Trust and Survivability by Design – From Offline Payments To Agentic AI Payments
About this event
More than 30 years ago, the internet achieved communication resilience by decentralizing it. Messages route around failure. Networks degrade gracefully.
Payments never made that leap. Instead, they remain built on centralized, real-time, always-on architectures, dependent on the continuous availability of authorization, clearing, and settlement. In that sense, payments today are as fragile as communications were before the internet changed the model.
This session takes a broader perspective, using offline payments as a starting point to explore a more fundamental shift:
How do we design digital systems that remain functional and trustworthy, even when the system itself is unavailable?
By applying the principles that made the internet resilient, a new class of governed architectures is emerging—where execution can happen at the edge, while control, compliance, and trust remain centrally governed.
“The internet delivered survivability in the face of failure for communications. Crunchfish applies the same principles to applications, starting with payments.”
Join Joachim Samuelsson, CEO of Crunchfish AB, for a thought-provoking session on how resilience-driven design could reshape the future of:
Payments and digital money
Agentic AI payments and CBDCs
Critical digital infrastructure far beyond finance
From offline payments to autonomous AI-driven transactions, this session offers a bold perspective on the next evolution of trusted digital systems.
Who should attend?
The Member Spotlight Series is geared toward industry professionals, decision-makers, and stakeholders interested in practical solutions for challenges in the digital and DLT space. It’s designed for technologists, business leaders, and innovators seeking impactful solutions as well as DEA members looking to learn from and collaborate with others.
Participants of the videocast
Joachim Samuelsson (CEO of Crunchfish AB)
Moderators
Tamara Ferreira Schmidt (Executive Director, DEA)
Location and date
Location: Online. Details for the live broadcast will be sent to you on the day of the event (no prior software installation required)
Date: June 9th, 2026
Time: 17:00 - 18:00 (CEST)
Language: English
Agenda
17:00 CEST – Introduction
17:05 CEST – Solution Showcase
17:30 CEST – Strategic Discussion (with Q&A)
17:45 CEST – Industry Insights & Trends
17:55 CEST – Closing Remarks
Tickets and registration
Required via Luma; you will receive the URL for the online panel in advance.
Contact
Digital Euro Association
E-Mail: [email protected]
Web: www.digital-euro-association.de
About the Digital Euro Association
The Digital Euro Association (DEA) is a think tank specializing in crypto assets, stablecoins, central bank digital currencies (CBDC), and other forms of digital money. DEA is committed to independence in aggregating and amplifying the views of society and the furtherance of the public good through knowledge exchange, encouraging new ideas, and forward-thinking in the field of digital money. The DEA is the independent voice of citizens regarding digital money-related topics. Partnerships and collaborations are in no way an endorsement of partner ideologies, products and services, nor political regimes.
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