Speakers
David Bailey
CEO
Kindly MD ($NAKA)
David Bailey
CEO
As the co-founder and chief executive officer of BTC Inc., David Bailey is an industry leader and evangelist for the decentralized future. Since 2013, BTC Inc has grown to offer critical intelligence, brand-building expertise and technical incubation specialized for the Bitcoin ecosystem, as well as industry-leading projects like Bitcoin Magazine, the Bitcoin 2022 conference, and Carrot. The company now operates in multiple countries and its brands are quickly becoming household names.Bailey sits on the board of advisors for the University of Alabama. He was managing partner at 402 Digital Partners, which is one of the earliest Bitcoin funds. He is currently general partner of UTXO Management; and is an active angel investor in the Bitcoin ecosystem.
Adam Back
Co-founder & CEO
Blockstream
Adam Back
Co-founder & CEO
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.
Peter McCormack
Chairman
Real Bedford FC
Khing Oei
CEO
Treasury
Khing Oei
CEO
Khing Oei is the Founder and CEO of Treasury, a Netherlands-based Bitcoin treasury company recently launched with the ambition to become Europe’s largest. Backed by investors including Winklevoss Capital and Nakamoto, Treasury has the intention to list via a reverse listing on Euronext Amsterdam. (this last part would need to be updated post listing FYI as we will then be listed)
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.
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.
Willem Middelkoop
CEO/Founder
Commodity Discovery Fund
Willem Middelkoop
CEO/Founder
Willem Middelkoop (Geneva, August 21, 1962) is an entrepreneur and investor, who, earlier in his career, became well-known as a photojournalist, columnist and market commentator on TV. In 2008, he founded AmsterdamGold and the Commodity Discovery Fund. The former he sold to Value8 in 2011, after which he and two co-investors became founding shareholders of the successful business accelerator Startup Bootcamp Amsterdam. Today, as founder and director, Middelkoop works full time for the Commodity Discovery Fund and travels the world as a speaker and commentator on monetary and geopolitical issues. He has written a series of successful books on these topics. Middelkoop is a member of the Advisory Council of the London-based monetary think-tank OMFIF.
Christian Angermayer
Founder
Apeiron Investment Group
Christian Angermayer
Founder
Christian Angermayer is a serial entrepreneur and investor shaping the Next Human Agenda: a future where technology empowers people to live longer, healthier, and happier lives. He is the world’s leading advocate for
the medical use of psychedelics and human enhancement, championing scientific progress to unlock the full physical and mental potential of humanity.
His family office, Apeiron Investment Group, is driven by a bold optimism in technology’s power to enhance human life. Entrepreneurial at heart, Christian and Apeiron are hands-on, long-term partners - committed to supporting founders and emerging asset managers who push the boundaries of imagination and build the future we aspire to live in.
Apeiron invests directly in private and public companies, creates and launches new ventures of its own, anchors LP commitments, and takes minority GP stakes in emerging asset managers.
Apeiron manages approximately $7 billion of internal and external capital with a heightened focus on crypto,
deep tech, life sciences, real estate, experiences & hospitality, and sports.
Christian’s most defiant achievements so far are spearheading the renaissance of psychedelics as transformative
treatments for mental health issues and pushing the boundaries of human enhancement overall.
atai Life Sciences (Nasdaq: ATAI), founded by Christian, is developing psychedelic compounds including psilocybin, DMT, 5-MeO-DMT, and ibogaine, and advancing their potential use as FDA approved medical
treatments.
Christian is co-founder of the Enhanced Games — the world’s first sporting event where performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) are permitted and actively endorsed under medical supervision. Enhanced is a global movement that develops scientific insights, medical discoveries, and record-breaking sports events to unite humanity and inspire scientific innovation.
Together with stablecoin issuer Tether, Christian is the driving force behind the world’s leading BCI developer, Blackrock Neurotech. The Utah-based company is developing innovative brain technologies that provide new hope for people with paralysis and other neurological disorders — and already has almost 50 BCIs implanted in patients’ brains.
All these themes share one common thread: FREEDOM.
This is why, since the early days of crypto, Christian has been a believer in Bitcoin — an innovation that gives all of us freedom from the tyranny of government and their one tool to enslave us all: fiat currencies.
the medical use of psychedelics and human enhancement, championing scientific progress to unlock the full physical and mental potential of humanity.
His family office, Apeiron Investment Group, is driven by a bold optimism in technology’s power to enhance human life. Entrepreneurial at heart, Christian and Apeiron are hands-on, long-term partners - committed to supporting founders and emerging asset managers who push the boundaries of imagination and build the future we aspire to live in.
Apeiron invests directly in private and public companies, creates and launches new ventures of its own, anchors LP commitments, and takes minority GP stakes in emerging asset managers.
Apeiron manages approximately $7 billion of internal and external capital with a heightened focus on crypto,
deep tech, life sciences, real estate, experiences & hospitality, and sports.
Christian’s most defiant achievements so far are spearheading the renaissance of psychedelics as transformative
treatments for mental health issues and pushing the boundaries of human enhancement overall.
atai Life Sciences (Nasdaq: ATAI), founded by Christian, is developing psychedelic compounds including psilocybin, DMT, 5-MeO-DMT, and ibogaine, and advancing their potential use as FDA approved medical
treatments.
Christian is co-founder of the Enhanced Games — the world’s first sporting event where performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) are permitted and actively endorsed under medical supervision. Enhanced is a global movement that develops scientific insights, medical discoveries, and record-breaking sports events to unite humanity and inspire scientific innovation.
Together with stablecoin issuer Tether, Christian is the driving force behind the world’s leading BCI developer, Blackrock Neurotech. The Utah-based company is developing innovative brain technologies that provide new hope for people with paralysis and other neurological disorders — and already has almost 50 BCIs implanted in patients’ brains.
All these themes share one common thread: FREEDOM.
This is why, since the early days of crypto, Christian has been a believer in Bitcoin — an innovation that gives all of us freedom from the tyranny of government and their one tool to enslave us all: fiat currencies.
Rational Root
On-Chain & Cycle Analyst
Sjors Provoost
Developer
Bitcoin Core
Alex Pilař
Chairman of the Board
Inowatti a.s
Alex Pilař
Chairman of the Board
Alex is a leading voice in the Czech Bitcoin community, merging top-level corporate experience (EVP & COO) with a passion for innovation. He now focuses on Bitcoin, decentralized networks, and startups such as Openvibe.social and InoWatti, where he serves as Chairman of the Board. At InoWatti, he spearheads projects that transform flare gas into power for Bitcoin mining. An active angel investor and advocate for financial sovereignty, he frequently writes and speaks on freedom and Bitcoin’s role in reshaping energy and finance.
Allen Helm
Director of Business Development
BTC Inc, Bitcoin for Corporations
Allen Helm
Director of Business Development
Allen Helm co-founded Bitcoin for Corporations (BFC) in 2024, a joint initiative between Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) and BTC Inc., where he now serves as Director of Business Development & Client Services. He leads product execution, client success, and business development, working with corporate treasuries, service providers, and capital allocators to accelerate global Bitcoin adoption.
Previously, he scaled enterprise partnerships at Bitcoin Magazine and The Bitcoin Conference.
Previously, he scaled enterprise partnerships at Bitcoin Magazine and The Bitcoin Conference.
Amanda Fabiano
COO
KindlyMD ($NAKA)
Amanda Fabiano
COO
Amanda is the COO of $Nak (Kindly Inc.) Nakamoto, which is a subsidiary of KindlyMD, responsible for the company's Bitcoin treasury strategy. 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).
Arjen
Open Source Developer
c03rad0r
Bam Alasi
Founder
B21 Arabic, Cypher Box
Bart Mol
Founder and Host
Satoshi Radio Podcast
Bart Mol
Founder and Host
Bart Mol is a Bitcoin educator and host of the longest-running Bitcoin podcast in the Netherlands. His tutorials have helped over 1,000 people set up Lightning nodes, and he’s led initiatives like launching a mining pool and selling 500+ Bitaxes, driving grassroots adoption across the Dutch Bitcoin community.
