This track explores the transformative interface of Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT), blockchain, and modern FinTech systems such as in Decentralized Finance (DeFi). As Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become deeply embedded in financial infrastructures, digital markets, and decentralized ecosystems, this track also emphasizes the critical role of AI, including machine learning, LLMs, agentic AI, and autonomous systems, in shaping the emergence, operation, and governance of DLT- and FinTech-based innovations. We invite research that connects the foundational infrastructure of DLT/blockchain (consensus, tokenization, decentralization, interoperability) with the evolving economic and business models, regulatory/legal frameworks, and ecosystem impacts of FinTech. In the era of AI-enabled finance, this track welcomes work that addresses how AI augments, disrupts or converges with DLT/FinTech, DeFi and the broader societal, organizational and economic implications of this convergence.

Track Chairs:
Roman Beck, Bentley University
Matti Rossi, Aalto University
Yi Yang, HKUST Business School

Schedule
2026
Monday, December 14th
12:00 AM

Beyond Points: Blockchain Affordances in Loyalty Programs - A Typology of Tokenized Loyalty Programs

Bastian Land, Technische Universität Braunschweig
Hannes Gurzki, Technische Universität Braunschweig
David M. Woisetschläger, Technische Universität Braunschweig

12:00 AM

Beyond Sign-Up: How Prior Referee Quality Shapes Trajectory of Later Referrals in DeFi Platforms

Xiaojian Li, IE University
Ying Lu, IE Business School, IE University
Hang Dong, IE University

12:00 AM

Cost, Power, and Participation in Decentralized Governance

Wei Wang, Erasmus Research Institute of Management
Dominik Gutt, RWTH Aachen University
Ting Li, Erasmus University

12:00 AM

From Contribution to Participation: Tokenized Ownership under an Institutional Shock

Kayoung Shin, Nanyang Technological University
Moksh Matta, Simon Fraser University
Hyeokkoo Eric Kwon, Nanyang Technological University

12:00 AM

How to Unite Energy Certificates Across Carriers? Exploring Distributed Ledger Technology for Guarantee of Origin Schemes in Multi-Carrier Energy Systems

Jona Albrecht, Technical University of Munich (TUM) School of Management
Theresa Magdalena Sophie Heinrich, Fraunhofer FIT
Tobias Ströher, Fraunhofer FIT

12:00 AM

Navigating the Imagination-Implementation Divide in Blockchain Adoption

Nicole Mäkineste, Durham University
Spyros Angelopoulos, Durham University

12:00 AM

Quantifying the Hydra Effect: Measuring the Resilience of Darknet-Market Cryptocurrency Network through Role-Invariant Graph Learning

Qian'ang Mao, Nanjing University
Jiaxin Wang, School of Information Management, Nanjing University
Jiaqi Yan, Nanjing University

12:00 AM

To DAO or Not to DAO: Contextual Conditions, Design Choices, and Boundary Limits for DAO Viability

Francisco M. B. Carreira, University of Coimbra
Paulo Rupino da Cunha, University of Coimbra
João Barata, University of Coimbra
Jacinto Estima, University of Coimbra

12:00 AM

Unpacking Web3 in Information Systems Research: Complementary Framings of an Emerging Organizing Vision

Jan Stockhinger, University of Münster

12:00 AM

When Decentralized Market Centralized: The Oracle Failure in Prediction Market

Sungil Seok, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Dongwon Lee, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Jing Wang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

12:00 AM