Speakers

Aaron Arnold is the host/founder of Altcoin Daily a Bitcoin & crypto focused YouTube channel with over 3M+ followers (across multiple platforms) where he & his brother Austin share news, analysis, & opinion.

Altcoin Daily is the largest crypto YouTube channel in the US (& top 3 in the world) with a trusted 6 year reputation in the space.

Aaron is also a core on-camera contributor for TheStreet's Bitcoin/crypto arm as well as producer & on-camera judge for Killer Whales (a Shark Tank like crypto show) which premiered this year on Apple TV, Amazon, & other streaming services world wide.

Aaron bought his first Bitcoin in 2016 (a very small amount) and after learning more and more about it went 'full time' in bitcoin, crypto, & YouTube in 2018.

"Bitcoin is future. It's important to me to make sure you know: what Bitcoin is, why Bitcoin is revolutionary, how Bitcoin is different from other crypto assets, and overall give you an edge in this nascent industry exploding with growth!"

Aaron Burnett is Founder and CEO of Mach33 Financial Group, specializing in research and investments at the frontier of space infrastructure and expansion technologies. He leads data-backed modeling of exponential systems, including SpaceX forecasts relied upon by clients overseeing trillions in capital.

Cofounder of Resolvr, an insurtech bridging the global insurance market to Bitcoin. Published author for Bitcoin Magazine and the Satoshi Papers.

Aaron Ginn is a serial technology entrepreneur and writer focused on the intersection of artificial intelligence, infrastructure, and geopolitics. He is the CEO and co-founder of Hydra Host, a venture-backed AI infrastructure company that is the largest GPU management and orchestration platform in the world, harnessing the globe's computing power to support AI companies worldwide.

Ginn’s work sits at the center of the emerging AI economy, where compute, energy, and national strategy converge. He is called the "GPU Whisper". Through his work, he is helping shape the next generation of globally distributed AI infrastructure on open and western-defined frameworks, supporting both private industry and sovereign deployment.

He is also the co-founder of Fabius Labs and the Foundation for American Innovation, where he has worked extensively on technology policy, industrial strategy, and U.S. competitiveness. His writing on artificial intelligence, infrastructure, and global technology competition has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Information, Washington Post, and several other outlets.

Aaron van Wirdum is the technical editor for Bitcoin Magazine and the cohost of the Bitcoin, Explained podcast. With a background in studying the historical influence of society-shaping technologies, he’s been covering Bitcoin and related projects since 2013. He is known for his ability to explain highly-technical subjects to a layman audience and specializes in topics including Bitcoin’s history, scaling and privacy technology.

Adam Reeds is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Ledn, a leading bitcoin-backed lending platform serving clients in over 100 countries. He oversees Ledn’s strategy and has guided the business as it expands access to institutional funding and capital-markets structures for bitcoin-backed consumer loans. He has also championed transparency initiatives including a long-running proof-of-reserves program.

You could describe me as a three-way cross between the charismatic you-tube engineering educator Mark Rober, the serial entrepreneur / systems thinker Elon Musk, and tree planting / real estate developer Johnny Appleseed.

I live in mid-Missouri in the college town of Columbia, MO. I work throughout the region on farms and forests wearing a range of hats in what I call “Green Collar Jobs”. These include those working directly with plants and animals, as well as work done through value added processing. Direct work I am engaged with includes apple orchards, regenerative farming, forest management, and raising livestock. Similarly value added work includes pressing cider, making medically tailored meals, sawmiling logs into lumber, doing meat processing, and construction with simple regional materials; wood, straw, clay, and rock.

Like all “Green Collar Jobs”, these value chains have an inherent seasonal flow and are generally labor intensive. Blending work across multiple sectors can ballast out the highs and lows of the season to help optimize work flow, support labor organizing, and provide a fun blend of real, on the ground jobs that fit the “gig economy”. The current homestead movement is smack in the middle of this space with people craving meaningful work and simplicity to balance out the speed of the modern digital world.

Hands-on education is one of the key underpennings of this vision. In 2008 I co-founded Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture (CCUA), a 501c3 educational non-profit. We’ve since grown to a staff of 30 providing a wide range of programs in our community. These include growing produce for the local food pantry, mentoring low-income families in their home gardens, training farmers/gardeners, and operating a commercial kitchen as part of a regional food hub. My role has evolved over the years from gardener, to fundraiser, to public-private campaign manager, to now, a part time special projects director. My current role allows me to develop strategic partnerships across sectors that bring out the win-win partnerships that people have when working closer to their food supply.

I also farm part-time helping landowners establish estate apple orchards and implement regenerative farming and forestry projects. This model of farming re-sets the traditional risk-bearing dynamics in farming by helping create profitable homesteads, and creating quality jobs for people across a range of experience. The current trends of farmland fragmentation and sophistication of regional food systems supports this innovative business strategy.

Alessandro Cecere, also known as El Sultán Bitcoin, is a Venezuelan Industrial Engineer and Economist who embarked on his Bitcoin journey mining at home in 2013. Previously Co Founded one of Venezuela's and Latin America's first Bitcoin mining farm. His passion for Bitcoin's censorship resistant properties, led him to become the first Latin American to connect to Blockstream's South American Bitcoin satellite, which has been extensively documented in various publications and documentaries. He’s held significant marketing roles, contributing to the growth and recognition of major firms within the Bitcoin space, including Luxor Technology. Previously, he was the Product Marketing Manager at Ledn, and Chief Marketing Officer & Co Founder at El Dorado, LATAM's stablecoin-powered SuperApp.

Alexander Blume is the Co-Founder and CEO of Two Prime. Alexander previously served as a technology advisor to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and as a digital asset investment analyst at Eric Schmidt’s VC firm, Tomorrow Ventures. He also founded Atomic Capital and held positions at Merrill Lynch and volatility-focused hedge fund Prana Capital Group. He first learned about Bitcoin while serving in the Peace Corps in Panama from 2011 to 2012. When he’s not working, Alexander enjoys spending time with his wife, distance running, and working on his organic chestnut farm in upstate New York.