Bastien Taquet
Co-founder and CBO
Satochip
Bastien Taquet
Co-founder and CBO
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.
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.
Bastien Teinturier
CTO
ACINQ
Ben Cowen
CEO/Founder
Into The Cryptoverse
Ben Cowen
CEO/Founder
Ben founded “Into the Cryptoverse” in 2019 to offer an impartial outlook on financial markets. His B.S. in mathematics and PhD in nuclear engineering allows him to bring a unique perspective to the cryptoverse.
Ben’s objective is to leverage his expertise and experience to assist others in effectively navigating financial markets. Through his commentary on equities, crypto, and macroeconomics, he strives to empower others to develop a well-rounded understanding of the overall market landscape.
Ben’s objective is to leverage his expertise and experience to assist others in effectively navigating financial markets. Through his commentary on equities, crypto, and macroeconomics, he strives to empower others to develop a well-rounded understanding of the overall market landscape.
Bert de Groot
Owner
Bitcoin Brabant B.V.
Bert de Groot
Owner
Bert de Groot keeps companies warm with bitcoin miners and helps businesses, families and plebs on their bitcoin journey. Green houses, workshops, warehouses and offices are being heated with bitcoin miners. In one of the greenhouses flowers are being grown. His company bitcoinbrabant.com is the official reseller of open source signing devices (hardware wallets). He has helped thousands of people with storage and payment solutions, Dutch bitcoin books, and much more.
In Q3 2023 Bert became chairman at VBNL.org. VBNL consists of 13 Dutch bitcoin companies that work together in this industry body to combat fraud and improve bitcoin adoption in the Netherlands.
The original passion is coastal and hydraulic engineering. In previous jobs the main driver was innovation and technology. Work experience across the globe in every continent except Antarctica. Currently enjoys working on the bitcoin standard full-time.
In Q3 2023 Bert became chairman at VBNL.org. VBNL consists of 13 Dutch bitcoin companies that work together in this industry body to combat fraud and improve bitcoin adoption in the Netherlands.
The original passion is coastal and hydraulic engineering. In previous jobs the main driver was innovation and technology. Work experience across the globe in every continent except Antarctica. Currently enjoys working on the bitcoin standard full-time.
Brady Swenson
Cofounder, VP Marketing
Swan Bitcoin
Bram Kanstein
Founder & Host
Bitcoin For Millennials
Bram Kanstein
Founder & Host
Bram Kanstein is an early-stage start-up expert, creative entrepreneur, and host of the ‘Bitcoin For Millennials’ podcast. Bram has been on a 10-year journey down the Bitcoin rabbit hole and sees it as the most important technological and monetary discovery everyone in the world should understand and adopt.
Brandon Bailey
Director Corporate Development
KindlyMD ($NAKA)
Brandon Bailey
Director Corporate Development
Prior to joining Nakamoto, which is a subsidiary of KindlyMD, responsible for the company's Bitcoin treasury strategy, as Director of Corporate Development. Brandon was a co-founder of Second Advisory a boutique bitcoin consulting and advisory firm. Brandon brings over $1 billion in transaction experience and bridges the gap between traditional finance and Bitcoin. Formerly, he was a VP of Mining at Galaxy Digital covering Research and Special Projects and Director of Investments and Acquisitions at Kettler a Multi-family owner operator. Prior to that, he worked in Investment Banking at Wells Fargo Securities.
Brandon Keys
Founder
Green Candle
Brandon Keys
Founder
Brandon Keys is the founder of Green Candle, a media company focused on Bitcoin and macroeconomic content, and the host of the State of Bitcoin podcast — a long-running show with over 200 episodes featuring guests such as Jack Mallers, Adam Back, Samson Mow, and other top voices in the space.
Brandon is a recognized voice in the Bitcoin community, having spoken at major industry events including the Bitcoin Conference, Bitcoin Atlantis, the Canadian Bitcoin Conference, Adopting Bitcoin, and more. Through Green Candle and his podcast, Brandon bridges the gap between complex financial topics and everyday listeners, delivering clear, honest insights into the world of Bitcoin and global finance.
Brandon is a recognized voice in the Bitcoin community, having spoken at major industry events including the Bitcoin Conference, Bitcoin Atlantis, the Canadian Bitcoin Conference, Adopting Bitcoin, and more. Through Green Candle and his podcast, Brandon bridges the gap between complex financial topics and everyday listeners, delivering clear, honest insights into the world of Bitcoin and global finance.
Brett Reeves
Head of Europe Sales & Go Network
BitGo
Brett Reeves
Head of Europe Sales & Go Network
Brett Reeves is the Head of European Sales and Go Network at BitGo.
Brett joined the firm in May 2024 and has since then overseen the expansion of BitGo's presence in Europe, which includes onboarding new clients and partners and expanding the volume and scope of business across multiple jurisdictions within the European Union and UK.
Brett has twenty years of experience in the financial services industry having worked at Citibank, Nomura and Standard Chartered Bank. His background includes working within Prime Brokerage and OTC teams within the FX and interest rates markets.Most recently Brett was the Head of Business Development at the Bequant, a regulated digital asset Prime Broker.
Brett joined the firm in May 2024 and has since then overseen the expansion of BitGo's presence in Europe, which includes onboarding new clients and partners and expanding the volume and scope of business across multiple jurisdictions within the European Union and UK.
Brett has twenty years of experience in the financial services industry having worked at Citibank, Nomura and Standard Chartered Bank. His background includes working within Prime Brokerage and OTC teams within the FX and interest rates markets.Most recently Brett was the Head of Business Development at the Bequant, a regulated digital asset Prime Broker.
Brian Dixon
CEO
Off the Chain Capital
Brian Dixon
CEO
Brian was an early adopter of Bitcoin and has assisted with growing the community over the last 13 years. He is a serial entrepreneur and asset manager who leads Off the Chain Capital as its CEO. Off the Chain Capital, which was founded in 2016 with a goal to outperform Bitcoin, applies a value approach to invest in digital assets and equity in blockchain companies with a goal of acquiring at a discount to their intrinsic value. The Firm has invested in and helped lead some of most notable Bitcoin-focused deals in the space such as the Mt. Gox Bankruptcy and Bitcoin Treasury Companies spanning 5 countries and growing.
He has traveled the world educating on Bitcoin to retail and institutional investors, governments, regulators, banks, and corporations.
He has traveled the world educating on Bitcoin to retail and institutional investors, governments, regulators, banks, and corporations.
Chris Seedor
CEO
Bitsurance.eu, Seedor.io, Satskeeper.com
Chris Seedor
CEO
Chris began his career as a materials scientist and manufacturing consultant in Germany and China before discovering his greatest passion: Bitcoin. As co-founder and CEO of seedor.io, bitsurance.eu, and satskeeper.com, he is a central figure in the German Bitcoin scene, particularly in the areas of custody, inheritance, and insurance of Bitcoin.
Cris Carrascosa
Lawyer - managing partner
ATH21
Dan Held
General Partner
Asymmetric
Denis van Beetz
Director Private Banking
Van Lanschot Kempen
Denis van Beetz
Director Private Banking
Denis van Beetz is Director of Private Banking at Van Lanschot Kempen, where he has been advising high-net-worth individuals since 1998. His journey into Bitcoin began in late 2017, when he recognized the need for crypto expertise within the bank and took the initiative to build it from the ground up. Today, Denis plays a key role in shaping the bank’s vision and strategy around digital assets, supporting the onboarding of crypto-native clients and contributing to product development.
Outside of his professional role, Denis maintains a strong personal interest in Bitcoin and its ecosystem. He runs a full node, a Lightning node, and a little Bitaxe miner, driven by a desire to better understand the technology firsthand. While he leans toward Bitcoin maximalism, he maintains a keen interest in the volatility and innovation found in alts.
Denis bridges the gap between traditional finance and the decentralized future, offering a unique perspective shaped by decades of client advisory experience and a genuine passion for Bitcoin’s potential.
