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The Crypto A.M. Summit and Awards 2021


The EdenBase team is delighted to have hosted the AI, Blockchain and Quantum room at the City of London roundtables as part of the City A.M and Crypto A.M. Summit and Awards 2021.

Hosted over two days, the Crypto A.M. London Blockchain & DeFi Summit Incorporating The Crypto A.M. City of London Roundtables celebrated innovation and excellence by exploring the most recent developments in AI, Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, Digital Assets and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT).

EdenBase cofounders hosted two roundtables; “CBDCs & Stablecoins - Economic Enablers?” hosted by Eric Van der Kleij and the “Fourth Industrial or Cognitive Revolution” hosted by Daniel Doll-Steinberg.

Additionally, Eric Van der Kleij co-hosted day two of the Summit alongside City A.M. editor Darren Parkin, taking place at the Leonardo Royal Hotel London St. Pauls where delegates had the opportunity to hear from industry leaders.

Following the conference, the Crypto A.M. Awards — London’s premier annual honours ceremony spanning the worlds of cryptocurrency, blockchain and DeFi, took place. The fourteen award winners were selected by an independent, expert panel of judges including Gokce Gizer (EdenBase Investment Lead).

A huge thanks to the City A.M. and Crypto A.M. team including James Bowater, Harry Owen, Darren Parkin, Bridie Wilson, Julianna Hitchins, Madelaine Crisp, Pippa Robins and the rest of the brilliant team!


What happened at the Summit?

During the first day of the summit, delegates had opportunity to attend roundtables and panel discussions exploring Frontier Technologies, DeFi, Metaverse & Web 3.0, Professional Advisory & Regulation, and VCs, Incubators & Start-ups.

The AI, Blockchain and Quantum Frontier Tech Roundtables were hosted by EdenBase.

Panel | Fourth Industrial or Cognitive Revolution?

Moderator Daniel Doll-Steinberg, EdenBase

▪︎ Marta Piekarska-Geater, Private Fox Ltd

▪︎ Mike Charalambous, Threedium

▪︎ Erica Stanford, Crypto Curry Club

▪︎ Marcello Mari, SingularityNET

Panel | CBDCs & Stablecoins - Economic Enablers?

Moderator Eric Van der Kelij, EdenBase

▪︎ Nicole Sandler, Barclays

▪︎ William Lovell, Bank of England

▪︎ Dotun Rominiyi, LSEG

▪︎ Stefania Barbaglio, Cassiopeia Services

▪︎ Robert Liscouski, Quantum Computing, Inc.

EdenBase cofounder Daniel Doll-Steinberg moderating the panel “Fourth Industrial or Cognitive Revolution?’

EdenBase cofounder Eric Van der Kleij moderating the panel “CBDCs & Stablecoins - Economic Enablers?”


Members of the EdenBase team Eric Van der Kleij (Co-Founder), Daniel Doll-Steinberg (Co-Founder), Nikki Doll-Steinberg (Neuroscience and Marketing) and Peter Freuchen (Project Manager) after a great day of hosting the Frontier Technology Frontier Technology Roundtables.


On the second day delegates had the opportunity to hear from industry leaders during both headline speakers and panels.

Jeff Hancock, Co-Founder and CEO of coinpass (EdenBase Competition Finalist) on the panel 'Stablecoin Wars'.

EdenBase Co-Founder Eric Van der Kleij welcoming William Russell, the Lord Mayor of the City of London.


The Crypto A.M. Awards Gala celebrated 14 Category Winners selected by experts spanning the worlds of cryptocurrency, blockchain, DeFi and tech, including Gokce Gizer (Investment Lead).

Take a look at the winners here.

The Crypto A.M. Awards Gala

Eric Van der Kleij, Daniel Doll-Steinberg and Nikki Doll-Steinberg



An inspiring keynote on the The Murray Parish Trust charity raised more than £40,000 in donations at the Crypto A.M. Awards ceremony.

The trust’s mission is to support children’s emergency services across the South of England by raising money and awareness to support projects at key trauma centres, enable pioneering research and provide life-saving equipment.

Donations can be made to the Murray Parish Trust here.


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