Alexander Lozben is IT entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Interhash. He is an expert in mining and fintech, who develops projects in sustainable mining, Web3, blockchain analysis, AI+Blockchain, robotics, and the digital economy.

Interhash is a compnay which provides a professional crypto mining service where innovation and expertise help achieve maximum efficiency and confidence in the future.
Website https://interhash.com/en

Board Director of Bitcoin Strategy at Capital ₿, Europes first Bitcoin treasury company.

Alex has worked in the Bitcoin mining industry since 2021.

Alex Lewin is a software engineer at Fedi, building freedom technology to empower humanity. He is the author of the Fedimint SDK, a toolkit for building fedimint wallets. In addition, Alex is a seasoned hackathon veteran with deep experience both participating in and organizing hackathons. He works with the world-renowned Bitcoin++ conference series to run high-quality hackathons around the globe.

Alex Pruden is the Co-Founder & CEO of Project Eleven, an applied lab of builders and technologists at the intersection of quantum computing and cryptography to harden digital assets and build the financial rails in the post-quantum era.

Alex is a former U.S. Army Green Beret who transitioned from military service to a career in blockchain and cryptocurrency after witnessing the profound challenges in conflict zones like Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria. After earning an MBA from Stanford, he began his decade-long career in the industry at GGV Capital, Coinbase, and Andreessen Horowitz before joining Aleo as the first employee and scaling the organization as CEO to pioneer the first permissionless, privacy-preserving smart contract blockchain powered by zero-knowledge proofs.

Alex Schaefer was born in California in 1969 and is an active fixture in world of contemporary art. Quite often with art supplies, easel and a canvas on the sidewalks of the bustling city painting streetscapes en plein-air or working in his studio, wherever he is he puts down the world before him with boldness and truth. Alex Schaefer studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Upon graduation he spent 8 years as an artist in the video game industry. After the digital world he went on to teach foundation Painting, Drawing and Composition at the Art Center for 12 years. His oeuvre is wide ranging from traditional landscapes, cityscapes and street scenes to figurative nudes, portraits and abstract and imagination paintings. In 2011 Schaefer gained international recognition for his art with a series of banks on fire in protest of financial crimes. His main influences are the painterly “old masters”, the early French Impressionists and the San Francisco Bay area figurative and abstract artists of the 1950’s and the London School. Find links to see more art online at www.paintwithalex.com

Alex is Managing Director and Head of Firmwide Research at Galaxy, the leading digital assets and data center development firm. At Galaxy, Alex leads a team that produces institutional grade research on bitcoin, crypto, and artificial intelligence. Prior to joining Galaxy, Alex co-managed Avon Ventures, the crypto VC firm affiliated with Fidelity Investments. Before that, Alex was Director of Blockchain Research at Fidelity Center for Applied Technology.

Alex von Frankenberg has been investing in early-stage technology startups since 2000. He began investing in Bitcoin and crypto startups in 2015, driven by a deep interest in sound money, network effects, and the formation of de-facto standards.

Alex is a sought-after keynote speaker at international conferences and the author of Bitcoin – The Honest Money, published in German, English, and Spanish, in which he explores Bitcoin as a transparent and incorruptible monetary system. He actively invests in and serves on the boards and advisory councils of Bitcoin- and crypto-focused startups and funds, contributing to the growth of the global Bitcoin ecosystem.

Alex holds an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and a PhD from the University of Mannheim, Germany, where his research focused on the establishment of de-facto technology standards.

Ali Tager is the Vice President of External Affairs at the National Cryptocurrency Association (NCA) where she helps Americans make sense of crypto by sharing real stories of how crypto can benefit everyday life and support communities with the most to gain. Her focus is on giving a voice to the millions of people and businesses using crypto, providing educational resources to demystify the hype and jargon, and offering guidance and support. She's previously worked with tech, finance and consumer brands including PayPal/Venmo, Microsoft, Adobe and Canva.

Co-Founder & Director of Business Development at Bitcoin for Corporations

I am the author of The Philosophy of Bitcoin, a Spanish-language bestseller. CEO of BTC Consulting 360 and Director of the Bitcoin Master’s Program at the University of the Hespérides.

Amanda is the COO of Nakamoto. Previously she was the cofounder of Second Gate Advisory, Head of Mining at Galaxy Digital, and Director of Bitcoin Mining at Fidelity Investments. Currently, she serves on the board of $WULF (Terawulf).

American Hodl is some guy from the internet.

Anaïse Kanimba is a Rwandan-born human rights activist and global development expert. She rose to international prominence through her leadership in the campaign to free her father, Paul Rusesabagina—whose life inspired the film Hotel Rwanda—after he was abducted and unjustly imprisoned by the Rwandan government. Anaïse has since become a leading voice against transnational repression, wrongful detention, and authoritarian control, publishing widely on these issues and advocating in international forums. In the tech space, Anaïse has embraced Bitcoin and other decentralized technologies as tools of financial sovereignty and resistance, particularly in Africa, where she co-founded the Africa Bitcoin Institute to drive African-led research, policy development, and adoption of Bitcoin as a means of countering economic repression and enhancing financial inclusion. A founding member of the World Liberty Congress, Anaïse also contributes to global efforts supporting families of political prisoners and continues to bridge human rights advocacy with freedom technologies that empower dissenters and communities facing authoritarian control.

Andrew Begin is Chief Strategy Officer at Galoy, where he helps financial institutions integrate Bitcoin into their core banking and payments infrastructure. Galoy enables banks, credit unions, and fintechs to offer bitcoin-backed lending, payments, and digital asset services within a regulated framework.

Before joining Galoy, Andrew worked in strategic consulting within the WPP and Publicis Groupe networks, advising Fortune 500 companies across finance, technology, and healthcare on large-scale digital transformation initiatives.