Outside of his professional role, Denis maintains a strong personal interest in Bitcoin and its ecosystem. He runs a full node, a Lightning node, and a little Bitaxe miner, driven by a desire to better understand the technology firsthand. While he leans toward Bitcoin maximalism, he maintains a keen interest in the volatility and innovation found in alts.
Denis bridges the gap between traditional finance and the decentralized future, offering a unique perspective shaped by decades of client advisory experience and a genuine passion for Bitcoin’s potential.
Douglas Bakkum
CEO
BitBox
Douglas Bakkum
CEO
Douglas is a founder and CEO of BitBox and the creator of the original BitBox hardware wallet. He is an accomplished neuroengineering scientist (Ph.D. Georgia Tech) and former group leader at the Swiss national university ETH Zürich, with a diverse background spanning mechanical engineering (M.Sc. and B.Sc.), AI, cognitive science, robotics, and bioart.
Duncan Coombe aka "I Am GPIO"
Design Engineer in the Home Mining Space
The Solo Mining Co'
Duncan Coombe aka "I Am GPIO"
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.
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.
Dusty Daemon
Protocol Developer
Lightning
Edward Hill
Deputy Chairman, Policy and Finance
States of Alderney
Elvin Folkebrant Sababi
COO/CLO
FS Legal Engineering AB
Elvin Folkebrant Sababi
COO/CLO
Elvin Folkebrant Sababi is a Swedish lawyer with a legal degree (LL.M.) from Uppsala University in Sweden. He also completed legal studies at the University of Sydney, Australia. Elvin discovered Bitcoin in 2016 and wrote his master’s thesis on the Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (and its effect on the possibilities of money laundering with Bitcoin). Elvin began his legal career working with corporate transactions (M&A) at one of Sweden’s top law firms and was also Head of the Crypto-Asset Department at a boutique law firm. With extensive knowledge of blockchain technology, he has a deep understanding of its complex technical foundations and the regulatory challenges these technologies face.
Erik Cason
Co-founder
Vora.io
Erik Cason
Co-founder
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 which was published as the book Cryptosovereignty in 2023. In early 2025 he cofounded Vora.io to help build the world most secure compute platform for Bitcoin storage, private AI, and decentralized cloud storage.
Erik De Smedt
CTO
Second
Filip Baturan
Founder, CEO
Tanari
Filip Baturan
Founder, CEO
Filip is the founder and CEO of Tanari, a self-owned Bitcoin finance platform. He finds Bitcoin one of the most important inventions humanity has come up with, and his passion is building products and tools that will accelerate the transition to the Bitcoin financial system on a global level. Filip’s focus is on creating products that are extremely easy to use, as he believes the only way towards global adoption of Bitcoin is by making it equally accessible to every person on the planet.
Frank Corva
Business Correspondent
Bitcoin Magazine
Gareth Jenkinson
Head of Multimedia
Cointelegraph
Gareth Jenkinson
Head of Multimedia
Gareth Jenkinson is the head of multimedia at Cointelegraph and host of the publication's flagship daily livestream CHAINREACTION. He previously served as managing editor of the publication and has been covering the Bitcoin industry since 2017.
Gareth is also an award-winning broadcaster and journalist and has moderated and MC’d at major events including the World Economic Forum, Paris Blockchain Week, Token2049, Bitcoin Las Vegas and Bitcoin Amsterdam, Proof of Talk and Web Summit.
Gareth is also an award-winning broadcaster and journalist and has moderated and MC’d at major events including the World Economic Forum, Paris Blockchain Week, Token2049, Bitcoin Las Vegas and Bitcoin Amsterdam, Proof of Talk and Web Summit.
George Mekhail
Managing Director
Bitcoin for Corporations, BTC Inc
George Mekhail
Managing Director
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.
Giovanni Santostasi
Chief Scientific Officer
Quantonomy
Giovanni Santostasi
Chief Scientific Officer
Giovanni Santostasi, Ph.D., is the discoverer of the Bitcoin Power Law in time and the creator of the Bitcoin Power Law Theory. With a Ph.D. in Astrophysics, Giovanni has worked as a neuroscientist at Northwestern University for several years. He is deeply passionate about Bitcoin, bringing 12 years of experience in analyzing it as a scientific phenomenon and developing sophisticated price models. Beyond cryptocurrency, Giovanni's research explores consciousness, intelligence, and memory, with a particular focus on the role of sleep in processing and storing memories. His expertise spans computational neuroscience, neural networks, and biophysics.
Grafton Clark
Head of Growth
Vexl
Harald Rauter
Chief Growth Officer
21energy GmbH
Harald Rauter
Chief Growth Officer
Harald Rauter is a recognized voice at the frontier of Bitcoin and energy systems—a space rapidly reshaping Europe’s future. As Chief Growth Officer at 21energy and Board Member of the European Bitcoin Energy Association (EBEA), he actively advances the conversation on how Bitcoin mining can strengthen energy markets and grid stability. He argues that, when strategically integrated, Bitcoin mining will become a catalyst for Europe’s energy abundance, security, and, above all, independence—cornerstones of societal prosperity and geopolitical resilience in the 21st century. With a background spanning finance, policy, and energy markets, Rauter bridges the gap between Bitcoin-native innovation and institutional realities—equipping audiences with the insight to act on complex market shifts.
Hervé Larren
CEO
Airvey.io
Hervé Larren
CEO
Hervé Larren is the CEO and founder of Airvey.io, a leading US-based Web3 advisory firm.
Since discovering Bitcoin in 2013, he has helped guide over 20 projects to a combined market
capitalisation exceeding $15 billion. Prior to his career in digital assets, Hervé worked at LVMH.
He is a graduate of Columbia and Harvard and a member of YPO.
Since discovering Bitcoin in 2013, he has helped guide over 20 projects to a combined market
capitalisation exceeding $15 billion. Prior to his career in digital assets, Hervé worked at LVMH.
He is a graduate of Columbia and Harvard and a member of YPO.
Hunter Albright
Chief Revenue Officer
SALT Lending
Hunter Albright
Chief Revenue Officer
Hunter Albright became a Bitcoin believer in 2017 and made his first purchase in 2018 and has been hooked ever since.
With a career spanning across lending and payments, Hunter has worked with leading global banks like Barclays, HSBC, and Visa, and served on the advisory board of Mastercard Europe. He is passionate about global financial systems and the adoption Bitcoin. At SALT, he helps people transform their Bitcoin into wealth and liquidity through innovative financial solutions.
Additionally, he works to spread the understanding and awareness of Bitcoin through his role as an advisory committee member for the Certified Bitcoin Professional (CBP) program, by the nonprofit C4, and created the first crypto course at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
With a career spanning across lending and payments, Hunter has worked with leading global banks like Barclays, HSBC, and Visa, and served on the advisory board of Mastercard Europe. He is passionate about global financial systems and the adoption Bitcoin. At SALT, he helps people transform their Bitcoin into wealth and liquidity through innovative financial solutions.
Additionally, he works to spread the understanding and awareness of Bitcoin through his role as an advisory committee member for the Certified Bitcoin Professional (CBP) program, by the nonprofit C4, and created the first crypto course at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Invertedx
Senior software engineer
Foundation Device
James Van Straten
Senior Analyst
CoinDesk
Jason Sosa
CEO
Bitcoin Orchestrator
Jason Sosa
CEO
Jason Sosa is an entrepreneur and technologist focused on artificial intelligence, automation, and Bitcoin strategy. Over his career, he has raised and structured more than $100M in capital, scaling startups and advising boards, founders, and executives on innovation and capital allocation.
He previously founded and led venture-backed AI companies, later serving as Entrepreneur-in-Residence and advisor to a $20M early-stage venture fund in San Francisco. An alumnus of TechStars, 500 Startups, and Plug and Play, he has guided dozens of startups from Seed to Series B.
Today, Jason leads Bitcoin Orchestrator, the command center for corporate Bitcoin treasuries, building the interoperability layer that unifies custody, payments, exchanges, and compliance through AI-driven automation.
