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KEYNOTE - Data × AI × Tokenization: The Asset Class That Doesn't Exist Yet by Gregor Žavcer | Datafund

Finance & Fintech

Fluela · Mountain Plaza Hotel

Part of DIGITAL ASSETS DAY: The Architecture of Trust – Building Resilient Digital Asset Economies
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Those who control data control the future of AI.

Yet data, the most valuable resource on earth, sits on zero balance sheets.

Invisible. Untradeable.

Not because it lacks value—but because it lacks regulatory-compliant infrastructure.

$16 trillion in tokenized assets by 2030. Real estate, bonds, commodities—all flowing on-chain.

But data? The resource powering trillion-dollar AI companies has no ownership layer, no price discovery, no market.

That is changing now.

In this talk, Gregor Žavcer, co-founder of Ethereum Swarm and Datafund, explores why data is the next frontier for institutional-grade Real World Assets (RWA)—and why the window for first movers is measured in months, not years.

The session examines how AI agents are becoming the new market makers—requiring machine-readable ownership, machine-speed settlement, and data they can license autonomously.

It connects the rise of autonomous systems, the financialisation of intangible assets, and the emergence of data as a tradeable instrument into a single thesis: data tokenization is not theoretical. The rails are built. The first implementations are live.

Participants will gain a strategic view on how to position for the emerging data economy—and how to turn invisible assets into real value before the regulatory frameworks crystallize.

Key Themes & Questions Explored

  • Why data remains invisible on balance sheets—and what changes that

  • AI agents as autonomous market participants requiring data ownership

  • Data tokenization as infrastructure, not speculation

  • The separation of ownership and access as the key unlock

  • Why first movers will shape the regulatory frameworks

  • How to identify and unlock the value of data assets

Who Should Attend

  • Investors and allocators exploring alternative assets

  • AI and data infrastructure builders

  • Enterprises and institutions with valuable data assets

  • Policymakers and regulators shaping digital asset frameworks

  • Anyone positioning for the next phase of the data economy

Why This Session Matters

Because the future of AI will not be decided by models alone.

It will be decided by who controls the data—and how that data is owned, traded, and governed.

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