Speakers

Co-Founder & CEO of Arch Lending. Arch Lending is a leading bitcoin-backed loans providers to both individuals and businesses in the U.S. as well as internationally. Dhruv's background is extensive in financial services, having previously been an early employee at Brex as well as a quant in the research department of Bridgewater Associates.

Chief Financial Officer for BTC Inc (2022 - present)

Dom Bei assisted the Santa Monica Firefighters in becomming the first union in the U.S. to hold bitcoin in self-custody, going on to assist dozens of unions and pension funds with Bitcoin adoption. He most recently ran for the CalPERS CA Pension Board and assisted rhe City of Santa Monica in adopting the first Municipal Bitcoin Office in the U.S.

Bitcoin is a peaceful revolution - stack it, mine it, hold it and be free.

I've been in crypto for a while and it's allowed me to practice medicine on my own terms. Through my efforts to practice DPC, I became completely orange pilled. I see bitcoin as freedom from fiat medicine and authoritarian control over bodies.

Drew is the Head of Strategic Initiatives at Cipher. He was also a founding partner of Pubkey. Previously Drew served as President & COO of Cathedra Bitcoin and was a founding member of Galaxy Digital Mining.

Design Engineer in the Home Mining Space
Duncan – aka “I Am GPIO”

Duncan Coombe is a design engineer and the creative force behind The Solo Mining Co' and multiple other Bitcoin-focused ventures. Known online as “I Am GPIO”, Duncan has been active in Bitcoin since 2011, building a reputation at the intersection of hardware design, mining innovation, and community engagement.

With a background in engineering and product design, Duncan specializes in creating bespoke Bitcoin mining hardware that blends performance, aesthetics, and usability for the home. His projects range from near-silent, decor-friendly solo miners to experimental concepts like mining-powered home heating solutions — all united by a focus on making Bitcoin mining more accessible, sustainable, and inspiring.

Through The Solo Mining Co' and collaborations with pioneers such as GekkoScience, OSMU, Altair Tech, ACS, and countless others, Duncan has helped shape the future of creative hardware design and individual sovereignty in mining. While his core drive is building and engineering, he also has a passion for teaching and training, helping others understand, build, and participate in the mining ecosystem.

Whether speaking as Duncan Coombe or under his moniker “I Am GPIO”, he brings together technical depth, entrepreneurial grit, and a commitment to empowering individuals to participate in Bitcoin mining on their own terms.

Efrat Fenigson is an independent journalist, public speaker and host of “You’re The Voice” podcast. Her path to sovereignty unfolded with the outbreak of Covid under her government’s overreach.
As a dissident voice, she writes on her blog & international magazines, covering freedom and sovereignty, growing global control, monetary changes, CBDC, Bitcoin, politics and propaganda, and is a critical voice of the Israeli government, including its response to Oct. 7th events, Covid, and other human rights violations.
Efrat is a former Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of global companies with a tech & marketing background of 20+ years, who was featured by The Wall Street Journal as one Israel’s 2022 top tech leaders.

Ekrem is one of the co-founders and Chief Scientist at Chainway Labs, building Citrea. He leads Clementine, a BitVM-based trust-minimized bridge.

Ella Hough works where Bitcoin meets people.

She is a Bitcoin Advocacy Associate at Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) and a Junior Fellow at Cornell University’s Brooks School Tech Policy Institute. She also co-founded the Bitcoin Students Network (501c4) and advises Generation Bitcoin (501c3), helping scale grassroots education worldwide.

A TEDx speaker and Cornell alumna, Ella’s honors thesis “Bitcoin: The Language for Discovering, Speaking, Settling, and Preserving Truth” positions Bitcoin as a protocol for truth and global coordination. At Cornell, she built the first-ever self-directed Bitcoin-focused major through the College Scholar Program, alongside studies in Cognitive Science, Business, Information Science (Networks, Crowds & Markets), and Moral Psychology, and founded the Cornell Bitcoin Club.

Her experience spans Bitcoin’s digital and physical layers, including roles at Galaxy (asset management, mining, research) and Gridless in Kenya. Previously, she worked on IBM Canada’s CSR team, managing STEM learning experiences for 75,000+ students.

Eric Hadley is the founder of Hyperdope and a systems designer focused on open, censorship-resistant infrastructure for humans and autonomous agents. After encountering moderation limits on mainstream platforms, he developed his own video delivery system with Bitcoin and Lightning-based content unlocks built on verifiable bearer-token patterns. With the acceleration of AI-assisted development, that experiment evolved into a fully integrated stack for independent publishing and machine-native payments. He open-sources practical patterns that help individuals build resilient systems without intermediaries.

Eric is a designer and builder of regenerative farm systems, and practices on his 200 acre homestead farm in Rainier, OR. His systems use cattle, pigs, trees, earthworks, and energy systems to grow fertility and productivity. Designs are made with a multi-generation mindset, with goals of implementing natural systems to create increasing abundance with decreasing inputs.
Eric operates Great Malus Beef to raise grass finished beef as a homestead staple food, and he markets the surplus by the quarter for local purchase and delivery. He has accepted Bitcoin payment since 2019, and is active within the Portland BitDevs community.
Eric evangelizes using Bitcoin as local currency. He helps beginners achieve their first transactions, and persuades investors to also move more of their daily financial life into Bitcoin.

Eric Yakes is the Founder and Managing Partner of Epoch - a bitcoin infrastructure focused venture capital firm. He left the world of distressed private equity buyouts to join the bitcoin revolution by authoring The 7th Property - a best selling new release and internationally published book on bitcoin. As a CFA charter holder, his thought leadership is focused on the financial community helping them understand the revolutionary investment characteristics of bitcoin. Eric is a founding member and board Chairman of The Space - a Denver based non-profit educating the masses on economics and bitcoin.

Erik Cason first started dabbling in Bitcoin in 2012, and in 2013 he joined Coinbase to help get Bitcoin in the hands of as many people as possible. After leaving Coinbase in 2017, he focused on writing essays on the social, political and philosophical aspects of Bitcoin. Today he is the co-founder of vora.io the first fiduciary AI designed for you to be loyal to you and only you.

Bitcoin design engineer and human rights foundation grantee working on Cashu.