His work has been featured by Forbes, CNN, The New York Times, Wired, and Esquire Singapore. An internationally recognized speaker, he has delivered keynotes for Bank of America, Glow Financial, Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley, Singularity University Global Summit, NUS Business School, MIT Enterprise Forum, and four TEDx events.
He previously founded and led venture-backed AI companies, later serving as Entrepreneur-in-Residence and advisor to a $20M early-stage venture fund in San Francisco. An alumnus of TechStars, 500 Startups, and Plug and Play, he has guided dozens of startups from Seed to Series B.
Today, Jason leads Bitcoin Orchestrator, the command center for corporate Bitcoin treasuries, building the interoperability layer that unifies custody, payments, exchanges, and compliance through AI-driven automation.
His work has been featured by Forbes, CNN, The New York Times, Wired, and Esquire Singapore. An internationally recognized speaker, he has delivered keynotes for Bank of America, Glow Financial, Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley, Singularity University Global Summit, NUS Business School, MIT Enterprise Forum, and four TEDx events.
Jeff Gardner
Founder
White Noise
Jeff Gardner
Founder
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 currently building 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 Walton
Chief Risk Officer
Strive
Jesse Shrader
Co-founder
Amboss Technologies
Jim Crider
Owner, Financial Planner
Intentional Living FP
Jim Crider
Owner, Financial Planner
I am a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, and my job, in it’s simplest terms, is to live anywhere and everywhere our clients' lives and money intersect, to serve as a guide to help navigate the financial decisions and complexities that will inevitably arisise. Money is simply a tool, a resource that is there to help you do what important in your life. I help you align your money and life in the most efficient and effective manner for what you value.
Jonathan
Head of Product, Bitkey
Block Inc.
Jonathan
Head of Product, Bitkey
Jonathan is Bitkey’s Product Lead at Block, specialising in blockchain technology and self-custody bitcoin solutions, as well as open source projects. Jonathan joined Block in 2023 and has since then occupied different product roles in the bitcoin hardware team. Before Block, his career spans roles at major tech companies including Akamai, AWS, and Amazon Music, where he drove significant innovations in cloud solutions, AI-driven systems, and user experiences.
Jos Lazet
CEO
Blockrise
Jos Lazet
CEO
As CEO of Blockrise, I lead the mission to provide individuals, corporations and institutions with secure, transparent and reliable ways to manage their bitcoin. With a focus on long-term value creation, we bring together strategy, innovation and trust to help our clients navigate this rapidly evolving economy.
Kevin Ravensberg
Physics Research Assistent
SRON - Space Research Organisation Netherlands
Kingsley Advani
CEO
Allocations
Kingsley Advani
CEO
Kingsley Advani is CEO of Allocations, CEO of Allo, Managing Partner of Chainfund Capital and has managed $1BN+ in crypto assets spanning private and public markets across multiple funds since 2013 and structured $2BN+ of private equity transactions. Previously, Kingsley was a Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) investment banker at BNP Paribas in London where he advised on $10bn+ of debt financing transactions. Kingsley was an early / seed investor in a number of crypto unicorns including Ethereum, Solana, Polkadot, Avalanche, Arweave, Oasis, Coinbase and Robinhood. He has invested in multiple digital asset treasury companies including: BNC Network Company (NASDAQ: BNC), Nakamoto (NASDAQ: NAKA), SUI Group Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: SUIG), TON Strategy Company (NASDAQ: TONX), Satsuma Technology PLC (LSE: SATS), ETHZilla Corporation (NASDAQ: ETHZ) and Forward Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ: FORD).
Kristyna Mazankova
Head of PR
BTC Inc.
Kristyna Mazankova
Head of PR
Kristýna Mazánková – Bitcoin PR & Communications Strategist
Kristýna Mazánková is Head of PR at BTC Inc., the organizer of the world’s largest Bitcoin conference. With over a decade of experience in tech and Bitcoin communications, she helps bridge the gap between Bitcoin and media. At Bitcoin Amsterdam 2025, she will unveil a new global initiative in Bitcoin education.
Kristýna Mazánková is Head of PR at BTC Inc., the organizer of the world’s largest Bitcoin conference. With over a decade of experience in tech and Bitcoin communications, she helps bridge the gap between Bitcoin and media. At Bitcoin Amsterdam 2025, she will unveil a new global initiative in Bitcoin education.
Kwon Park
Global Head of Digital Asset Partnerships & Managing Director
Crypto.com
Kwon Park
Global Head of Digital Asset Partnerships & Managing Director
Kwon Y. Park is the Global Head of Digital Asset Partnerships and Managing Director at Crypto.com. Before joining the company, Park was the Chief Strategy Officer at Bittrex and served as Counsel at Delta Strategy Group in Washington, DC. Park received his J.D. from the George Washington University law school and is admitted to the New York State Bar and the D.C. Bar.
Leon S Foong
Co-founder
Mythos Venture Partners
Lindey Magee
Author, Bitcoin: A Treasure to HODL
Think Free Press LLC
Lindey Magee
Author, Bitcoin: A Treasure to HODL
Lindey Magee is the author of Bitcoin: A Treasure to HODL, a rhyming picture book that introduces children and their families to the principles of sound money. A homeschooling mother and independent advocate living on a Bitcoin standard, she brings a deeply personal perspective to the cultural shift Bitcoin enables.
Lindey offers what no macro chart can: a glimpse of how Bitcoin changes everyday lives—not just portfolios. Through her work and her story, she’s helping families break from fiat thinking and planting seeds of financial freedom that will grow for generations.
Lindey offers what no macro chart can: a glimpse of how Bitcoin changes everyday lives—not just portfolios. Through her work and her story, she’s helping families break from fiat thinking and planting seeds of financial freedom that will grow for generations.
Lukáš Kovanda
Chief Economist
Trinity bank
Lukáš Kovanda
Chief Economist
Lukáš Kovanda, Ph.D., is a Czech economist and author focusing on economic literature, and is Chief Economist at Trinity Bank. From 2020 to 2022 he was a member of National Economic Council of the Government, an advisory body to the government dealing with economic measures and impacts of the COVID-19 disease. He also collaborates with the United Nations (UNDP) as a Senior Socio-Economic Analyst.
His daily work includes analyzing and commenting on macroeconomic issues, investments, and emerging phenomena such as sharing economy, bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and fintechs.
He is a Department of Economics lecturer at the University of Economics in Prague and is a member of the Scientific Board of the Czech Banking Association. He has published two collections of interviews with Nobel laureates and other prominent economists. He has written two behavioral economics books which were published in Czech and Slovak.
He is a marathon runner, and has successfully finished several, including, the New York Marathon.
His daily work includes analyzing and commenting on macroeconomic issues, investments, and emerging phenomena such as sharing economy, bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and fintechs.
He is a Department of Economics lecturer at the University of Economics in Prague and is a member of the Scientific Board of the Czech Banking Association. He has published two collections of interviews with Nobel laureates and other prominent economists. He has written two behavioral economics books which were published in Czech and Slovak.
He is a marathon runner, and has successfully finished several, including, the New York Marathon.
Lyudmyla Kozlovska
President
Open Dialogue Foundation
Lyudmyla Kozlovska
President
Lyudmyla is a bitcoin advocate & human rights defender from Ukraine. She has been advocating regulators to address financial exclusion, political oppression and the delivery of humanitarian aid, promoting the vital role of bitcoin. Lyudmyla has been leading the campaign to prevent the abuse of anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) laws by malign state actors. Previously, she initiated the reform of INTERPOL to fight its misuse as a tool of political prosecution worldwide.
Marek Szabelski
Independent speaker
Member of German Bitcoin Association
Marek Szabelski
Independent speaker
Marek has been involved in the Bitcoin space for four years and focuses on topics related to personal financial independence based on Bitcoin. He was a Mentor in the Bitcoin Talents program and most recently worked in Business development at Bitvocation. Lately, he has been increasingly active as a speaker and participant in panels and talks on the topic of Bitcoin.