Andrew B. Gordon, Esq., CPA
Managing Attorney, Gordon Law Group
Founder, Main Street Crypto PAC
Andrew B. Gordon is the Managing Attorney of Gordon Law Group, a nationally recognized leader in cryptocurrency taxation, IRS controversy, and digital asset compliance. A rare dual-qualified Attorney and Certified Public Accountant, Andrew combines deep legal insight with financial acumen to help clients navigate the complex intersection of tax law, blockchain technology, and regulatory policy.
Andrew earned his B.A. and Master’s Degree in Accounting from the University of Illinois and his Juris Doctor from Chicago-Kent College of Law. During law school, he volunteered at the Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic, gaining firsthand experience advocating for taxpayers in disputes with the IRS. He later clerked for the IRS Office of Chief Counsel, where he assisted in litigation and even chaired an IRS fraud trial; an experience that gave him unique insight into how the IRS builds its cases.
Today, Andrew is widely regarded as one of the nation’s leading authorities on cryptocurrency taxation and policy. He advises individual investors, crypto funds, blockchain startups, and Fortune 500 companies on issues ranging from tax reporting and audits to regulatory compliance and strategic planning. Under his leadership, Gordon Law Group has become a trusted resource for high-stakes IRS defense and crypto-related legal matters nationwide.
Beyond his practice, Andrew is the founder of Main Street Crypto PAC, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to advancing pro-innovation, practical cryptocurrency regulation in Washington, D.C. He frequently meets with lawmakers and regulators to advocate for policies that balance consumer protection with technological progress.
Andrew’s commitment to his clients is unwavering. Known for his strategic, client-first approach, he has helped save taxpayers millions of dollars while providing clarity and peace of mind in an increasingly complex tax landscape.
He is an active member of the Chicago Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, and multiple professional and community organizations. Andrew also speaks regularly at industry conferences and has been featured in national media outlets for his thought leadership in crypto tax and regulatory matters.

Bitcoin/Lightning project development and enterprise integration. Active in many open source projects and a key speaker at ATL BitLab events and Bitcoin conferences. Leads the ATL Nostr meetups and is a sound money advocate.

Andrew McCormick is the Head of eToro US, the trading and investing platform with over 40 million registered users from 75 countries. eToro is a platform built around collaboration and investor education, a community where users can connect with other investors. On eToro, users can view other investors’ portfolios and statistics, and interact with them to exchange ideas, discuss strategies and benefit from shared knowledge. We act as a bridge between the old and new worlds of investing. On our US platform, users can trade equities, cryptoassets and options.

Prior to eToro, Andrew worked at leading investment firms including E*TRADE and Morgan Stanley. With his experience in traditional finance, Andrew brings his passion for promoting the transformative power of capital markets to the disruptive world of fintech. Even while he was in the world of traditional finance, Andrew started doing work in the innovative cryptocurrency space as early as 2017. Before working for those financial firms, Andrew represented companies as a lawyer in high-stakes regulatory and litigation matters while also being a rapper in a law firm and as a spirited side hustle.

Andrew holds a B.A. from University of Virginia, a JD from George Mason University School of Law, Virginia, Washington D.C., and New York Bar licenses, and the Series 7, 24, and 63 securities licenses.

Andrew has been using and working on Bitcoin since the major price crash of 2011 (from $30). Over the years, he has contributed extensively to libsecp256k1, Bitcoin's low-level cryptography library, and coinvented technologies such as Miniscript, Taproot, Confidential Transactions, Scriptless Scripts, OP_CAT-based covenants, and SHA1-collision-based covenants. Currently he manages the Programming Language Team at Blockstream, developing the Simplicity language for UTXO-based blockchains, and he is lead maintainer of the rust-bitcoin project.

Andrew Tilmann serves as the CEO of the Midwest Bitcoin Summit and President of the Bitcoin Scholarship Foundation. With a fresh vision for the American Heartland, Andrew is on a mission to ignite a digital finance revolution across the Midwest. Moving beyond traditional tech hubs, his current focus is to establish the region as the new frontier for Bitcoin innovation.

Andrew is dedicated to democratizing financial literacy and technological sovereignty, ensuring that the Midwest is not just an observer, but an active driver in the future of global finance.

Called this bear market. Authored Why Buy Bitcoin.

As a bitcoiner class of 2025, Andy has created a decentralized approach to funding healthcare with the goal of using bitcoin as the primary medium of exchange in healthcare. He has aggregated thousands of bitcoiners as the payers and hundreds of doctors as the service providers. He believes that if we can us bitcoin as a medium of exchange in the $5.6T healthcare industry, it will lead to broader adoption of bitcoin as a medium exchange leading to more efficient transactions and increasing the value of bitcoin.

Previously Head of Operations and Head of Asset Servicing at NYDIG. Co-Founder of Five Bells, a digital asset post trade technology company.

Anthony is a Chartered Management Accountant with over 40 years’ experience in senior finance leadership roles across the Armed Forces (British Army), the National Health Service (NHS), and the oil and gas industry in Kazakhstan. He is the CEO and Co-Founder of Power Analysis (formerly Power Mining Analysis), one of the leading media platforms in the Bitcoin sector, specialising in how public companies maximise returns from their power assets.

Ariel Deschapell is Co-Founder and CTO of Hydra Host, an NVIDIA Cloud Partner operating 20,000+ GPUs across 40+ global data centers. A Bitcoin developer and writer since 2014, he has published extensively in Bitcoin Magazine and CoinDesk on protocol governance, conservative development philosophy, and scaling debates. His February 2022 piece “Against The Inevitability of Bitcoin” was featured on Bitcoin Audible.