Bitcoin maximalist since 2021. Focused on educating and empowering individuals to escape the thievery of the fiat monetary system via online and in-person teaching and mentoring. Expanding the Bitcoin ethos of the sovereign individual into the health and wellness space as a strength and conditioning specialist for women, and re-introducing the dignity of aging and dying through end-of-life planning as a death doula. Bitcoin gives us the tool to reclaim our time: it's what we do with that time that will change the world.

Erin Redwing is an astrologer focusing on Bitcoin and the technological changes arising in the Age of Aquarius. She is the co-host of Hell Money Podcast.

Ethan Marcus is the CEO of Flashnet, which he built as Bitcoin's first permissionless, non-custodial exchange infrastructure. Flashnet's APIs and SDKs let wallets, apps, and protocols offer Bitcoin-native swaps and liquidity without touching custody. He also created USDB, the first stablecoin native to Bitcoin, earning yield in BTC. Flashnet settles on Spark, the Bitcoin L2, and is backed by Craft Ventures, Abstract Ventures, and UTXO Management.

Evan Kaloudis is a software engineer and entrepreneur building tools at the frontier of Bitcoin and the Lightning Network. He’s best known as the founder and lead developer of ZEUS, a mobile, open-source Bitcoin wallet that empowers users with full self-custody, privacy, and node-level control.

With a background in cybersecurity and infrastructure engineering, Evan has spent the past several years focused on advancing self-sovereign finance. He is a vocal advocate for privacy-preserving, self-custodial technology and has been a prominent voice in defending open-source Bitcoin tools amid growing regulatory pressure.

Through ZEUS, Evan is pushing Bitcoin payments forward — making them more accessible while equipping users with tools that preserve their financial sovereignty.

Evan Mawarire is a Zimbabwean pastor and changemaker renowned for founding the #ThisFlag Citizen’s Movement, which mobilized millions to confront corruption, injustice, and poverty through peaceful protests. His movement’s work contributed to the ousting of dictator Robert Mugabe.
Despite facing multiple imprisonments, torture, assassination attempts and treason charges, which forced him into exile in the United States, Mawarire's courage and leadership have made him a symbol of hope and resilience.
Globally recognized, Evan has spoken at Yale, Harvard, the Oxford Union, the Atlantic Council, Exponential Global Conference and international forums like the Oslo Freedom Forum and the Geneva Summit for Human Rights & Democracy. He was named among Foreign Policy Magazine’s 100 Global Thinkers and awarded ‘African of the Year’ by South Africa’s Daily Maverick in 2016. Additionally, he was nominated for Sweden’s Per Anger Prize in 2018 for his advocacy work.
Evan Mawarire has been a visiting fellow of Stanford, Yale, Johns Hopkins, and the University of Pennsylvania, as well as the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). He serves on the advisory board of Yale University’s International Leadership Center, the board of Integrity Initiatives International and is a Senior Fellow at Renew Democracy Initiative. He is the author of Crazy Epic Courage – How a ‘Nobody’ Challenged Brutal Dictators and Moved a Nation, a memoir that shares his work and experiences.

Fabian works on Bitcoin Core but also supports other related Bitcoin open source projects. He is also researching protocol innovations enabled by Schnorr signatures such as CISA.

A trained lawyer turned Bitcoin enthusiast, he embarked on his crypto journey in 2017 with NiceHash. Over the past decade, he has tackled nearly every challenge the industry has faced—from navigating discussions with tax authorities and regulators to establishing AML frameworks and managing the fallout from security incidents. Having witnessed the industry’s transformation from its unregulated “wild west” days to today’s sophisticated financial markets with robust AML standards, he has remained deeply committed to its growth.

Francesca Failoni is Co-Founder and CFO of ALPS, a company operating at the intersection of Bitcoin, energy, and the infrastructure that powers the digital world. She focuses on the financial, strategic, and institutional side of the business, supporting the growth of projects that turn underutilized power into scalable computing capacity. Over the years, she has become a recognized female voice in Bitcoin and mining, speaking at conferences in Italy and around the world.

Hi, I'm Francis, a software engineer passionate about building practical tools with real-world impact. My projects, like Chain Duel, a Lightning-powered videogame, and PubPay, a simple way to split payments or receive donations via Nostr, explore the intersection of technology and decentralized money. I focus on creating projects that are not only useful, but also open-source and accessible to the wider community.
Beyond code, I contribute directly to Bitcoin adoption and education. You'll often find me traveling to conferences and communities around the world, bringing a positive energy to Bitcoin, Lightning, and Nostr education. Whether it's on stage, at the arcade machine, or in casual conversations, I help make complex ideas tangible and exciting. I see myself not only as a builder, but as an ambassador of permissionless tech, showing that Bitcoin can be powerful, practical, and fun.

I document Bitcoin adoption around the world, particularly in developing countries, via my work at Fedi, my work as a contributor to Bitcoin Magazine and Forbes Digital Assets, and my podcast, new renaissance capital.

Author of the book Bitcoin Circular Economies.
Cofounder of Bitcoin4Humanity, Bitcoin Institute of philosophy and economy (IFEB), La Bitcoineta and the Rootstock Bitcoin sidechain.

George Mekhail is the Managing Director of Bitcoin for Corporations at BTC Inc., author of I Am Not Your Bruh, and co-author of Thank God for Bitcoin. A passionate advocate for Bitcoin since 2017, George blends his experience in marketing, financial innovation, and community development to guide companies in thoughtfully integrating Bitcoin into their strategic operations, while also advocating for strong family dynamics at home.

Glenn Miller, Partner and Co-Chair, Affordable Housing and Community Development Practice at Katten, brings a creative approach to tax issues present in a wide range of domestic and international transactions. He has experience in multiple industries, including data centers, affordable housing, real estate investment trusts (REITs), undersea cables and cross-border real estate investments. He has particular experience structuring real estate investments by pension funds and REITs.

While at a previous Washington, DC, law firm in the 1990s and early 2000s (Swidler & Berlin, Chartered), Glenn worked at the cutting edge of the competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) boom, which culminated in the early Internet. Glenn (while then an associate) and his firm were involved with the acquisition of Internet pioneer UNET by MFS (later acquired by WorldCom) in 1996 and Glenn later structured the tax ownership of the early undersea cable systems for Global Crossing, MFS and Google (now Alphabet). Glenn has structured multiple data center land assemblages and has overseen data center or data center land sales to such parties as AWS, QTS, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company and others.