Mark Jennings
CEO of Europe
Gemini
Mark Jennings
CEO of Europe
Mark is the Head of Europe at Gemini, leading a dynamic team in driving Gemini’s European expansion. Before joining Gemini, he spent three years at Kraken, initially as COO of its European operations, and most recently as CEO of Crypto Facilities, an FCA-authorised crypto derivatives platform. In this role, he oversaw the development and execution of innovative strategies and licensing initiatives to grow their global client base.
Mark previously served as Chief Operating Officer of a Silicon Valley-based hedge fund specialising in Chinese equity markets, offering quantitative investment strategies to institutional clients. He has also held senior leadership roles at TPICAP, Credit Suisse, and Citi. Since joining Gemini, he has spoken on numerous panels at key European events, including Paris Blockchain Week, Dutch Blockchain Week, NFT Paris, and Proof of Talk.
Mark previously served as Chief Operating Officer of a Silicon Valley-based hedge fund specialising in Chinese equity markets, offering quantitative investment strategies to institutional clients. He has also held senior leadership roles at TPICAP, Credit Suisse, and Citi. Since joining Gemini, he has spoken on numerous panels at key European events, including Paris Blockchain Week, Dutch Blockchain Week, NFT Paris, and Proof of Talk.
Matt Crosby
Lead Analyst
Bitcoin Magazine Pro
Matt Crosby
Lead Analyst
As Lead Analyst for Bitcoin Magazine Pro, Matt looks to apply his expertise to offer valuable perspectives on bitcoin's market dynamics, often focusing on the intersection of on-chain analysis, macroeconomic trends, and broader financial markets to provide insights into both short and long term outlooks.
Matthew Mežinskis
Creator
1basemoney
Michael Bloch
Partner
A&O Shearman
Michael Bloch
Partner
Michael is a corporate partner and equity capital markets specialist at A&O Shearman with more than 20 years' experience advising companies, investors and investment banks on a wide range of corporate finance and other fundraising transactions. He has a particular interest in blockchain and crypto-assets, and has advised on various types of transactions in the sector, including security token offerings, tokenisation structures and digital asset treasuries.
Michael S
Co-founder
Smashtoshi
Michael Theo Dülk
CEO & Co-Founder
opago
Michael Theo Dülk
CEO & Co-Founder
Michael is the CEO & Co-Founder of opago. With several years of experience in sales roles, he has contributed to bringing Anti-Money Laundering and Credit Risk software to leading banks and has also worked with American Express in the UK. Since late 2016, he has been deeply engaged with Bitcoin, particularly appreciating its unique strengths as a medium of exchange.
Mick Morucci
Co-founder & CEO
Geyser
Mick Morucci
Co-founder & CEO
Mick is the co-founder and CEO of Geyser.fund, a Bitcoin crowdfunding platform driving grassroots adoption worldwide. Geyser empowers communities, builders, and creators to fund projects that advance Bitcoin through education, culture, and open-source innovation. He focuses on empowering bitcoiners to fund ideas that matter.
Today he's here to discuss how Geyser is bringing Kickstarter to Bitcoin. through a new model for bringing All-or-Nothing crowdfunding functionality on Bitcoin using Rootstock. This opens up new horizons for creating, building and launching new ideas on Bitcoin.
Today he's here to discuss how Geyser is bringing Kickstarter to Bitcoin. through a new model for bringing All-or-Nothing crowdfunding functionality on Bitcoin using Rootstock. This opens up new horizons for creating, building and launching new ideas on Bitcoin.
Mogashni Naidoo
UX Designer and Researcher
Bitcoin Design Foundation
Mogashni Naidoo
UX Designer and Researcher
Mogashni is a UX Designer and Researcher working on Open Source bitcoin. She is an admin of the Bitcoin Design Foundation. She built the Bitcoin UX Research toolkit together with others and is an evangelist for UX Research within the bitcoin design community. She is passionate about using UX research to bring the voice of the users closer to the development and design process. Her philosophy is to build more products which make users feel empowered when using them.
Nico Smid
Founder
Digital Mining Solutions
Nico Smid
Founder
Nico Smid, Founder of Digital Mining Solutions, brings over 15 years of distinguished international business expertise to the forefront of the Bitcoin mining industry. Since diving into Bitcoin early 2017, he transitioned from investor to active miner.
As a strategic advisor and skilled connector, Nico guided numerous companies towards the successful establishment and expansion of their Bitcoin mining ventures.
As a strategic advisor and skilled connector, Nico guided numerous companies towards the successful establishment and expansion of their Bitcoin mining ventures.
Niko Jilch
Founder
Binifico GmbH
Niko Jilch
Founder
Niko is the founder and CEO of digital media company Binifico.
He runs one of the most popular podcasts and YouTube channels on the topic of Bitcoin in the German speaking world: "Was Bitcoin bringt".
His popular English newsletter is called "Fix the money".
Niko is a sought-after speaker at conferences in Europe and internationally.
He runs one of the most popular podcasts and YouTube channels on the topic of Bitcoin in the German speaking world: "Was Bitcoin bringt".
His popular English newsletter is called "Fix the money".
Niko is a sought-after speaker at conferences in Europe and internationally.
Pascal Hügli
Investment Manager
Maerki Baumann (Archip)
Pat Riley
Design Director
BTC Inc
Pat Riley
Design Director
Pat Riley is the Design Director at BTC Inc., the parent company of Bitcoin Magazine and The Bitcoin Conference.
Prior to leading design at BTC Inc., Riley began working full time in Bitcoin in 2014, pioneering product design for the first bitcoin payment flows and multi-signature wallets. Since joining BTC Inc. in 2016, he has led the redesign of Bitcoin Magazine, expanded The Bitcoin Conference into a global flagship event, and most recently launched the Nakamoto brand, where he continues to guide its creative direction.
At the core of his work is narrative-driven brand design, rich with symbolism, paired with cultural collaborations and large-scale event experiences that define Bitcoin’s global identity and visual language.
Prior to leading design at BTC Inc., Riley began working full time in Bitcoin in 2014, pioneering product design for the first bitcoin payment flows and multi-signature wallets. Since joining BTC Inc. in 2016, he has led the redesign of Bitcoin Magazine, expanded The Bitcoin Conference into a global flagship event, and most recently launched the Nakamoto brand, where he continues to guide its creative direction.
At the core of his work is narrative-driven brand design, rich with symbolism, paired with cultural collaborations and large-scale event experiences that define Bitcoin’s global identity and visual language.
Paul
Co-Founder & Podcast Host
Bitcoin School
Paul
Co-Founder & Podcast Host
Paul is the Co-Founder and Host of the Dutch-speaking Bitcoin Only podcast, "Bitcoin School." Together with his wife, he discusses Bitcoin from both technical and socio-economic perspectives. The podcast aims to clarify Bitcoin for individuals of all technical backgrounds, highlighting the importance of self-custody and raising social awareness about Bitcoin.
Paul Buitink
Managing Director
Holland Gold
Paul Buitink
Managing Director
Paul Buitink is a renowned entrepreneur plus a precious metals and Bitcoin expert. A graduate of Erasmus University Rotterdam, he manages and co-owns Holland Gold, a leading firm specializing in trading and storing precious metals. He is also the host of the popular Reinvent Money podcast.
Pedro
Designer
Bitcoin Conference
Pedro
Designer
Pedro is a designer and developer for the Bitcoin Conference. In addition to extensive contributions to no-KYC open source projects like Bisq and Mempool, he's directing the film Anatomy of Bitcoin, leads the design for the SatSigner project, founded the research and publishing house PirateHash, and co-founded the lighting game Chain Duel.
Peng Li
Marketing Manager
BITDEER
Phil McPherson
Vice President Capital Markets & Investor Relations
Riot Platforms, Inc.