Deschapell also has extensive policy experience, having held the Henry Hazlitt Fellowship at the Foundation for Economic Education and served as a Senior Fellow for Crypto and Web3 at the Foundation for American Innovation. He submitted independent comments to the SEC on digital asset custody (April 2021) and responded to the Department of Commerce’s request for information on GPU export policy (late 2025). He is a founder of BIPBounty.org, an initiative funding bounties for Bitcoin Improvement Proposal reviews.

His recent work articulates “Compute Maximalism”—the thesis that Bitcoin mining and AI workloads are synergistic rather than competitive, with Bitcoin providing flexible, interruptible load that complements AI inference demands. He brings hands-on Bitcoin development experience, policy credentials, and current infrastructure leadership at the intersection of Bitcoin mining economics and AI compute.

Arsh Molu champions financial freedom at the Human Rights Foundation, an organization dedicated to defending human rights in authoritarian regimes. Arsh is also the Co-founder of Generation Bitcoin and the Bitcoin Students Network, worldwide communities that support younger generations in learning about Bitcoin, cultivating the next generation of Bitcoin leaders.

Austin, host/co-founder of Altcoin Daily, runs one of the largest crypto media companies on the internet. Started back in 2018 with the goal of demystifying the crypto market, Austin & his brother Aaron share news, opinion, and education. With over 3M+ subscribers across all social platforms, Altcoin Daily is your one stop shop for all your daily bitcoin & crypto news.

Avi Burra is the co-founder of NosFabrica, a startup building the reputation and Web-of-Trust layer for the Nostr protocol. A technologist and storyteller operating at the intersection of code and culture, Avi is also the author of the novels 24 and July 18, and the creator of the docu-series Finding Home. As the host of the Plebchain Radio network, he is an active builder and practitioner in the Value-for-Value economy, exploring how sovereign tools can empower independent creators.

Avik Roy is Co-Founder and Chairman of the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity (FREOPP.org), a non-profit, non-partisan think tank improving the lives of Americans on the bottom half of the economic ladder using freedom, innovation, and pluralism.

In 2021, he authored the widely-cited essay “Bitcoin and the U.S. Fiscal Reckoning,” published in National Affairs, in which he first proposed establishing a U.S. federal bitcoin reserve. Avik also serves on the Boards of Directors of Strive Inc. and the Texas Bitcoin Foundation, and is the Senior Advisor to the Bitcoin Policy Institute.

Avik has advised several presidential candidates on policy, including Mitt Romney and Marco Rubio. In one of those roles, as Senior Advisor to Texas Gov. Rick Perry in 2015, Perry became the first presidential candidate in the U.S. to support Bitcoin, arguing that the protocol offers “the possibility of reducing the cost and improving the quality of financial transactions in much the way that the conventional internet has done for consumer goods and services.”

Avik is well known for his public policy work outside of bitcoin, especially in fiscal and health care policy. National Review has called him one of the nation’s “sharpest policy minds,” while the New York Times’ Paul Krugman concedes, “Roy is about as good as you get in this stuff…he actually knows something.”

Along with Forbes, where Roy served as the Opinion and Policy Editor for a decade, Roy’s writing has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, and The Atlantic, among other publications, and he has appeared on numerous national television programs including Meet the Press, Face the Nation, PBS NewsHour, and Real Time with Bill Maher.

Avik previously worked as a hedge fund manager at J.P. Morgan, Bain Capital, and other firms. He was educated at MIT and the Yale School of Medicine.

Aviral Shukla is the founder of Altair Technology. He holds a Ph.D. in engineering from Purdue University and has prior work experience with Intel Corporation and Bayer AG. Aviral holds multiple US Patents in the field of data science and his work is widely published and cited in a multitude of peer-reviewed publications. Aviral started mining Bitcoin in 2016 in St. Charles, Missouri. What started as a hobby with a few ASIC miners in his basement, slowly grew into a megawatt scale mining operation. Aviral founded Altair Technology in 2021 with a goal to simplify hardware procurement and demystify bitcoin mining for new miners. Altair Technology is one of the largest US-based retailers of commercial and home mining hardware.

Co-founder of Satochip, I’ve been in love with Bitcoin since 2012 — the kind of love that makes you rethink money, freedom, and how we build tools for the future. I’m not a coder, but rather a geek who has always had a cypherpunk mindset: open source everything, keep self-custody at the core, and make tech that’s actually usable.

I like building things that people can hold in their hands and enjoy using — driven by UX/UI and a curiosity for new technologies. Somewhere between libertarian ideals and entrepreneurial energy, my journey is about creating simple, secure, and open ways for anyone to interact with Bitcoin.

Beau is the CEO of Abundant Mines, a bitcoin mining company helping investors get reliable bitcoin denominated income through mining. He is an engineer-turned-real estate investor who transformed his entire wealth strategy after re-discovering Bitcoin's revolutionary potential. After losing half a million dollars to an unreliable mining host, Beau and his wife didn't retreat, they built Abundant Mines in Oregon's hydropower-rich region, creating the company they wished existed when starting their Bitcoin mining journey.

Today, having sold his entire real estate portfolio to go all-in on Bitcoin mining, Beau helps investors and business owners access the tax advantages and financial sovereignty of properly managed digital infrastructure. His expertise bridges traditional wealth building with Bitcoin's principles, allowing him to holistically guide people through the intersection of energy, technology, and sound money.

Becca is the cofounder and COO and CFO of AnchorWatch, maker of the Trident custody platform and provider of a range of regulated insurance policies insuring or related to bitcoin. She brings a depth of enterprise strategy and complex operations experience from Fortune 100 companies including Starbucks and Target.