GMONEY is a Bitcoin Freedom Cyberpunk committed to the ideals of privacy, sovereignty, and economic freedom. A digital revolutionary advocating for the use of Bitcoin as CYBERPOWER to disrupt institutions, traditional financial systems and empower individuals.

Graham Krizek is the Founder and CEO of Voltage, one of the largest Bitcoin Payments Platforms. Before starting Voltage, Graham has been working on Bitcoin for over a decade and also worked for organizations like Salesforce. Today, Voltage has become the go-to provider for businesses that leverage Bitcoin in their products. Graham leads a global team to service the best brands in the Bitcoin ecosystem.

Grant McCarty is the Co-Founder of the Bitcoin Policy Institute. BPI is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization researching the policy and societal implications of Bitcoin and emerging monetary networks. It advocates for sound policy at the federal level and has grown to a team of over 40 people, making it the largest cryptocurrency think tank in the country.

Before founding BPI, Grant built an education startup dedicated to reducing inequity in college admissions and then led the public policy team at BTC Inc. He received his undergraduate degree in History and Political Science from the University of Alabama and his MBA from Johns Hopkins University.

Greg Carson is a frequent contributor, lecturer and speaker on events about investing in the digital asset ecosystem and negotiation technique. He has spoken on these subjects at several global conferences including Super Venture, Wyoming Blockchain Symposium, CFC St Moritz, Bitcoin 2021-2025, MCC, Davos, Uncorrelated Alts, Horizon events and even at his Alma Mater, the Wharton School of Business. Greg has a decade as a tech founder, a decade of experience in investment banking and strategy, and is rounding out his first decade in venture capital. Humla Ventures operates in the top decile of venture returns and is one of the top global emerging managers in the space. Greg is a dedicated father snowboarder, sportsman, reader/writer, dance teacher and tai chi.

UK national, based in the UAE for 10 years. Having attended and had poor experiences at crypto events in the region, Gregg reached out to BTC Inc in 2022 to bring the Bitcoin Conference to Abu Dhabi. Using the landmark success of the inaugural Bitcoin MENA conference in 2024 as a launchpad, Gregg is now working on a bigger and better Bitcoin MENA 2025 along with launching Bitcoin Magazine, Bitcoin for Corporations and UTXO Managment into the GCC region. Yacht Captain by trade, Bitcoiner by nature.

Dr. Jörg Guido Hülsmann is a Senior Fellow of the Mises Institute, member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, and a corresponding member of the Pontifical Academy for Life. He is a professor of economics at the University of Angers, where he directs the Master in Law and Finance and codirects the double bachelor program in Law and Economics. He teaches classes on macroeconomics, money, banking, and finance. Dr. Hülsmann is the author of Abundance, Generosity, and the State (2023), Krise der Inflationskultur (2013), The Ethics of Money Production (2008), and Mises: The Last Knight of Liberalism (2007). His books and articles have been translated into twenty languages. His current research focuses on the political economy of financial markets, as well as on the theory of money and banking.

Hailey Lennon has be a practicing attorney in the bitcoin space since 2015. She brings extensive experience in fintech and cryptocurrency law, having advised on complex regulatory frameworks across both private practice and in-house roles.

Most recently, Ms. Lennon served as General Counsel of Fold and helped take the company public in February 2025. Prior to joining Fold, Lennon was a corporate partner in Brown Rudnick’s Digital Commerce group, advising clients on regulatory compliance involving FinCEN, OFAC, the CFTC, and the SEC. Before that, she served as regulatory counsel at leading crypto platforms Coinbase and bitFlyer and crypto bank Silvergate Bank. At Coinbase, she managed regulatory relationships with federal and state agencies, led securities law analyses for digital assets, helped launch Coinbase’s margin product in 23 states, and worked closely with the NYDFS on BitLicense and Trust Company oversight. At bitFlyer, she oversaw U.S. expansion, obtained 33 money transmitter licenses and the third ever New York Bitlicense, and led the company’s BSA/AML program. Earlier in her career, she has also served as board secretary for the Virtual Commodity Association, supporting the development of industry-led self-regulation.

Lennon is a recognized voice in the bitcoin space, frequently speaking at major conferences and contributing to outlets like Forbes and Bitcoin Magazine.

Halston Valencia is a Bitcoin marketer at Bitcoin Well and a co-founder of BOLT, a newsletter and platform helping people understand the global monetary shift through tools, dashboards, and applied analysis. She discovered Bitcoin in college through her interest in economics and monetary systems. Beyond her professional role, Halston actively studies Bitcoin education, corporate Bitcoin treasuries, and the financial infrastructure emerging around Bitcoin, while remaining a strong advocate for self-custody and cold storage. She is passionate about translating complex macro and monetary dynamics into practical understanding for the next generation.

Harry Sudock is the chief business officer at CleanSpark (CLSK), where he oversees investor relations and strategic communications, provides sector leadership, and plays a key role in the development and implementation of the broader corporate strategy. He previously served as CleanSpark’s senior vice president and chief strategy officer for GRIID, where he joined in 2018 as the first employee. Harry was responsible for the development and execution of GRIID’s corporate strategy initiatives to drive growth and improve business performance. He worked closely with the management team to identify, analyze, and resolve challenges and capitalize on new growth opportunities. Harry earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Bates College in Maine.

Harsha Goli is the Founder & CEO of Magnolia, the first Bitcoin-native Bank-as-a-Service platform in the US. Previously an engineer at Fold (NASDAQ: FLD), Lightning Labs, and BitPay, Harsha has spent over a decade building Bitcoin infrastructure — from Lightning payment channels to compliance systems spanning all 50 US states.

Author • Innovator • Energy & Bitcoin Pioneer

Harvey Blom is a leading expert at the intersection of renewable energy and Bitcoin infrastructure. With over a decade of strategic leadership in energy, blockchain, and digital innovation, Harvey has become a recognized voice shaping the future of sustainable Bitcoin mining. His work centers on unlocking the synergy between clean power solutions and decentralized finance to create resilient, scalable, and environmentally responsible Bitcoin ecosystems.