Phil McPherson
Vice President Capital Markets & Investor Relations
Phil joined Riot in March 2021 as Vice President, Capital Markets. With more than two decades of experience in the public markets, Phil brings a seasoned perspective and a wealth of practical experience to Riot. Phil is primarily responsible for the Company’s investor relations efforts and its interaction with both covering sell-side analysts and existing and prospective investors.
Prior to Riot, Phil was CFO of Citadel Exploration Inc. for eight years, where he was responsible for managing financial operations and implementing growth strategies. Prior thereto, Phil spent fifteen years on the sell side of the capital markets, primarily in equity research, with a focus on the energy sector.
Phil holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from East Carolina University.
Prior to Riot, Phil was CFO of Citadel Exploration Inc. for eight years, where he was responsible for managing financial operations and implementing growth strategies. Prior thereto, Phil spent fifteen years on the sell side of the capital markets, primarily in equity research, with a focus on the energy sector.
Phil holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from East Carolina University.
René Pickhardt
Lightning Network Open Source Researcher
OpenSats Grantee
René Pickhardt
Lightning Network Open Source Researcher
René Pickhardt is a leading researcher, educator, and mathematical thinker in the Bitcoin Lightning Network space. As co-author of Mastering the Lightning Network (O’Reilly Media, 2021) alongside Andreas M. Antonopoulos and Olaoluwa Osuntokun, he helped create the definitive technical reference on Bitcoin’s most advanced scaling layer.
With a background in mathematics and data science, Pickhardt has contributed pioneering research on payment reliability, routing optimization, and liquidity management in decentralized payment networks. His information-theoretic and probabilistic approach to multi-path payments—known as Pickhardt Payments—improves success rates by modeling payment flows statistically rather than deterministically. Even Core Lightning’s API for obtaining routing candidates is named “askrene” in recognition of his work.
Pickhardt’s recent paper, A Mathematical Theory of Payment Channel Networks, formalizes liquidity dynamics and flow optimization across payment channels, offering one of the first rigorous mathematical frameworks for decentralized payment infrastructures.
When the Ark protocol was introduced in 2023, Pickhardt was the first to recognize that—rather than serving primarily as a payment system—its architecture is far better suited as a channel factory, offering new pathways for liquidity management and scaling within the Lightning Network.
Supported by grants from OpenSats, BitMEX, and other patrons, René continues to advance open, mathematical research that helps Bitcoin evolve into a truly decentralized and efficient monetary network.
With a background in mathematics and data science, Pickhardt has contributed pioneering research on payment reliability, routing optimization, and liquidity management in decentralized payment networks. His information-theoretic and probabilistic approach to multi-path payments—known as Pickhardt Payments—improves success rates by modeling payment flows statistically rather than deterministically. Even Core Lightning’s API for obtaining routing candidates is named “askrene” in recognition of his work.
Pickhardt’s recent paper, A Mathematical Theory of Payment Channel Networks, formalizes liquidity dynamics and flow optimization across payment channels, offering one of the first rigorous mathematical frameworks for decentralized payment infrastructures.
When the Ark protocol was introduced in 2023, Pickhardt was the first to recognize that—rather than serving primarily as a payment system—its architecture is far better suited as a channel factory, offering new pathways for liquidity management and scaling within the Lightning Network.
Supported by grants from OpenSats, BitMEX, and other patrons, René continues to advance open, mathematical research that helps Bitcoin evolve into a truly decentralized and efficient monetary network.
Richard Byworth
Managing Partner
Syz Capital
Robert Harrison
Managing Director, Investments and Legal
Yorkville Advisors
Robert Harrison
Managing Director, Investments and Legal
Robert is a member of both the investment and legal teams at Yorkville, where he also serves on the firm’s Investment Committee. Since joining Yorkville in 2024, Robert has sourced, structured, evaluated and executed transactions totaling several billion dollars, including more than $1 billion in digital asset investments in 2025.
He earned a B.A. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Georgia School of Law. Prior to Yorkville, Robert was a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions group at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York City.
He earned a B.A. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Georgia School of Law. Prior to Yorkville, Robert was a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions group at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York City.
Robin Linus
Project Lead
ZeroSync
Robin Linus
Project Lead
Robin Linus is project lead and a co-founder of the ZeroSync project, which is spearheading the application of zero-knowledge proof systems to Bitcoin. He loves all kinds of Bitcoin engineering, ranging from user experience design to systems programming and cryptographic protocols.
For more infos, check out https://robinlinus.com
For more infos, check out https://robinlinus.com
Robin Seyr
Founder & Host
The Robin Seyr Podcast
Robin Seyr
Founder & Host
Robin Seyr is the founder and host of the world’s only daily Bitcoin interview podcast, recording 365 interviews per year to explore Bitcoin from every angle. Speaking with guests ranging from teachers, authors, and engineers to top CEOs, he makes Bitcoin insights accessible to a broad audience. As a speaker, he shares these insights to inspire others to see Bitcoin’s true potential.
Russel Coultart
Bitcoin Advisor
Self
Russel Coultart
Bitcoin Advisor
I have a very strong personal interest in, and love of Bitcoin. Class of 2017, fully Orange Pilled in early 2024. just completing my first Bitcoin book. The Bitcoin Definitions Guide. https://bitcoinguide.co/ (Holding page for now)
I was very early in e-commerce launching my first e-commerce store in 1997, became global head of e-commerce at Universal Music Group in 2013 and with Bitcoin it feels very much like we're at the early stage too, so I'm very excited to be on the Bitcoin journey so early.
I first heard about Bitcoin in 2015 from a friend said he was 'mining it in his garage', but I just didn't really understand what he was talking about, so I ignored it, (oops) then in 2017 as the price started to shoot up another friend convinced me to buy a little and I made small investments in BTC, ETH, LTC, XRP etc. At that point I had absolutely no idea what the difference was. Prices crashed in 2018 and I was sitting on a big loss, so I more or less forgot about it, but thankfully didn't sell. Fast Forward to 2021, the ICO nonsense and I once again jumped in buying every shit coin you could imagine, based on name alone, very silly behaviour. Of course I got burnt again,, but didn't sell.
FF to 2024 I decided to take a fresh look at the whole 'Crypto' Space, and took a course called 'The Defi Academy' which taught me all about staking, swapping etc, which all seemed like nonsense to me. The main goal of the course was to sell you their next course, which would give me early access to the next 'Defi' token, so I could invest before it went public, sell at the top and make loads of money. That just felt fundamentally wrong. I hated the whole idea of it. Thankfully I had been told about Jack Mallers and Michael Saylor during the course, so I watched some of their you tube videos, read The Bitcoin Standard and Broken Money and had the class "Light Bulb" moment, instantly understood that Bitcoin was massively different from all the other 'Crypto'.
I converted the small amount of ETH XRP etc into Bitcoin in early 2024 and I've been a Bitcoin Maxi ever since
I'm probably 5,000+ hours of study into Bitcoin, read every book, etc etc
Now working for a Dutch Fintech (SSAS platform in Tradfi) and Talk non stop about Bitcoin and I have just started advising Wealth management firms about Bitcoin
I'm on the Robin Seyr Podcast here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR8JJVV79ww
I was very early in e-commerce launching my first e-commerce store in 1997, became global head of e-commerce at Universal Music Group in 2013 and with Bitcoin it feels very much like we're at the early stage too, so I'm very excited to be on the Bitcoin journey so early.
I first heard about Bitcoin in 2015 from a friend said he was 'mining it in his garage', but I just didn't really understand what he was talking about, so I ignored it, (oops) then in 2017 as the price started to shoot up another friend convinced me to buy a little and I made small investments in BTC, ETH, LTC, XRP etc. At that point I had absolutely no idea what the difference was. Prices crashed in 2018 and I was sitting on a big loss, so I more or less forgot about it, but thankfully didn't sell. Fast Forward to 2021, the ICO nonsense and I once again jumped in buying every shit coin you could imagine, based on name alone, very silly behaviour. Of course I got burnt again,, but didn't sell.