Ben is an intrepid soul who has birthed a plethora of diverse projects worldwide spanning many countries, genres, and cultures. Bitcoin has played an important role in his evolution of ideas and manifesting them since 2016. Ben runs a consulting/liaison firm called Secret Keys specializing in relocation services and investing in Costa Rica with Bitcoin. Check him out at the Secret Keys booth and on the Genesis Stage for the Costa Rica panel. www.secretkeys.art

Bitcoin and Lightning developer. Host of Austin bitdevs

I’m a 16-year-old high school junior in Florida, athlete, and founder of Tidy Tails. My focus is on Bitcoin, health, and helping Gen Z think bigger and start earlier. I actively teach peers how fiat money works, where it comes from, and why missing these basics can leave young people at a disadvantage when entering adult life. I believe my generation listens differently when the message comes from someone living it in real time, and I’m committed to helping more young people take control of their future.

Worked for exchanges helping with self custody and payments, moved to help people directly to ensure they have no counterparty risk by giving free tutorials, creating a marketplace for concierge and providing an e-commerce store to buy everything you need privately.

Open source Bitcoin software developer, working on self-custody solutions.

Class of 2020, fell deep down the rabbit hole between diplomatic assignments and during COVID lockdown.
Served on the editorial team and contributed a chapter to 'National Security in the Digital Age: Bitcoin as a Tool for Modern Statecraft,' a first-of-its-kind volume to inform policymakers and elected officials on how digital assets can serve American interests in a rapidly evolving geopolitical landscape.
Co-founder of Bridger Solutions, an Africa-focused Bitcoin Mining Company
Former diplomat/national security practitioner, past speaker/panelist at BPI.

QnA is a Bitcoiner and privacy advocate that’s been helping people navigate self-custody, privacy, and sovereignty since 2017.

He spending his days building Bitcoin-centric sovereignty tools at Foundation and cohosting two shows at Ungovernable Misfits. The Bitcoin Brief - A fortnightly show about all things Bitcoin and Freedom Tech Friday - a weekly live stream about everything and anything relating to Freedom Technologies.

CMO Simple Mining. Author of The Bitcoin Mining Investor. Macro & ai analyst.

Bisher Khudeira is Chief Operating Officer at Stormrake, one of Australia’s leading Bitcoin brokerages, and a recognised Australian Bitcoin voice. He oversees operations and strategy, reshaping how serious investors access and safeguard digital assets. With 10+ years building and scaling Australian brokerages, he brings deep expertise in sales trading, algorithmic execution, OTC markets, and investor education. Bisher champions transparent, spread-free execution, institutional-grade custody governance, and disciplined risk practice.

At Stormrake, Bisher drives execution quality, liquidity access, and custody governance by helping clients buy, sell, and safekeep Bitcoin with clean settlement and disciplined risk.

agentic engineer

Bitcoiner working towards the intersection of an abundant energy future, and bitcoin as energy-backed freedom money.

Blockchain & DeFi Expert, Advisor, Journalist | Global Head of Sales at VNISH

Bradley Peak is a blockchain and DeFi expert, award-winning journalist, and global sales leader with extensive experience at the intersection of crypto technology, media, cybersecurity, and global business development.

Over the course of his career, Bradley has published more than 2 million words on blockchain, cryptocurrency, and financial technology across leading industry platforms, including Cointelegraph and Cryptoprocessing.com. His work has helped shape public understanding of crypto markets, regulation, mining, and emerging technologies, making him a trusted voice within the global Web3 ecosystem.

In addition to his editorial career, Bradley has built a strong on-camera presence as the blockchain and cybersecurity host at Sumsub, where content featuring him has generated over 35 million views on YouTube. Through interviews, explainers, and expert discussions, he has translated complex technical and regulatory topics into accessible insights for a global audience.

Bradley has also served as an advisor to major blockchain events and projects, including TOKEN2049, Lumia, and Symbiosis, contributing strategic insight on industry positioning, narrative development, and market trends.

Currently, Bradley is the Global Head of Sales at VNISH, where he leads international growth initiatives, partnerships, and enterprise relationships within the Bitcoin mining and infrastructure space. His work focuses on advancing crypto adoption, mining efficiency, post-quantum cryptography readiness, and the convergence of blockchain with AI and next-generation security models.

Bradley is a University of Cambridge alumnus and regularly speaks on topics including Bitcoin mining, crypto adoption, consensus mechanisms, DeFi, CBDCs, post-quantum cryptography, and artificial intelligence.

₿ Bitcoin | Freedom Tech
Marketing @ The Bitcoin Conference
Building value. Scaling networks.
Nashville 📍 | Finance • Growth • Sovereignty

Long time self custody engineer, focused on making bitcoin better money for everyone.

Bitcoin educator, writer, and host of "Playable Characters" Bitcoin podcast. BTC class ‘18. Former US National, NCAA, & Pro Hockey Player.

Brandon Keys is the founder and CEO of Green Candle, a Bitcoin and finance media company often described as "the Barstool Sports of finance and Bitcoin." With a background in engineering and data analysis, Brandon hosts two podcasts—State of Bitcoin and Macro Insights—and writes the Green Candle Newsletter, all focused on making complex financial topics accessible and engaging.

He's become a recognized voice in the Bitcoin community, serving as MC for major events including the Adopting Bitcoin Conference, Bitcoin Atlantis, and the Canadian Bitcoin Conference. Brandon has also moderated panels at Bitcoin Conference 2024 in Nashville and PlebLab's Start Up Day in Austin. Beyond media, he's advised Bitcoin mining startups on heat distribution solutions.

Brent Whitehead is co-founder of Giga Energy, an AI and electrical infrastructure manufacturer, developer, and operator headquartered in Houston, Texas. Since launching the company in 2019, he has played a central role in expanding it from a startup welding modular data centers in East Texas into a U.S. manufacturer delivering transformers, switchboards, and modular systems for AI, bitcoin, data centers, utilities, and industrial projects. Whitehead was named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in Energy for his leadership in strengthening the backbone of America’s power sector.

Brian is the Digital Assets Leader for KPMG's Advisory practice.