As a senior strategist with GRN Energy, Harvey drives initiatives that integrate green energy systems with high-performance Bitcoin mining infrastructure. His deep understanding of power markets, energy optimization, and digital asset economics enables him to architect solutions that reduce environmental impact while maximizing ROI for industrial-scale mining operations.

Harvey is the author of The Bitcoin Mining Book—a comprehensive guide bridging technical, economic, and energy-centric perspectives of Bitcoin mining. His accessible insights have empowered professionals across finance, energy, and technology sectors to navigate the emerging Bitcoin economy with clarity and confidence.

An inventor and builder at heart, Harvey created the Bitcoin ROI Calculator, a widely used tool that demystifies mining economics by enabling operators and investors to model profitability with precision. His analytical tools have become benchmarks for transparency and efficiency in mining project planning.

Harvey is also the co-founder of BitcoinAwards.io, a platform celebrating excellence and innovation across the global Bitcoin community. Through highlighting impact and leadership, the initiative accelerates adoption and recognizes pioneers who are pushing the boundaries of the Bitcoin ecosystem.

Blending strategic vision with practical execution, Harvey Blom continues to lead the charge toward a future where Bitcoin and renewable energy work hand-in-hand to power the next generation of digital and decentralized infrastructure.

Heather Keys is a hypnotherapy specialist, transformational coach, and host of the podcast Unhypnotized. For more than fifteen years she has worked with individuals navigating deep personal transformation, facilitating over 8,000 client sessions focused on breaking unconscious patterns and reclaiming inner authority.

Her work explores the intersection of psychology, consciousness, and sovereignty. Drawing from hypnosis, astrology, and past life regression practices, Heather helps individuals understand how karmic patterns, life purpose, and deeply rooted beliefs shape the challenges they encounter in life.

In recent years she has become increasingly involved in the Bitcoin community, where she examines how the discovery of sound money often triggers a broader awakening in how people think about truth, responsibility, and long-term thinking. Through her podcast Unhypnotized, she hosts conversations with entrepreneurs, educators, and thought leaders exploring how cultural systems influence human wellbeing and how individuals can reclaim sovereignty in both their inner lives and therefore, the external systems they participate in.

Heather is the creator of the Proof of Mind framework, which connects the inner hero's journey of personal transformation with Bitcoin principles. Her work bridges personal growth, spiritual inquiry, and the rapidly evolving global conversation around sound money.

Hector is a former university professor with over 20 years experience as an educator and industry executive. He is a member of the Board of Directors at Mi Primer Bitcoin and previously helped develop curriculum for both their flagship Bitcoin Diploma and Bitcoin for Organizations programs. He currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer at Rhino Bitcoin, a Bitcoin-only financial services platform focused on helping educate and assist clients along each step of their Bitcoin journey.

Bitcoin Support Specialist at Coinkite

HodlTarantula (HT), off-grid Bitcoin miner and infrastructure builder focused on turning wasted and stranded energy into sovereign computing power. Since 2017 deploying rugged, field-built mining operations across the U.S., specializing in flare gas mitigation and remote energy sites where traditional infrastructure doesn’t reach. My work is about proving that Bitcoin mining can clean up emissions, create rural jobs, and convert wasted energy into hard money security for the Bitcoin network. Through my venture, Sovereign Hybrid Compute, I’m building decentralized off-grid compute infrastructure for Bitcoin, AI, and sovereign data systems. My philosophy is simple: proof-of-work is our law, and the frontier of energy and computing is being rebuilt in the field.

Hunter is the Chief Revenue Officer of SALT Lending, one of the earliest Bitcoin-backed lending platforms, and co-author of the upcoming book - The Bitcoin Advantage. A systems engineer by training with a Ph.D. in optimization and AI from the University of Virginia, he has held senior leadership roles at global banks include Barclays, HBOS, and MasterCard, founded and advised multiple startups, and worked internationally across Europe and the U.S. Hunter has been active in Bitcoin education through the University of Colorado Blockchain Alliance, IEEE blockchain initiatives, and the CryptoCurrency Certification Consortium (C4), and he frequently speaks at global Bitcoin conferences on innovation in Bitcoin-backed finance and financial sovereignty.

Author of BIP 360, a proposal to make Bitcoin more quantum-resistant, Senior Protocol Engineer for the Anduro sidechain platform incubated by MARA. CTO for BitVault, a time-delay multisig wallet designed to help resist physical attacks.

Igor Istratov leads Digital Assets Product at Fifth Third Bank, overseeing the design and delivery of secure, compliant, and intuitive digital‑asset products. His remit spans stablecoins, digital‑asset custody, and stablecoin‑based cross‑border payments. Previously, he led SoFi’s Crypto business and held product and leadership roles at Digital Asset and J.P. Morgan, scaling blockchain solutions globally.

Isabel Foxen Duke is the Host of Bitcoin Rails—a podcast on X covering up-and-coming “Bitcoin Season II” technologies. She formerly managed communications for both the Ordinals and BRC20 core protocols and is a GP in the Bitcoin-native assets fund, Unbroken Chain.

Since the launch of Ordinals, she's advised protocol teams throughout the Bitcoin L2, metaprotocol and ZKP/BitVM spaces with a focus on technical communications and community education. She currently acts as a communications advisor to both Domo (Creator or BRC20) and Robin Linus (creator of BitVM), and is a co-author of BIP 360.

Isabella Santos is a Bitcoin circular-economy builder, storyteller, and founder based on Isla Mujeres, Mexico.
She is the creator of BTC Isla, a real-world experiment proving that Bitcoin adoption must be bottom-up — not top-down. Through merchant onboarding, education programs, a Bitcoin Café, and on-the-ground storytelling, she documents what it actually looks like to build a parallel economy from scratch.
Isabella is also the co-founder of Get Based, a media company producing high-impact Bitcoin content and short-form tutorials for sovereign brands. Her work blends investigative storytelling, street interviews, and narrative-driven documentaries designed to wake people up from the fiat system.
Her focus isn’t price.
It’s sovereignty.
She believes Bitcoin is:
• a tool for saving human time and energy
• a hedge against systemic fragility
• a foundation for parallel systems
• and a bridge to healthier, freer communities
On Isla Mujeres, she has helped onboard dozens of merchants, organized Bitcoin meetups and retreats, and built a local ecosystem where people can earn, save, and spend in sats.
Her mission:
Prove that Bitcoin works — not on paper, but in real life.

