech, and digital assets conference in Riga, Northern Europe. In 2025, more than 1,200 attendees, 250 companies, and 100 speakers from 40 countries came together in Riga to accelerate Web3 and financial innovation. Over two days, the event featured keynotes, panels, and interactive sessions on regulation, adoption, blockchain’s real-world impact, and the future of finance and banking. The VIP UN:BLOCK Dinner brought together over 200 leaders from policy, traditional banking, finance, and technology, while exclusive partner-hosted side events created additional spaces for networking and collaboration.

Un:Block 2026, Riga
Meet CryptoProcessing experts
at the event
Paulius Vaitkevicius
Manager of licensing processes
Viktorija Poluektova
Chief Risk and Compliance Officer
Rasa Baltuskaite
Global Head of Outsourcing and Third-Party Risk Management at Cryptoprocessing by Coinspaid
Rasa Baltuškaitė is Global Head of Outsourcing and Third-Party Risk Management and Management Board Member at Cryptoprocessing by CoinsPaid, with 18+ years of experience in compliance, operational risk, regulatory governance and business continuity across leading financial institutions including Revolut, Nordea and Luminor Group.
Rasa Baltuškaitė
Speakers
Misha Kaplin
Misha Kaplin
Head of Business Development at CoinsPaid
Rasa Baltuškaitė
Rasa Baltuškaitė
Global Head of Outsourcing and Third-Party Risk Management at Cryptoprocessing by Coinspaid
Agenda
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April 1
Day 1: INTRO DAY
16:15
Door Opening & Registration
16:45
Door Opening & Registration
17:00
Presentation: Crypto Adoption: The Big Picture
Magnus Jones
Magnus Jones
Board Member of Nordic Blockchain Association
17:20
Panel: Latvia in 2030 - How Crypto Will Shape Business, Innovation & Everyday Life
18:00
Panel: Do Politicians Support the Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Sector in Latvia?
19:00
Presentation: WTF is Crypto?
Jānis Eismonts
Jānis Eismonts
Strategic Researcher at Eismonts
19:20
Presentation: Zero to Trader: The Do’s, Don’ts & Must‑Knows
Dr Kirill Osaulenko
Dr Kirill Osaulenko
Chief Business Development Officer at WunderTrading
19:40
Closing of Day 1
April 1
Day 1: WORKSHOPS
13:00
Workshop: Make the Invisible, Visible: Turning Complexity into Market Power
Diego Borgo
Executive Partner at Thumbcorp
15:00
Workshop: The Fintech Hiring Paradox: Why Top Companies and Talent Miss Each Other
Anastasia Zencika
Founder of Evotym
Olga Karuna Gailuma
Founder of Mentoring Academy
16:00
Workshop: How to Start a Payments Business
Kārlis Mikoss
Kārlis Mikoss
Country Manager of Baltics at MasterCard
17:00
Workshop: How to build strong partnerships
Mats Taraldsson
Mats Taraldsson
VP, Head of Fintech and Impact-tech Engagement, NE
18:10
Pitch Competition Semi-Finals
April 2
Day2: CRYPTO STAGE
09:00
Registration & Welcome Coffee
09:30
Opening Speech
9:45
Presentation: What Must Happen for World Finance to Not Run on Blockchain?
Kriss Pujats
Kriss Pujats
Co-Founder of Gravity Team
10:05
Panel: MiCA in Latvia: Lessons From the First Wave of Licensing
10:40
Presentation: From Emerging Markets to the EU: Lessons from Building a Compliance-First Global Exchange
Burak Budak
Burak Budak
Business Development Manager at Paribu
11:00
Panel: Stablecoins at Scale: Are We Finally Seeing Mass Adoption?
11:40
Panel: Dollar Dominance vs European Ambition: Can EUR Stablecoins Catch Up?
12:20
Lunch Break
13:00
Panel: Bridging Traditional and Decentralized Payments
13:40
Presentation: Why Tokenize Equities? Real-World Assets in Practice
Katarzyna Wabik
Katarzyna Wabik
Head of Growth CEE at Kraken
14:00
Panel: The RWA Playbook: Market Opportunities, Operational Gaps, and Regulatory Realities
14:40
Panel: The Future of Regulated Digital Asset Custody in Europe
15:20
Fireside Chat with FID
Mārtiņš Puķe
CLO at Gravity Team
Toms Platacis
Head of FIU Latvia
15:50
Panel: How to Make Crypto Investments Accessible to Everyday Investors
16:30
TBA
MODERATOR: Jacob Haap
CTO of Determination Labs
Anatoly Ressin
CEO of Blockvis
17:00
Panel: Hot Blocks: How Bitcoin Mining Can Heat the World
17:40
Closing Remarks & Takeaways
19:00
Networking & Afterparty
April 2
Day 2: Mastercard Stage
10:00
Stage Opening Speech
10:05
MasterCard Intro Speech
10:10
Presentation: The evolution of digital payments: Unlocking tokenization
Taha Fazlhashemi
Taha Fazlhashemi
Vice President, Head Of Merchant Business Development, Northern Europe at Mastercard
10:30
Presentation: Banks and Crypto: Building the Future of Finance Together
Jeļena Jurane
Head of the Commercial Department at Magnetiq Bank
Sofian Berrahal
CEO of Nexpay
10:50
Presentation: Digital Commerce Reimagined: Horizon to 2030
Christophe Zehnacker
Christophe Zehnacker
VP Product Management at Mastercard
11:00
From Keynote to Conversation: The Future of Digital Commerce 2030
11:40
Panel: Who Pays When Regulators Change Their Mind?
12:20
Lunch Break
13:00
Panel: Privacy as a Human Right vs. Privacy as a Product
13:40
Presentation: Creating a Category of 1
Diego Borgo
Executive Partner of Thumbcorp
14:00
Presentation: Cyber & Security
Ms. Tanja Wesén
Ms. Tanja Wesén
VP Business Development, Mastercard
14:20
Panel: DORA Unlocked: What Companies Must Get Right in 2026?
Rasa Baltuškaitė
Rasa Baltuškaitė
Global Head of Outsourcing and Third-Party Risk Management at Cryptoprocessing by Coinspaid
15:00
Panel: Innovation & trends - how payments responds to it
15:40
Panel: Future regulations coming - Travel Rule & CARF
16:20
Presentation: From old-school rails to stablecoin POS and agentic payments
Misha Kaplin
Misha Kaplin
Head of Business Development at CoinsPaid
16:40
Presentation: How LIAA Can Help Companies in Latvia
Gustavs Lapiņš
Gustavs Lapiņš
Senior Investment Advisor at Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA)
17:00
Startup Pitch Battle Final
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