Brian De Mint has been in Bitcoin since 2013 and has written two Amazon Best Sellers including Bitcoin Evangelism and Parallel. He is the Chief Marketing Officer at Club Orange, the largest social network for Bitcoiners in the world with over 20,000 members. In addition to his work in Bitcoin, he owns a chain of wellness studios headquartered in southern California called Salt & Light Wellness.

Brian Dixon is an entrepreneur, investor, and the CEO of Off the Chain Capital, which is a Warren Buffet / Graham-Dodd value-oriented investment firm with a goal to acquire digital assets and blockchain companies at a discount. An early participant in the Bitcoin ecosystem since 2012, Dixon brings a long-term, institutional perspective to digital assets, blending traditional value investing principles with deep domain expertise in market structure, regulation, and capital allocation. He is a frequent speaker at global industry events and a trusted voice to family offices, institutional investors, allocators, and regulators seeking to understand Bitcoin and its role in modern portfolios. He is also an author of four books and a frequent speaker on Bitcoin and its impact on the evolution of consciousness, spirituality, and its impact on morality.

Bitcoin personal finance for affluent 35 to 55 year olds. Real estate professional.

Brian Hirschfield is an experienced actuary and capital market risk manager, who spent nearly 30 years advising pensions, insurers, and annuity writers on billions of dollars of risk. He was a pioneer in Liability Driven Investments, and a recognized market leader in hedging of investment guarantees. Brian is building a new branch of the actuarial profession, based on Bitcoin.

Prior to his election to Congress, Representative Jack was one of President Trump’s longest-serving aides. During President Trump’s Administration, Jack served as the White House Political Director. Following President Trump’s Administration, he worked as the principal liaison between Congressional Republicans and President Trump.

Representative Jack is a resident of Peachtree City, Georgia and a graduate of Woodward Academy and Pepperdine University.

Representative Jack represents Georgia’s 3rd Congressional District, which includes the following counties:
Carroll County
Coweta County
Parts of Douglas County
Parts of Fayette County
Haralson County
Harris County
Heard County
Parts of Henry County
Lamar County
Meriwether County
Parts of Muscogee County
Pike County
Spalding County
Troup County
Upson County

Brianna Honkawa d'Estries is the founder of Evento (evento.so), an open-source event organizing platform with a built-in Bitcoin Lightning wallet, funded by the Human Rights Foundation. She is also the founder of Hack4freedom (hack4freedom.com), an all-women's Bitcoin and freedom technology hackathon series operating across Africa and Brazil.

Brianna works with D++ on Bitcoin education through games, bringing hands-on Bitcoin experiences to people around the world. Together they are bringing that mission to Bitcoin Conference with a Mario Kart 64++ activation where players earn Bitcoin instantly to their Lightning wallet just by playing.

Brianna came to Bitcoin through its human rights potential and has stayed committed to that mission - getting more women, marginalized communities, and people from the places where Bitcoin is needed most into the industry as builders.

Bruce Barone Jr. is the founder of BrainSprout Studios™, a father-and-son creative studio building original Bitcoin-centered story universes rooted in Christian allegory and moral philosophy. What began as a homeschool exploration of Bitcoin with his son evolved into a global media project with over 150,000 subscribers and 6+ million views since launching in late 2025.

His work blends classical architecture, historical figures, and the development of “electric money” into a cohesive Bitcoin mythology. Drawing on figures such as Tesla and other architects of energy and industry, he frames Bitcoin as a structural achievement — a digital cathedral built from mathematics and electricity. Through cinematic storytelling, graphic novels, and serialized media, Bruce explores sovereignty, technocracy, AI, and intergenerational responsibility, presenting Bitcoin as durable truth infrastructure rather than speculative finance.

Bruce is CEO of the investment holding company Chainstone Labs. Bruce has been full time in Bitcoin since 2013 when he was Executive Director of the Bitcoin Foundation. He has over 30 years financial and investing experience and owns Atlantic Financial, a Registered Investment Advisor. Fenton is a liberty and free market advocate and ran for US Senate for New Hampshire in 2022. Fenton is the host of the Satoshi Roundtable, now in its 13th year, an annual event bringing together leading Founders, CEOs, and developers in the fintech and Bitcoin ecosystem.

Head of Engineering at Vinteum and OpenSats grantee. I work on Bitcoin Core, bitcoinfuzz and other projects. Mostly working to make Bitcoin projects safe and reliable.

BTC Sessions is the world's most trusted bitcoin-only educator since 2016, teaching tens of millions of people how to get, use and secure Bitcoin on YouTube. He also offers custom Bitcoin education with his team at Bitcoin Mentor, and leads various international community initiatives alongside groups like the Human Rights Foundation.

Free market maximalist, nuture capitalist, and the founder of Shopstr Markets. Focused on food freedom, open trade, and building back our local economies.

Carla Bitcoin is an eccentric woman who combines her skills in theater, music, writing, and video production to create satirical and educational content around bitcoin and current events. She loves to make people laugh, cry and cringe. You’ll find her wearing orange.

Carly Benson is the Head of VIP for the Bitcoin Conference and has been building the Whale Pass ecosystem and events since 2021.

Carly became a Bitcoin-only Bitcoiner in 2017 after living in Las Vegas and interacting with the professional poker and sports betting community. She learned about Bitcoin by seeing use-cases for it as the whales of the gambling world have been betting, settling and transacting in BTC for many years.

Before getting in to the Bitcoin space, Carly ran her own successful marketing consultancy for 18 years and was known as an alcohol-free SME, Course Creator and Yoga Instructor.

She has given talks around the world and her work and courses have helped thousands change their relationship with alcohol. She’s been featured in Women’s Health, SELF magazine, Extra TV, Travel Zoo and other notable outlets.