Jake is the co-founder and CEO of Bridger, a Bitcoin mining company that specializes in partnering with nations to identify and monetize their wasted or stranded energy. Prior to Bridger, Jake worked for the U.S. Department of Defense conducting training and military cooperation assistance in Central Asia, Europe and Africa.

Jake Claver is CEO & Principal of Digital Ascension Group and founder of Digital Wealth Partners, a digital-asset focused RIA, and leads Syndicately. A recognized expert in blockchain and Web3 adoption, he helps family offices reimagine wealth strategy, advising elite clients through a multi-family office model that integrates planning, governance, and next-generation investment frameworks. Jake is a frequent industry speaker, has been featured in major outlets including Bloomberg and MarketWatch, and is co-author of the bestselling book Wealth in Numbers. For more, visit jakeclaver.com.

Former Core dev: assumeutxo, OP_VAULT, CTV

During the pandemic James published the first book to Bitcoin, I Know This Sounds Crazy, the only novel set in the Epsteinverse of the late ‘90s and early ‘00s. His subsequent book, also on chain, was the acclaimed Human Forever: The Digital Politics of Spiritual War, available exclusively for Bitcoin at Canonic.xyz. He has advocated for the right to compute, including the rights to mine, hold, and use Bitcoin, before the US Senate and in the New York Times, and is currently at work on a stealth Bitcoin fund project.

James Stephens is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Krown Technologies and the architect behind Krown Network, a quantum-secured Layer-1 blockchain ecosystem built to protect decentralized finance and digital infrastructure in the emerging post-quantum era. He is also the inventor and visionary behind Qastle Wallet, the world’s first truly quantum-secured hot wallet, designed to safeguard Bitcoin and other digital assets using next-generation cryptographic protections and quantum-grade security technologies.

Through Krown Network, James is leading the development of one of the industry’s most ambitious blockchain ecosystems—known as Camelot—integrating decentralized finance, digital payments, trading infrastructure, analytics, Web3 social platforms, and digital asset management tools into a unified platform built for global adoption.

He is widely recognized for his work advancing blockchain security at a time when emerging quantum computing capabilities threaten traditional cryptographic systems. His work focuses on integrating post-quantum cryptography and quantum-generated randomness into blockchain infrastructure to help ensure the long-term protection of digital assets and decentralized networks.

He is the author of the forthcoming book Quantum Reckoning: Securing Blockchain & DeFi in the Post-Quantum Era, which examines how quantum computing will reshape global cryptography and financial systems while outlining the urgent need for quantum-resilient blockchain infrastructure.

James is a member and contributor to the Forbes Technology Council, holds CORCI and CBE credentials from the McAfee Institute and the International Blockchain Council, and is a Certified Cryptocurrency Forensic Investigator (CCFI). A board-certified blockchain expert and crypto forensic auditor, he has a professional background in blockchain analysis, cryptography, digital asset investigations, Web3 architecture, and financial security systems.

As CEO of Krown Technologies, Stephens has led the development of a growing portfolio of blockchain technologies designed to accelerate the adoption of decentralized systems, including platforms for decentralized finance, digital payments, blockchain analytics, and secure digital asset storage. His work centers on building scalable blockchain infrastructure with real-world utility while prioritizing security, transparency, and long-term resilience.

At the Bitcoin 2026 Conference, James will share insights on the post-quantum future of blockchain security, the risks quantum computing poses to current cryptographic standards, and the journey behind building Krown Network and Qastle Wallet to help secure the next generation of global digital finance.

Janessa Lopez is the Head of Digital Assets Policy at Block, a global technology company made up of Square, Cash App, Afterpay, TIDAL, Bitkey, and Proto. She is a strategic public policy leader with more than a decade of experience at the intersection of financial services and emerging technology, advocating for pro-innovation frameworks at the state, federal, and global level. Prior to this role, she worked at Gemini, where she helped build-out a government relations and public policy function for one of the world’s leading crypto exchanges. Before fully entering the fintech space, Janessa built her career in Washington, DC, serving as a Senior Policy Advisor in both the House of Representatives and the United States Senate.

Janice McAfee is a fierce advocate for privacy, personal liberty, and a decentralized future. As the wife and partner of the late cybersecurity pioneer John McAfee, Janice saw first hand the needs of people for Bitcoin, privacy, and freedom.

Janusz is a bitcoin researcher focused on L2s. He is the creator of Bitcoin Layers and is now the CEO of (π)→✦, a company focused on bitcoin, zero-knowledge cryptography, and user-owned software.

Jan Warmus is an experienced Business Development Executive with over 7 years of experience in the cryptocurrency and Bitcoin mining space. Currently serving as Partnerships Director at EMCD, he specializes in building international sales teams, developing go-to-market strategies for crypto products, and has successfully managed millions in Bitcoin-related sales across European markets, making him a recognized expert at the intersection of traditional finance and digital asset mining.

Jason Fang is a prominent figure driving Bitcoin adoption in Asia, where he leads corporate Bitcoin treasury strategies across both public markets and venture capital. He is the Founder and Managing Partner of Sora Ventures, an Asia-based web3 venture fund with a Bitcoin-focused thesis, bridging Web3 innovation and traditional finance. He founded Sora Ventures in 2018 and has since deployed over $100M across 150+ Web3 companies, with a focus on infrastructure, capital markets, and institutional Bitcoin adoption.

Jason currently serves as Chairman & Co-CEO of Asia Strategy (NASDAQ: SORA), Chairman of Bitplanet Inc. (KOSDAQ: 049470), Chairman of Moon Inc. (HKG: 1723), and was previously a board member of Metaplanet (TYO: 3350), dubbed the “MicroStrategy of Japan.” These roles place Jason at the center of a growing movement to institutionalize Bitcoin across the region.

Earlier in his career, Jason was an investor at Fenbushi Capital and contributed to Ethereum research at Wanxiang Blockchain Labs. With a background in economics, business law, and experience as a full-stack iOS developer, he brings rare technical and financial fluency to his work in driving institutional crypto adoption.