FF to 2024 I decided to take a fresh look at the whole 'Crypto' Space, and took a course called 'The Defi Academy' which taught me all about staking, swapping etc, which all seemed like nonsense to me. The main goal of the course was to sell you their next course, which would give me early access to the next 'Defi' token, so I could invest before it went public, sell at the top and make loads of money. That just felt fundamentally wrong. I hated the whole idea of it. Thankfully I had been told about Jack Mallers and Michael Saylor during the course, so I watched some of their you tube videos, read The Bitcoin Standard and Broken Money and had the class "Light Bulb" moment, instantly understood that Bitcoin was massively different from all the other 'Crypto'.
I converted the small amount of ETH XRP etc into Bitcoin in early 2024 and I've been a Bitcoin Maxi ever since
I'm probably 5,000+ hours of study into Bitcoin, read every book, etc etc
Now working for a Dutch Fintech (SSAS platform in Tradfi) and Talk non stop about Bitcoin and I have just started advising Wealth management firms about Bitcoin
I'm on the Robin Seyr Podcast here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR8JJVV79ww
Sabina Waithira
Co-Founder
Tando
Sabina Waithira
Co-Founder
Sabina Waithira is the Co-Founder of Tando, where she’s working to advance Bitcoin payment solutions across Africa starting in Kenya. She’s passionate about financial freedom and sovereignty through Bitcoin, and is committed to helping African communities access the opportunities and independence that Bitcoin offers.
Sadiq Jaffer
Senior Manager, Consulting
KPMG
Sadiq Jaffer
Senior Manager, Consulting
Sadiq is a Financial Services Solutions Architect for KPMG UK. He focusses on the role of technologies in financial services. He is working on energy optimisation and the role Bitcoin Mining can play. Other areas of interest include integration with renewable energy, Risk Management in Bitcoin Mining, financialisaton of Bitcoin hashrate via derivative trading, and corporate adoption of Bitcoin.
Sadri Sali
EU Blockchain Lawyer - Managing Partner
SALI BLOCKCHAIN & CRYPTO REGULATIONS LTD
Sadri Sali
EU Blockchain Lawyer - Managing Partner
As one of the first Blockchain-focused LL.M. holders (Thesis: The next-generation Regulation on Markets in Crypto-Assets: stablecoins and CASPs in the context of the AML framework) – Sadri founded Sali Blockchain & Crypto Regulations in order to establish trust in an industry that helped him develop himself as a person, professional and as an investor – the Cryptocurrency markets.
With hands-on experience with Euronext (the largest stock exchange of Europe and the fourth largest in the world), various EU regulators, a Maastricht and Utrecht law education, he is adequately prepared to cater crypto businesses for the EU regulatory framework. He is adequately equipped with the know-how to provide top executives with international solutions recognized by every jurisdiction in blockchain and cryptocurrency matters.
His final aim is clear: to educate stakeholders and create trust between Crypto Asset Service Providers, regulators and the general public interested in blockchain technology and crypto assets.
With hands-on experience with Euronext (the largest stock exchange of Europe and the fourth largest in the world), various EU regulators, a Maastricht and Utrecht law education, he is adequately prepared to cater crypto businesses for the EU regulatory framework. He is adequately equipped with the know-how to provide top executives with international solutions recognized by every jurisdiction in blockchain and cryptocurrency matters.
His final aim is clear: to educate stakeholders and create trust between Crypto Asset Service Providers, regulators and the general public interested in blockchain technology and crypto assets.
Sam Wouters
Director of Marketing
River
Samuel Kullmann
Member of Parliament, Canton Berne
Federal Democratic Union (political party)
Samuel Kullmann
Member of Parliament, Canton Berne
Samuel Kullmann was born in Leeds, England, in 1986. He spent most of his childhood in Mongolia. He holds a master's degree in political science and was elected to the Parliament of the Swiss canton of Bern in 2017, where he is also a member of the Finance Committee. Samuel has been running his own company, Kullmann Services, since 2015, specializing in financial education on the topics of precious metals and Bitcoin. In 2024, he published his first book, in which he explains Bitcoin in a simple way. He is a regular speaker at national and international Bitcoin conferences and advocates for proactive nation state Bitcoin adoption.
Sander Andersen
Chairman & Co-Founder
H100 Group AB
Sander Andersen
Chairman & Co-Founder
Sander Andersen is the Executive Chairman & Co-founder of H100 Group, the largest Bitcoin treasury company in the Nordics. He pioneers Bitcoin Equity by designing capital structures that maximize BTC per share. Based in Switzerland, Sander partners with family offices and entrepreneurs to scale strategic Bitcoin investments worldwide.
Sergi Delgado
Engineer
2140
Sergi Delgado
Engineer
Sergi is a software engineer focused on the Bitcoin protocol.
He began working on Bitcoin from an academic perspective in 2015 and shifted to a more hands-on approach in 2019, when he developed a Watchtower protocol for the Lightning Network under the Spiral grant program. In 2023, he joined Chaincode Labs to contribute to Bitcoin Core, with a particular focus on the P2P network. Most recently, he joined 2140 to help build an EU-based developer team and mentor new contributors.
He began working on Bitcoin from an academic perspective in 2015 and shifted to a more hands-on approach in 2019, when he developed a Watchtower protocol for the Lightning Network under the Spiral grant program. In 2023, he joined Chaincode Labs to contribute to Bitcoin Core, with a particular focus on the P2P network. Most recently, he joined 2140 to help build an EU-based developer team and mentor new contributors.
Shinobi
Technical Editor
Bitcoin Magazine
Simon Lelieveldt
Director
Lelieveldt Regulatory Consultancy
Simon Lelieveldt
Director
Independent regulatory consultant and Dutch OG in payments/e-money and digital money space checking out crypto-security and regulatory issues of digital cash since 1995/1996. Never left the space and ended up becoming the only certified compliance professional in bitcoin space (also a former banker, former bank lobbyist, former supervisor) that succeeded in winning a court case to get a central bank to fully revoke its excessive supervisory requirement. Not a big fan of the FATF.
Simon is also part-time chair of Human RIghts in Finance.EU, an NGO set up in 2023 to protect human rights in finance/crypto. HRIF.EU became the only NGO in the world that in 2024 used abuse-reports and legal opinions to get AWS to stop hosting (and kick out) an illegal Dutch banking surveillance dragnet that operated for five big banks in the Netherlands and spanned billions of transactions in the years 2021-2024.
Simon is also part-time chair of Human RIghts in Finance.EU, an NGO set up in 2023 to protect human rights in finance/crypto. HRIF.EU became the only NGO in the world that in 2024 used abuse-reports and legal opinions to get AWS to stop hosting (and kick out) an illegal Dutch banking surveillance dragnet that operated for five big banks in the Netherlands and spanned billions of transactions in the years 2021-2024.
Stefania Barbaglio
Founder
Cassiopeia and FinancialFox
Stefania Barbaglio
Founder
Stefania Barbaglio is a British-Italian entrepreneur, investor, board member, and strategic advisor with over 15 years of experience in capital markets and a decade in Bitcoin. She is the founder of Cassiopeia, a boutique PR and investor relations firm helping public companies and institutional players accelerate Bitcoin adoption. A long-time advocate for Bitcoin, Stefania’s work spans investment, policy, and strategy. She is also a certified yoga leadership coach and the host of FinancialFox, a media platform exploring Bitcoin, technology, and the future of finance. A regular speaker at global events, her insights have been featured in CoinDesk, Yahoo Finance, and other leading outlets.
Stephan Lutz
CEO
BitMEX
Stephan Lutz
CEO
Stephan Lutz is the CEO of BitMEX. He initially joined the company in 2021 as the CFO and was appointed as the group's CEO during late 2022 - one of crypto's most colourful periods. Stephan has been instrumental in driving the exchange's position as one of the crypto derivatives market leaders, steering the platform to pivot back to its successful origins in providing professional and institutional traders with a derivatives trading platform that caters to their key needs of liquidity, performance, and reliability.
Under his leadership, BitMEX celebrated a decade without security breaches in 2024, a rare feat in the crypto industry, while also advancing innovations that enhanced trader engagement, user trust, and platform efficiency.