Founder of Capriole Investments, Charles is a systematic macro investor with a decade of experience building trading algorithms. Creator of renown on-chain models including Hash Ribbons, Bitcoin Production Cost and Macro Index, and develops proprietary strategies from 200+ macro and crypto signals. A regular speaker on CNBC, the Investors Podcast, and at global conferences like TOKEN2049 (Singapore), Binance Blockchain Week (Dubai), Global Blockchain Show (Abu Dhabi), Consensus (HK) and Bitcoin2026 (Las Vegas). Featured in Forbes and across global media outlets. Charles shares market insights with 130,000+ X followers.

Founder, Owner and CEO of CES Corporation, Chuck L’Ecuyer is a third-generation electrician with over 20 years of experience in project operations. Since founding CES in 2011, he has grown the company from the ground up, assembling a team of skilled professionals across Engineering, Manufacturing, and Construction to deliver complete, multidisciplinary EPCM services.

In 2019, Chuck led the development of the Intelliflex product line—an advanced, fully integrated modular solution purpose-built for next-generation computing. Originally designed to meet the demanding needs of blockchain and cloud infrastructure, the Intelliflex platform has since expanded to power cutting-edge AI factories and high-density modular data centers. Engineered for rapid deployment and scalability, Intelliflex enables clients to fast-track infrastructure rollouts and accelerate return on investment.

Entrepreneur obsessed with the process of value creation. Charles started working in Artificial Intelligence in 2017 and around the same time, a side project led him to dive down the Bitcoin rabbit hole. Charles is therefore uniquely positioned to understand the synergies between those 2 fields and has made it his mission to kickstart a symbiotic relationship between Open-Source AI and the soundest money.

Charley Brady is a strategic finance executive with over two decades of experience spanning investor relations, capital markets, and sell-side equity research. He currently serves as Vice President of Investor Relations at BitFuFu, a global Bitcoin mining and cloud-mining technology company, where he leads the company’s investor relations strategy and plays a key role in supporting capital markets initiatives and public company financial communications.

Charley began his career in sell-side equity research, spending over 15 years as a senior analyst covering diversified industrial companies at Credit Suisse, BMO Capital Markets, and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey. In these roles, he conducted in-depth company and sector analysis, published investment research, and advised institutional investors and corporate clients.

Charlie is a longtime Bitcoiner with a focus on Ordinals. He is cofounder of Blockspace Media, cofounder of Nakamotor partners, Board on the Oklahoma Bitcoin Association, and organizes a local Bitcoin meetup in Tulsa, OK with his wife, Lauren.

Chef Pete Evans is a bitcoin Max. He is the number 1 selling author in Australia for health and wellness books. (over 1 million sold) Creator of the Netflix documentary The Magic Pill", he is also the creator of "The
Paleo Way" - a 16 x 30 minute tv cooking series focused on long term regenerative health. Pete hosted PBS A moveable Feast" for 8 seasons, and also hosted Australia's #1 tv series "My Kitchen Rules" for 11 years. Petes'
"Evolve Podcast" features over 500 episodes focusing on long term regenerative health and wealth (only bitcoin is discussed in regards to wealth). Australia's most controversial celebrity for challenging the mainstream agenda on health as well as questioning covid loudly (subsequently cancelled losing over 2 million followers and 15 business. Hit latest offering is The Primal Code, a book featuring over 100 nutritious recipes, which also takes a deep dive into bitcoin and shares the similarities between bitcoin and long term regenerative health.

Passionate about community! Serving: Thank God for Bitcoin, the Philadelphia Bitcoin Jawn meetup, other local meetups, builder of BlockTron, dispeller of Quantum FUD, stranded energy mining and home heat punk advocate.

Chris Kuiper is VP of Research for Fidelity Digital Assets®, which provides enterprise-grade digital asset solutions for institutional investors. Chris contributes to and oversees the research creation process, working closely with sales and marketing to provide leading education and resources to clients.

Prior to joining Fidelity Digital Assets®, Chris served as Vice President of equity research at CFRA Research, one of the largest independent global investment research providers. There he covered financial exchanges as well as payment and fintech companies, while also expanding CFRA’s research capabilities to include digital assets and led the creation of CFRA’s research methodology. Chris also previously served as a research analyst at various asset management firms, as well as a research fellow at the Mercatus Center, a university-based public policy research center where he focused on technology- and finance-related public policy issues.

Chris holds an MA in Economics from George Mason University as well as a BA in Business Administration from Dordt University. Chris Kuiper is a CFA® charterholder.

Formerly Chief Technology Officer of Silvergate Bank, Chris is an expert in U.S. banking technology and operations with an end-to-end understanding of both banking operations, and the systems that support it.

Chris has a deep technical understanding of both Bitcoin and Traditional Finance, with hands-on experience linking settlement between digital assets and fiat currencies. He has led cross-functional teams both implementing and operating Tier 0/1 payments and FX platforms within a U.S. banks.

Chris is a Bitcoin entrepreneur and advisor focused on self-custody, insurance, and inheritance. He is the CEO of Bitsurance, the world's first insurance for Bitcoin held in self-custody, and Seedor, one of Europe's leading Bitcoin backup solutions. Chris works closely with hardware wallet manufacturers, miners, and Bitcoin companies across Europe, and regularly speaks on Bitcoin custody, threat models, and the economic and technical realities of building on Bitcoin.

Christian Papathanasiou is the Chief Architect of qBTC, a quantum-safe implementation of the Bitcoin protocol. A Bitcoiner since 2010, he is a cybersecurity veteran, three-time CISO, and former Black Hat and DEF CON speaker. His work focuses on hardening Bitcoin against post-quantum threats without compromising its core design.

Christopher Calicott is a co-founder and managing director of Trammell Venture Partners, an Austin-based early stage venture capital firm focused on investing in the Bitcoin-native ecosystem. Christopher has allocated to and managed venture investments in a number of sectors from tier 1 exchanges, to custody, credit markets, consumer-grade protocol and application infrastructure, gaming, novel Bitcoin-native financial products and services, and applied AI. He is an investor in companies such as Kraken, Unchained Capital, Voltage, VIDA Global, ZBD, and more. Christopher led the development of the TVP Bitcoin Venture Fund, the venture capital industry's first investment fund series dedicated exclusively to backing founders building on the Bitcoin protocol stack.

