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Max Heinzle is Founder and CEO of 21X, a Frankfurt-based regulated exchange for the trading and settlement of digital assets operating under the European Union's DLT Regime. 21X has secured a licence to operate under that framework, making it the first fully regulated exchange of its kind under EU DLT Regime rules. The platform is built on a public permissionless blockchain and is designed to enable issuance, distribution, trading, and settlement of tokenised assets. In April 2026, Heinzle spoke at a Paris Blockchain Week breakfast event on the topic of products and opportunities on onchain rails.

Heinzle's career in financial services began in 2015 when he co-founded MEZZANY (OneCrowd Securities GmbH), a crowd-investing platform in Germany that reached a transaction volume of over €100 million and more than 90,000 registered users. In March 2017, he founded 21finance AG, a digital and regulated Marketplace as a Service platform for financial institutions, headquartered in Liechtenstein. He also became a founding member of the Institute for Value-based Enterprise (IVE) in Switzerland and serves as a founder and board member of Dcrypted AG, an investment company based in Liechtenstein. He founded 21X in 2023. Heinzle holds a Master of Science in Global Banking and Finance from the European School of Economics, London.

Tom Weber is Head of Customer Success at 21X, a Frankfurt-based fintech developing a DLT-powered trading and settlement system under the EU DLT Pilot Regime. He took up this role in October 2025. 21X operates within a regulated framework for tokenized financial instruments, with a platform that covers smart contract-based issuance, order matching, trading, and atomic settlement of tokenized assets on public blockchains.

Alongside his role at 21X, Weber has operated as an independent digital finance consultant since August 2022, focusing on DeFi, CBDC, and blockchain, as well as mobile payments solutions. Prior to that, he spent three and a half years at Tietoevry as a Senior Business Consultant in Payments and Cash Management, where he served as project manager in the e-krona CBDC pilot and contributed to business development within CBDC. He also developed strategies and provided advisory services for global and Nordic banks on payments and cash management. His total professional experience spans approximately 17 years.