
Selected Publications


Assessing FINMA’s ICO Guidelines: Good, but room for improvement (Linkedin, 18 February 2018)


The Fintech Transformation, Parts 1 to 8 (Linkedin, 29 September – 6 October 2017)

The Regulatory Reform in Banking 10 Years after the Financial Crisis. Journal of Risk Management in Financial Institutions, 10, 3, 2017

Financial Risk Models in the Light of the Banking Crisis (2007-08), Journal of Critical Realism, 11.4 October 2012

Reputation Risk and Prudential Regulation. In Reputational Risk Management in Financial Institutions, London, Incisive Media, Risk Books (eds T Kaiser and P Merk), 2014
Selected Interviews
Europe-Australia Blockchain Webinar (9 September 2020)
I was delighted to offer a short overview of the Crypto Valley, its Association CVA, the impact of COVID19, the reasons behind the innovation "Crypto Valley", and stress the pivotal role of regulation, as well as point out the priorities going forward.

360-degree conversation with Teeka Tiwari (February 2020)
360-degree conversation with Teeka Tiwari from Legacy Research about my shift from traditional to digital finance, digital vs traditional banks, my views on cryptofinance adoption, role of infrastructure, crypto regulation in various countries, Swiss Crypto valley ecosystem, Crypto Valley association in 2020, central bank digital currency, Stablecoins, Libra, Business opportunities in crypto finance - crypto trading, custody & asset mgt vs tokenization and STOs.
My (Swiss) view on the EU cryptofinance regulatory proposals (HANFA Online Panel 17 Dec 2020)
I was pleased to offer (my) Swiss view on the EU regulation proposals for cryptoassets and DLT-based market infrastructure in an online panel organized by the Croatian Financial Services Supervisory Agency, and to share the virtual stage with Jacek Czarnecki, Simon Polrot, Martin Erhold, Filip Šaravanja and Anamarija Staničić.
Bringing the Cryptovalley and the CVA to mainstreet in South Korea (July 2019)
Short interview with South Korea's TV Chosun about why Switzerland's Zug is the epicenter of the Cryptovalley and the origin / rationale of the Crypto Valley Association.

Some fundamental (regulatory) considerations at the last CVSummit19 (March 2019)
Some fundamental (regulatory) considerations at the last CVSummit19 (STO panel) - 27 March 2019

Cryptonation Switzerland
Great 360° interview with Alexander E. Brunner, authoring the first book - Cryptonation Switzerland - about the cryptoasset and blockchain communities in Switzerland, with the aim to leave a testimony about the key individuals engaged in the blockchain and crypto transformation in Switzerland and the Cryptovalley, their visions and enthusiasm, in aggregate explaining why this is all happening in Switzerland and how it all happened.

Assessing crypto regulation (Seoul, 24 April 2018)
My first interview in Korean, ahead of my presentation at the Fintech 2018 (Seoul, South Korea, 24 April 2018), assessing crypto regulation a the G20, EU and Swiss levels.

Assessing ICO’s practices and ICO2.0
My first interview in Russian, ahead of my presentations at the World Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies Summit, in Moscow, assessing ICO’s practices and ICO2.0.
Implementation and design: The regulatory challenges banks need to resolve. (6 December 2017 in Amsterdam)

An interview with Mattia Rattaggi, Head Group Regulatory Relations at UBS (2 December 2016)
An interview with Mattia Rattaggi, Managing Director, Head Regulatory Affairs and Governance Reporting at UBS GIA, about his view on international harmonization – addressing the drawbacks of diverging cross-border regulations, ahead of his session at RiskMinds International (2 December 2016).

METI's founder Dr. Mattia Rattaggi featured amongst the Top 50 Global Thought Leaders & Influencers on Cryptocurrency (December 2020)
"Thinkers 360" named METI's Founder and Managing Partner Dr Mattia L Rattaggi amongst the Top 50 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on Cryptocurrency. Dr Rattaggi commented "it is an honour to be retained as a global thought leader and influencer on cryptocurrency; I take it as a strong incentive to continue on the same path, with renewed enthusiasm and enduring passion, of expanding relentlessly innovation in the finance space".