Jason is the founder of Bathhouse, a modern wellness company operating "anti-spa" thermal cycling facilities in New York City, with expansion underway across major U.S. markets. A long-term proponent of Bitcoin and sound money, his interest in mining deepened in 2020 when widespread economic shutdowns signaled to him that significant inflation was on the horizon. As he studied mining, Jason recognized that miners produce enormous amounts of heat as a byproduct — nearly all of it dumped as waste — while his own business was spending heavily on energy to generate that very same heat for saunas and pools. This insight led him to implement Bitcoin mining on-site at Bathhouse locations, capturing the waste heat to warm their pools and turning a cost center into a dual-purpose asset. Jason sits at the rare intersection of proof-of-work mining and commercial thermal energy demand, building a real-world model for productive Bitcoin heat reuse.

Jayson Browder
Senior Vice President of Government Affairs and Corporate Responsibility

Jayson is the Senior Vice President of Government Affairs at MARA, a global leader in digital asset compute and largest publicly traded bitcoin miner. He is a committed public servant, bringing close to two decades of experience in governmental and non-governmental work. A trained United States Air Force engineer, he has spent the last 13 years post-military service managing projects and developing policy covering Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Eurasia, Central America, and Mexico. Jayson has served in the White House, U.S. State Department, USAID, and on Capitol Hill. He is an Iraq veteran and a U.S. Fulbright Scholar to Turkey. Jayson holds a Global Executive M.P.A. from New York University and University College London. He was awarded 40 Under 40 at the Middle East Policy Council and 40 Under 40 Latinos in Foreign Policy at New America, Diversity in National Security Network, and Huffington Post.

Jay spent over a decade in financial leadership & operational management. After mining personally for 5 years, Jay cofounded SATOKIE with the goal to bring operational excellence and build a best-in-class service offering to the bitcoin mining industry. Before starting SATOKIE, Jay served as CFO of a $150MM revenue organization, managing complex portfolios & ensuring regulatory compliance.

Founder, BitDevs

Jeff Gardner is a Nostr developer focused on freedom tech. He is the creator of the Marmot protocol, which brings together the MLS protocol and Nostr's decentralized network to enable highly efficient and secure group communications. He is founder of White Noise, an end-to-end encrypted messaging app using Marmot, and is a founding member of And Other Stuff, a Nostr & Bitcoin builder collective. His work is supported by grants from the Human Rights Foundation and OpenSats.

Jeff Park is a Partner and the Chief Investment Officer, responsible for leading its investment and capital markets strategy, portfolio construction and risk management.

Before joining ProCap Financial, Mr. Park was the Head of Alpha Strategies and Portfolio Manager at Bitwise Asset Management, one of the world’s largest crypto-specialist asset managers. Prior to Bitwise, he was a Partner at Corbin Capital Partners, a multi-billion alternative asset management firm that specializes in multi-strategy hedge fund and opportunistic credit investing, where he led the firm’s digital asset investing efforts.

He is a graduate of Stanford University with a B.A. in Economics and International Relations.

FinTax offers crypto accounting suite, tax calculator and professional tax consulting services.

Jeffrey Thomas brings his global, four-decade career spanning technology, logistics, digital infrastructure, and public-sector innovation to CleanSpark as the company’s SVP of AI data centers. He is responsible for guiding the company’s expansion into the next era of high-performance computing and architecting a robust digital infrastructure platform powered by resilient, optimally efficient data centers. Prior to joining CleanSpark, Thomas served as President of AI data centres for Humain (The Future AI Company), where he oversaw the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’ $68 billion AI infrastructure program and lead executive engagement with global hyperscale and technology partners. Widely recognized for anticipating and shaping emerging data-driven industries, he has led or contributed to 19 startups, acquisitions, and restructurings generating over $12 billion in value. Thomas established the Corsham Institute, a renowned non-profit think tank examining the societal impacts of the digital age and producing influential policy work that joins together global thought leaders. He attended the University of East London and is currently working towards a PhD in infrastructure economics.

Mr. Vandrew is the Chief Financial Officer & Chief Legal Officer for Unchained, and a Board Member at its Gannett Trust Company subsidiary. He is a licensed attorney, a certified public accountant, and a certified financial planner. Before joining Unchained, he spent 14 years in private law practice as a Managing Member of Vandrew LLC, a boutique law firm. Mr. Vandrew joined Unchained through the acquisition of his company, KeyKeeper IRA (now Unchained IRA), in 2021.

Mr. Vandrew earned his Juris Doctor in Law from Rutgers Law School and and Bachelor of Arts from Rutgers University. He is a Floridian.

Jennifer Harding-Marlin is a Canadian-Caribbean attorney, entrepreneur, and global mobility strategist specializing in Bitcoin-aligned citizenship, residency, and asset-protection frameworks.

As Founder and Managing Director of JH Marlin Law, she advises Bitcoin founders, early adopters, and internationally mobile families on jurisdictional strategy, second citizenship, residency planning, and long-term sovereign risk mitigation. She has advised some of the earliest participants in the Bitcoin ecosystem and helped the world’s first Bitcoin investor design and implement a multi-jurisdictional passport portfolio as part of a long-term sovereignty and risk-mitigation strategy.

JH Marlin Law actively operates and maintains strategic partnerships across the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, and the Pacific.

Jeremy is the author of CTV, a proposal to expand smart contract functionality on Bitcoin. Jeremy is a startup founder and a Bitcoin Core Developer.

Jeremy Singer is currently the High Performance Computing (HPC) Systems manager at ExxonMobil, responsible for a portfolio of supercomputing assets and mission driven algorithms at scale. In addition to HPC, Jeremy is also active in market development of ExxonMobil Data Center cooling fluids as well as Venture execution of Low Carbon Data Center assets. Jeremy is passionate about bitcoin and open source computing projects.

Jesse brings over a decade of experience in communications and public affairs, including advising prominent industry clients. Jesse previously worked with some of the world’s largest miners and several payments and financial services companies.

Jesse Shrader is the CEO and Co-Founder of Amboss Technologies, a leading AI-powered payments infrastructure provider for Bitcoin's Lightning Network. Founded in 2021 and distributed across 10 countries, Amboss builds the tools that power real-time, low-cost transactions at scale, from agentic payments to enterprise compliance solutions.

