The global financial landscape is undergoing a profound transformation. As digital assets and virtual currencies move from the periphery of experimental technology—long considered a “playground for nerds”—and to the core of institutional strategy, the ability to effectively manage these projects has become a critical competency for modern organizations. Real estate, receivables, carbon credits, and even intellectual property can be represented as digital tokens, enabling fractional ownership, secondary markets, and new financing structures. Digital Project Practice to Capitalize on Digital Assets and Virtual Currencies is a multidisciplinary roadmap for navigating this shift. Highlights include:

• AI-driven smart contracts and autonomous financial ecosystem
• The psychological effects of blockchain on human behavior
• Tokenized carbon credits powering a net-zero economy
• Deposit tokens, stablecoins, and the evolution of digital settlement
• Digital identity, hybrid governance, and the future of market access

With a nuanced look at digital assets and virtual currencies, the book moves beyond technical implementation to address socio-legal and strategic implications. Combining hands-on practical experience and academic inquiry, it explores managing digital projects that can create value and promote inclusive growth. It discusses the diverse components of the digital asset lifecycle to provide guidance needed for leading successful digital initiatives in an increasingly virtual economy. Digital assets are moving from expectations to production; in the future, the winners will not be the ones with the best ideas, but the ones who can execute a regulated transaction at scale. Whether it covers asset tokenization, currency management, or the underlying identity frameworks that secure them, the book provides the strategic clarity required for those leading the charge in the next generation of the digital economy.

Tobias Endress is Program Director at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) School of Management. He has over 20 years of professional experience in the digital project business and innovation management. His former (non-academic) roles include project manager, product owner, and business analyst.

He has completed professional training in banking and graduated in Computer Science and Business Administration at VWA Frankfurt/Main and in Business Economics at Avans+ in Breda (NL). He obtained a master’s degree in Leadership in Digital Communication at Berlin University of the Arts (UdK Berlin) and a doctorate in Business Administration at the University of Gloucestershire in Cheltenham (UK). He is a fellow of the EuroMed Academy of Business and director of the Startup Grind chapter in Bangkok.