Bitcoin class of 2011, Nostr class of 2021 and protocol contributor, now building at the intersection of bitcoin & AI

CJK is in the Bitcoin Class of 2013. He believes Bitcoin is an engineered money and the most pristine form of collateral in the world.

As the Founder of Peoples Reserve, he is leading the charge in Bitcoin Powered Finance, creating innovative and revolutionary tools that let Bitcoiners unlock the purchasing power of their savings technology without having to give up ownership.

Peoples Reserve's flagship products include their Bitcoin Powered Mortgage and Bitcoin Bond.

They're building a marketplace that empowers We The People — redefining how savers leverage Bitcoin for mortgages, insurances, and credit to Build Wealth Smarter.

Clara García Prieto is a tax lawyer specializing in Bitcoin. She advises companies on Bitcoin treasury strategy, including tax, accounting, and regulatory matters, and helps individuals with tax and inheritance matters involving Bitcoin. She is the author of Bitcoin: A New Form of Private Property. She is also an educator and speaker, regularly contributing to specialized media and conferences.

Clara Shikhelman is the Head of Research at Chaincode Labs, where she explores the theoretical foundations of Bitcoin from both computer science and economic perspectives. She previously held postdoctoral positions at the Simons Institute at UC Berkeley and at Caltech, and holds a PhD in mathematics from Tel Aviv University.

Cody Carbone is the CEO of The Digital Chamber, the world’s largest and most trusted trade association representing the digital asset and blockchain industry. Under Cody’s leadership, The Digital Chamber serves as the go-to resource for policymakers, regulators, and industry leaders seeking clarity and collaboration in the rapidly evolving world of digital assets. Major affiliates of The Digital Chamber include: CryptoUK, Digital Power Network, TDC’s Digital State Network, and the Bitcoin Treasury Council.

With over 250 members spanning the entire digital economy, The Chamber plays a central role in shaping the future of Web3 policy. As the premier voice globally, The Chamber leads all education and advocacy efforts, crafting legislation, informing regulatory frameworks, and building bipartisan coalitions to ensure the United States remains a global hub for digital innovation.

Prior to joining The Digital Chamber, Cody spent six years at Ernst & Young’s (EY) Office of Public Policy, where he led federal advocacy on financial services and emerging technologies. He also brings significant legislative experience, having served as policy staff in both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate.

Cody holds a Juris Doctor (JD) and a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from Syracuse University and is admitted to the New York State Bar. He resides in Alexandria, Virginia, where he continues to champion smart, innovation-forward policies for the digital future.

Colin Crossman is a Wyoming-licensed attorney and Bitcoin maximalist serving as Deputy Secretary of State for Wyoming. A prolific writer for Bitcoin Magazine, he has authored articles on key issues including Wyoming’s Bitcoin strategic reserve, the Custodia Bank v. Federal Reserve litigation, Operation Choke Point 2.0, patent threats to Bitcoin mining, and strategies against financial suppression of Bitcoin businesses.

As in-house counsel for Distributed Hash, he directed regulatory compliance for crypto-adjacent infrastructure and developed Python-based tools for operational monitoring. Crossman advocates for Bitcoin sovereignty, co-authoring amicus briefs on state authority and digital assets. He codes in Python for compliance systems and explores patent work in Bitcoin tech.

Colin is editor-in-chief of Blockspace Media. Previously, he served as the head of content and research at Luxor and had stints as a journalist for Bitcoin Magazine and CoinDesk.

Colin Sullivan is an inventor, thermal exchange expert, MBA and the Co-Founder and CEO of Bitcoin mining cleantech MintGreen. Colin was introduced to the space in 2015 while working for a manufacturer that specialized in custom heat exchangers. He received an in bound call inquiring about tanks and condensers for a large scale immersion Bitcoin system. Inspired by this application and shocked that the heat from this systems was wasted, he became obsessed with reusing heat energy from compute and co-founded MintGreen in 2017. He enjoys baseball, chess, aquariums, wine and visualizing fluid dynamics.

Conduition is a freelance cryptographic engineer, security consultant, and protocol researcher. He has worked under contract with Spark to help design their namesake statechain protocol now used by Wallet of Satoshi, and with Lava to find vulnerabilities in their Bitcoin-backed loan protocol.

In his free time, Conduition has hunted bug bounties by finding critical vulnerabilities in open-source protocols like Cashu and Mercury. He has also designed his own protocols, such as Ticketed DLCs and DLC Factories.

Recently, Conduition's open-source research has turned towards post-quantum cryptographic systems and how they can be optimized for use on Bitcoin.

Conor Chepenik is a writer, Bitcoin advocate, and the author of The Bitcoin Coloring Book (BitcoinColoring.com). He is a father of two and works both full-time and part-time in the Bitcoin space, focused on education, adoption, and practical sovereignty. His work explores how sound money, technology, and incentives shape culture, families, and long-term human flourishing.

Constantine is the lead partner at Reed Smith. He focuses his practices on complex transactions on behalf of investment funds, financial institutions, public and private corporations, sponsors, family offices, high net worths and other investing entities. Constantine advises on capital markets transactions, private equity deals, public and private mergers and acquisitions, venture, technology and emerging company investments — including artificial intelligence and other disruptive technologies — and financing transactions across a wide range of industries and sectors.

Constantine also serves as the chair for On Chain: Reed Smith's Crypto & Digital Assets Group. In this role, he advises clients on crypto investments and the unique challenges and opportunities within the digital assets space. His deep understanding of the crypto market and its regulatory landscape allows him to provide comprehensive support to clients navigating this rapidly evolving sector.

I'm an Associate Professor at NIU, Senior Fellow at BPI, and co-author of Resistance Money. Currently, I'm developing [redacted].