Jethro Toro is a Bitcoin media and events professional in El Salvador. He cofounded the Economía Bitcoin conference in Berlín focused on growing circular economies, and he has been an emcee at multiple other events, including Bitcoin Histórico and the Max and Stacy Golf Invitational.

Jethro also hosts the Bitcoin Country Podcast, where he highlights the most interesting people and projects visiting and working on hyperbitcoinization in El Salvador.

Bitcoin enthusiast and community builder. Co-founder of Orange Pill Peru, organizer of Bitcoin Charlotte, HODLween, and Bitcoin markets in Charlotte, NC, Motiv Peru Ambassador. Known for bringing the heat (literally) to Bitcoiners worldwide with Delgado’s Fuego hot sauce. Stacking sats, spreading adoption, and adding spice—one block at a time. ₿

A successful business owner and former Governor of West Virginia, Senator Justice possesses a deep understanding of job creation and economic growth. His extensive experience in these areas allows him to foster a business-friendly environment, attract investments, and create opportunities that drive prosperity for the state and its residents.

In 2015, Senator Justice was elected the 36th Governor of West Virginia. He won with a broad coalition of support from Democrats, Republicans, and Independents. In November 2020, Senator Justice won a second term, earning more votes than any Republican incumbent Governor in state history.

During his tenure as Governor of West Virginia, Senator Justice led the state through an era of unprecedented change, driving significant progress in economic development, infrastructure, education, and overall growth.

As Senator, Senator Justice serves on the Senate Agriculture Committee, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, the Senate Small Business Committee, and the Senate Aging Committee.

Asia’s fastest growing physical Bitcoin community

As co-chair of the Amundsen Davis Cryptocurrency, Blockchain and FinTech Service Group, Joe has experience in all aspects of the digital asset space. Joe has been an active investor and proponent of Bitcoin since 2015. Joe provides practical and legal knowledge to individuals and companies on regulatory compliance and custodial solutions for digital assets for the last several years. He advises crypto startups and handles disputes involving cryptocurrency exchanges. Joe closely studies the nascent field of litigation and discovery involving digital assets. He is prepared to help clients navigate the full range of complex and evolving issues in the field. Joe shares a passion for the technology driving global adoption of cryptocurrency and is a frequent speaker on digital asset regulations, capital markets, payment systems, Bitcoin, blockchain technology, and “DeFi.”

Joe has served as an adjunct professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law, teaching trial advocacy. He also coaches Chicago-Kent’s nationally ranked Trial Advocacy Team.

Joseph Kelly is the co-founder and CEO of Unchained, a bitcoin-focused financial services company offering custody, lending, and IRA products.

Johann Kerbrat is the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Crypto and International at Robinhood. Johann joined Robinhood to support the company in its mission to democratize finance for all and open up access to crypto to everyday investors. Prior to joining Robinhood, he held engineering roles at Airbnb, privacy-focused cryptocurrency startup Iron Fish, and founded an e-commerce and payments platform company. Johann grew up in Nice, France and holds an MSc in Software Engineering from Oxford Brookes University.

John is the founder of My First Bitcoin, the world's largest bitcoin education non-profit, working with educators in over 40 nations around the world.

John’s visionary leadership shines through in the development of BitcoinDay Naples, and other BitcoinDay events in Florida. With a strong network of experts and innovative companies in the local Bitcoin ecosystem, John is known for his ability to forge collaboration and inspire innovation. Additionally, John is VP at Curated Mining, a Naples-based Bitcoin mining company, and also leads a vibrant meetup group of over 600 members, demonstrating his commitment to community development and the balance of professional success with Naples culture.

John Paul is the CEO of Aurum Capital Ventures Inc., a modular data center company that has generated over $100 million in revenue in recent years. He has led the development of fifteen modular data center facilities and worked directly with hundreds of landowners, zoning boards, and local officials to bring new infrastructure and tax base to communities across the Midwest.

A recognized expert in large power loads and grid strategy, John Paul consults for major enterprises and has served as an expert witness on the siting of large data center loads. He has deep experience in the MISO and SPP power markets, including bilateral settlement agreements for electricity, and has helped utilities design market-based rates and Demand Response programs that align data centers with grid reliability and economics.

An entrepreneur since age 15, when he launched a robotics camp, John Paul has gone on to build three businesses, including Aurum, originally founded in 2016 as MiningStore. He has been involved in Bitcoin mining since the asset traded near $70 per coin and now advises Fortune 1000 companies entering the mining and digital infrastructure space. Combining energy-market fluency with hands-on development experience, John Paul is helping define the next generation of modular, energy-efficient data centers in the United States.

Jonathan serves on Brink's board and brings experience administering the BitMEX Open Source Developer Grant Program. He has authored two books: The Blocksize War and Reckless: The Story Of Cryptocurrency Interest Rates. He has also written a series of research articles for BitMEX

Jonathan is also an advisor to Bitwise and a chartered accountant, having started his career at KPMG in London.

co-founder Ten31. Have invested +$200mm into bitcoin related companies and freedom tech from early stage start-ups to public credit markets.

Jon has been working to integrate bitcoin into healthcare for the past 4 years. After leading business development for CrowdHealth, Jon went on to help doctors, dentists and ecommerce businesses adopt a bitcoin strategy. In early 2025, Jon teamed up with another healthcare veteran, Stu Lackey, to launch SOUND HSA, the first bitcoin health savings platform. SOUND HSA facilitates individual health savings accounts and a wellness program - move to earn - for companies to offer sats for steps to their people to improve health and encourage bitcoin education.

SOUND HSA also enables individuals to save step data to Nostr, and is moving towards decentralizing health data. Jon serves on the board of the Bitcoin Physicians Network. Jon is also a co-founder of NosFabrica, building web of trust tooling on Nostr.

Jon has been studying bitcoin for 5+ years and is an active leader in the Chicago bitcoin community. A certified yoga teacher, Jon believes bitcoin is the best form of money humans have ever discovered and has written extensively on the connection between bitcoin and yoga. He's currently manifesting hyperbitcoinization...

Jordan Guess is a CPA and a Partner at Satoshi Pacioli, a Bitcoin-focused CPA firm, and Bitment, an AI-native Bitcoin accounting and tax platform. At Satoshi Pacioli, Jordan leads a team of eleven serving Bitcoiners and Bitcoin businesses with tax strategy, compliance, and cost-basis tracking, from individual holders to mining operations. With Bitment, he co-built purpose-built software that brings AI and automation to Bitcoin accounting workflows, including IRS-compliant data pipelines and local LLM tooling deployed in production.

