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Bitcoin Amsterdam: where Bitcoin’s future ignites. Share your bold ideas and connect with the global community. Do you got a story to tell? Apply to speak for Bitcoin Amsterdam 2025.
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Why Should I apply?
Showcase the unique value you bring to the Bitcoin Amsterdam community. With many applications, clearly outline your contribution. Our content team will work to ensure your expertise resonates, even if your initial topic is refined.
WHAT’S THE STORY YOU WANT TO TELL?
Your story matters. From big announcements to inspiring and educational content. We are looking for Bitcoin talks that delivers real value (no sales pitches).
SUGGESTED TOPICS & KEY TAKEAWAYS
We’re looking for talks that spark meaningful conversations and push the Bitcoin movement forward. Whether your focus is on adoption, innovation, regulation, culture, or the human stories behind Bitcoin, your session should leave attendees with actionable insights and clear takeaways.
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Previous Speakers
Jack Mallers
Strike Jack Mallers is the Founder and CEO of Strike, the global Bitcoin app. Prior to Strike, Jack was one of the first application developers on top of Bitcoin's Lightning Network. Jack has spent the last decade of his life in the Bitcoin space, pioneering efforts in distributed systems infrastructure, architecture, and application development.
Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden is a privacy advocate and former intelligence contractor whose 2013 disclosures revealed the scope of global government surveillance programs, sparking an international debate on privacy, security, and civil liberties. Since then, he has become a prominent voice on digital privacy, encryption, and the relationship between technology and individual freedom, contributing to discussions on the societal implications of surveillance in the digital age.
Pierre Rochard
Pierre Rochard has researched and written about Bitcoin since 2013. He co-founded the Satoshi Nakamoto Institute in 2014 to curate the best primary source literature. In addition to developing open-source Bitcoin software, Pierre is an outspoken advocate for Bitcoin’s decentralized governance. He co-hosts the Noded Bitcoin Podcast and the Bitcoin for Advisors Podcast. Pierre served as the Bitcoin and Lightning product manager at Kraken for three years before joining Riot as the VP of Research.
Adam Back
Co-founder and CEO of Blockstream, Dr. Adam Back, invented Hashcash, the proof-of-work algorithm cited by Satoshi Nakamoto in the Bitcoin whitepaper, as the future basis for its mining function. Throughout his two-decade-long vocation as an applied cryptographer and security architect, he has held senior roles with a number of technology companies, including Microsoft, EMC, PI, VMware, and Zero-Knowledge Systems, as well as advised many more companies on cryptography and peer-to-peer finance. Dr. Adam Back holds a computer science Ph.D. in distributed systems from the University of Exeter.
Joana Cotar
Independent Member of the German Parliament. Founder of the ""Bitcoin im Bundestag"" initiative. The initiative is committed to raising awareness and educating members of the German Bundestag about Bitcoin. It aims to ensure that political decision-makers are always up to date and can adequately consider the impact of Bitcoin on society.
Ben Arc
Ben Arc is a developer, educator, and open-source contributor focused on improving Bitcoin's usability through Lightning Network tools and self-custody solutions. He is best known for creating and maintaining projects such as LNbits, which help individuals and businesses build on Bitcoin with accessible, open-source infrastructure. Ben is an active advocate for decentralized technologies, privacy, and expanding practical Bitcoin adoption around the world.
Cameron & Tyler Winklevoss
Gilles Roth
As Finance Minister, he is responsible for fiscal, budgetary and financial sector policy. A member of the Eurogroup and the European Council of Finance Ministers, he represents Luxembourg in key European and international financial fora.
His vision for a future-proof international financial centre includes deepening sustainable finance, boosting private markets and accelerating digital finance, in particular in AI, blockchain, and tokenization, and embracing crypto.
Under his leadership, Luxembourg's Intergenerational Sovereign Wealth Fund (FSIL) was the first in Europe to have invested 1% of its assets in Bitcoin.
Adam Back
Jack Mallers
David Bailey
Khing Oei
Khing is a seasoned investor with deep expertise across traditional and digital markets. He most recently served as Senior Advisor Crypto at a multi-billion-dollar hedge fund focusing on crypto distressed situations such as FTX and Genesis, where he is a member of the Board of Directors. In this role, he oversaw multi-billion-dollar Bitcoin swaps, acquisitions and distributions.
He began his career at Goldman Sachs in the Fixed Income, Currency & Commodities’ Special Situations Investing Group, before moving into senior investment roles at Fortress and Bardin Hill (formerly Halcyon), where he was CEO of Europe and built the firm’s $2.5B securitized credit business. He later founded and was Chief Investment Officer of Eyck, a $200M event-driven distressed & special situations hedge fund.
Throughout his career, Khing executed complex transactions across equities, credit, special situations, and digital assets. As an entrepreneur, he has also launched ventures such as Maicrotrader, an AI-driven Bitcoin and crypto trading agent platform.