Jordan operates at the intersection of Bitcoin, AI, and professional accounting as a practitioner who builds and ships the tools his own firm runs on daily. He speaks on Bitcoin tax and compliance, AI adoption for CPAs, and what it takes to build real infrastructure for a Bitcoin-native economy.

Jordan is an educator empowering creators and solopreneurs to build with agentic AI. His journey began two decades ago in the pursuit of individual freedom, inevitably leading him to Bitcoin and even a year of documenting entrepreneur life in El Salvador. That experience made him realize that true sovereignty requires reclaiming control over both money *and* time.

Today, Jordan teaches how to leverage AI agents to unlock that control and harness unprecedented levels of productivity, creativity, and autonomy. He shares how to build self-owned digital ventures, using AI to build & explore while anchoring one's financial freedom in Bitcoin's permissionless design.

I learned about bitcoin many years ago and am impressed with its growing influence and global acceptance.

Dr. Hendrickson is a professor of economics and chair of the Department of Economics at the University of Mississippi. He is a senior fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute, a senior fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research’s Sound Money Project, a senior affiliate scholar at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, and serves on the board of the Mississippi Council on Economic Education. Hendrickson’s research focuses on the intersection of monetary theory and political economy. He has written extensively on the political economy of bitcoin. He has published articles in scholarly journals such as the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Macroeconomic Dynamics, the Journal of Macroeconomics, Economic Inquiry, Economics and Politics, and Contemporary Economic Policy.

Julian is the host and creator of the Exit Manual - a weekly, educational & comedic dive into the Bitcoin revolution and the Gen Z renaissance.

Justin Dorey is a former Olympic free-skier turned Bitcoin maximalist with a background in brand strategy and management consulting at Deloitte. His interest political economy and counter-cultural movements led him to Bitcoin. Since then, he has dedicated his career to contributing to the movement in any way he can.

Previous BD, Education, and Marketing at Unchained. Passionate about individual freedom and self custody.

Cofounded Fedi, Austin Bitdevs

Kara Calvert has been at the intersection of public policy and the innovation industry for over 20 years. She is currently the Vice President of US Policy for Coinbase, the largest crypto exchange in the United States, and works with lawmakers, regulators, and the crypto community across the country to advocate for sensible crypto policy.
Kara began her career in Washington working for U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY). Most recently, she was a partner at the Franklin Square team, where she represented the world’s most innovative and impactful technology companies for 13 years. Prior to her time at the Franklin Square Group, Kara worked for the Information Technology Industry Council.

As a CEO of Plan B passport Katie helps Bitcoiners from all over the world to obtain a second citizenship for their benefit.
Mother of two. Former pro-sailor.

As the founder of Branta, Keith is pioneering the pre-payment verification layer of Bitcoin payments. After asking himself about how his Bitcoin could be stolen, the idea for Branta emerged.

Branta enables sending Bitcoin with absolute certainty; confirming counterparty addresses without revealing sensitive data. Branta’s triangulated security model adds an independent verification layer that eliminates the threat of address-swap and man-in-the-middle attacks.

Branta supports ecommerce, remittances, OTC, and wallet infrastructure.

Prior to founding Branta, Keith was a software engineer at Bloomberg. Keith loves coffee, cigars, surfing and boxing.

Kellie is a Vitality Architect and Executive Coach, transforming people and businesses from functioning to flourishing. She integrates the principles of Bitcoin into how we live and work to design breakthrough results as an output of thriving.

She is also on a mission to integrate Bitcoin mining into oil and gas operations. A former BP executive (with experience at Shell and ExxonMobil too!) who's operated major fields in Alaska, Oman, and Iraq, she sees the marriage of the two industries as inevitable and is working to accelerate it.

Kellie is committed to helping Bitcoiners amplify their lives beyond the financial realm, using Bitcoin to create richness across the spectrum.

Ken's Bitcoin journey started while in government service. He served as a Senior Operations Officer at the Central Intelligence Agency. He retired from federal service in September 2022 following two decades of combined service at CIA and the Department of State. He has long professional expertise working on Middle East and East Asia issues, including assignments at CIA’s Center for Cyber Intelligence (CCI). Prior to retiring, Ken served as the Deputy Chief of Operations at CCI. What began as a professional interest evolved into a deeply held conviction that a Bitcoin-enabled future represents the most promising path toward a free and peaceful world.

Kent Halliburton began his career transforming the energy landscape through rooftop solar, pioneering the first residential power purchase agreement, and driving innovation in distributed energy. Recognizing similar disruptive potential in Bitcoin, he now serves as CEO and Co-Founder of Sazmining.

Sazmining's Bitcoin Mining as a Service provides clients direct access to the Bitcoin network, allowing them to mine "wild sats" without relying on exchanges. Driven by renewable energy and fully aligned with client success, Sazmining is redefining the future of sustainable, purpose-driven Bitcoin mining.

Mr. Kelly is the Founder and CEO of Kelly Intelligence, an investment management and intelligence firm that seeks to bring cutting-edge ETFs.

He is the Portfolio Manager of Amplify's Bitcoin Option Income ETFs (https://amplifyetfs.com/bitcoin-income) where he seeks to monetize Bitcoin's volatility. Kelly Intelligence is the sub-advisor to the Amplify ETFs.

Kevin Kelly has been advocating for Bitcoin since 2017, appearing in several major media outlets including Bloomberg, Fox Business, and Fox News. Most notably, in a 2017 discussion on Fox Business with former U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commissioner Bart Chilton, he refuted assertions about Bitcoin made by former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan.

He has an extensive background investment management, with a specific focus on options and ETFs. At Kelly Intelligence, he is responsible for investment strategy, ETF product design, index development, and portfolio implementation.

In September 2014, Nasdaq named Kevin an ‘ETF Insider’ for creating the QYLD ETF and as a recognized leader in the ETF space for design, distribution and growth with his extensive track record of launching multi-billion dollar ETFs. Kevin’s thought leadership on markets, derivatives, e-commerce, and technology can be found weekly in top media outlets.