Before BitMEX, he was a Senior Partner at PwC for close to a decade, where he advised many of the world's largest financial institutions. Prior to PwC, he held senior positions with Deutsche Börse. His career began in corporate finance and equities trading at Dresdner Bank AG (now Commerzbank AG).
Under his leadership, BitMEX celebrated a decade without security breaches in 2024, a rare feat in the crypto industry, while also advancing innovations that enhanced trader engagement, user trust, and platform efficiency.
Before BitMEX, he was a Senior Partner at PwC for close to a decade, where he advised many of the world's largest financial institutions. Prior to PwC, he held senior positions with Deutsche Börse. His career began in corporate finance and equities trading at Dresdner Bank AG (now Commerzbank AG).
Steven Reiss
Curator, Writer & Art Advisor
Reiss Art & Culture
Steven Reiss
Curator, Writer & Art Advisor
Steven Reiss is an art historian and curator whose work traces the histories of collections, the currents of the art market and the cultural potential of Bitcoin. He has taught at university, received multiple research fellowships and curated exhibitions with accompanying catalogue essays. He advises museums, companies and private collectors on art, Bitcoin and the creation of thoughtful, lasting collections.
Susie Violet Ward
CEO & Co-Founder
Bitcoin Policy UK
Susie Violet Ward
CEO & Co-Founder
Bitcoin Journalist with a focus on education, and a financial analyst with a background in accounting, holding a deep interest in bitcoin and the environment. Working as a bitcoin columnist for a business-focused newspaper in London and authoring numerous research articles on the benefits of Bitcoin Mining and its implications for renewable energy's future. Serving as the Director and Head of Mining and Sustainability at Bitcoin Policy UK, committed to exploring and educating about bitcoin's technological innovation and potential environmental impact at the core of these professional pursuits.
Temo Bezhiashvili
Core Product Manager
Maicrotrader
Temo Bezhiashvili
Core Product Manager
Temo is an experienced product manager who has been building crypto products since 2018. He is highly experienced in creating products that bridge Web3 and traditional finance. For the past year, he has been deeply involved in DeFi projects, and since January, he has been developing Microtrader, an autonomous AI trading platform, bringing quant hedge-fund expertise on-chain.
Tom van Lamoen
Party Leader
Libertaire Partij
Tracy Hoyos-Lopez
Chief of Staff, Strategic Initiatives
Kraken
Tracy Hoyos-Lopez
Chief of Staff, Strategic Initiatives
Tracy Ann Hoyos López is a strategic force in the Bitcoin and crypto space, currently serving as Chief of Staff, Strategic Initiatives to Arjun Sethi, CEO of Kraken, one of the world’s leading digital asset platforms. With a background in law and public service, Tracy now operates at the intersection of Bitcoin, crypto, policy, and high-level business strategy.
She played a pivotal role in orange-pilling President Donald Trump, directly influencing his embrace of Bitcoin and crypto during the 2024 Presidential campaign. Her leadership helped secure President Trump’s historic appearance at the Bitcoin Conference and led to a record-breaking $25 million fundraising effort in just 1.5 months. Her efforts established Bitcoin and cryptocurrency as core components of the national political conversation in the United States.
Tracy’s influence extends across the industry, bridging legal expertise, political acumen, and Bitcoin and crypto advocacy. At Kraken, she leads strategic initiatives that shape the company's positioning in both U.S. and global markets. Her deep understanding of regulatory dynamics, coupled with her commitment to financial freedom and decentralization, has made her a trusted advisor, a movement builder, and a driving force behind Bitcoin and crypto’s most important political and institutional breakthroughs.
She played a pivotal role in orange-pilling President Donald Trump, directly influencing his embrace of Bitcoin and crypto during the 2024 Presidential campaign. Her leadership helped secure President Trump’s historic appearance at the Bitcoin Conference and led to a record-breaking $25 million fundraising effort in just 1.5 months. Her efforts established Bitcoin and cryptocurrency as core components of the national political conversation in the United States.
Tracy’s influence extends across the industry, bridging legal expertise, political acumen, and Bitcoin and crypto advocacy. At Kraken, she leads strategic initiatives that shape the company's positioning in both U.S. and global markets. Her deep understanding of regulatory dynamics, coupled with her commitment to financial freedom and decentralization, has made her a trusted advisor, a movement builder, and a driving force behind Bitcoin and crypto’s most important political and institutional breakthroughs.
Tycho Onnasch
Head of Bitcoin Strategy
Treasury
Tycho Onnasch
Head of Bitcoin Strategy
Tycho is a Bitcoin pioneer and is Head of Bitcoin Strategy at Treasury. He's is best known for his early contributions to Bitcoin scaling solutions, most notably the Stacks L2. More recently, Tycho founded Zest Protocol - a BTC yield and lending solution backed by Bitcoin billionaire Tim Draper and Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao. Tycho holds a BA in History from Oxford University where he specialised in the history of financial markets and was listed on Forbes 30 under 30 Europe for his startup achievements.
Tyler Evans
CIO
KindlyMD ($NAKA)
Tyler Evans
CIO
Tyler is a the Chief Investment Officer at Kindly MD ($NAKA). He's the co-founder of BTC Inc., the publisher of Bitcoin Magazine and organizer of Bitcoin 2023. He is the Chief Investment Officer and General Partner at UTXO Management, an asset management firm focused on the Bitcoin ecosystem. Tyler serves on the boards of Metaplanet, the Smarter Web Company and Matador.
Vijay Selvam
Author
Principles of Bitcoin
Vijay Selvam
Author
Vijay Selvam is an attorney and financial services expert with over 20 years' industry experience (including over a decade at Goldman Sachs). He has advised extensively on legal and regulatory matters relating to digital assets, and currently serves as General Counsel, International at Gemini. Vijay is the author of the book, Principles of Bitcoin, published by Columbia University Press in 2025.
Vladislav Dramaliev
Founder
BitHope.org
Vladislav Dramaliev
Founder
Vlad is a pioneer of Bulgaria's Bitcoin community, having co-founded the nation's first online Bitcoin brokerage in 2013. As a Managing Board Member of the Bulgarian Bitcoin Association, he has guided the community since its inception. He has been leading Sofia Crypto Meetup, the country's biggest and longest-running monthly crypto event, since 2016. In 2014, he launched the Bithope Foundation—Europe's first Bitcoin-only nonprofit—empowering NGOs to accept Bitcoin donations. Vlad also founded ETHSofia, Bulgaria's premier crypto-tech conference, and serves as Marketing Director at IPOR Labs.
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Jack Mallers
Founder and CEO
Strike
Jack Mallers
Founder and CEO
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
Previous employee
CIA EN NSA
Edward Snowden
Previous employee
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.
Pierre Rochard
VP of research
Riot Platforms
Pierre Rochard
VP of research
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.
Obi Nwosu
Founder and CEO
Fedi
Adam Back
Co founder and CEO
Blockstream
Adam Back
Co founder and CEO
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.
Ben Arc
Head of Bens
LNBits, Nostr, Makerbits
Ben Arc
Head of Bens
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.
Martti Malmi
Software developer
Satoshi Nakamoto
Martti Malmi
Software developer
First developer of Bitcoin after Satoshi in 2009, founder of bitcointalk.org and former maintainer of bitcoin.org. Made the first known BTC-USD transaction in 2009, selling 5,050 BTC for $5 on PayPal. Ran bitcoinexchange.com for a while in 2010. Currently working on Iris, a decentralized social networking application on the Nostr protocol. Iris, like many Nostr clients, supports tipping of posts and users with Lightning.
Stella Assange
Human Rights Lawyer
Press Freedom Activist
Stella Assange
Human Rights Lawyer
Stella Assange is a human rights lawyer and advocate for digital freedom. She is renowned for her tireless work defending Julian Assange and fighting for press freedom and transparency. Her legal expertise and unwavering commitment to civil liberties make her a crucial voice in discussions surrounding privacy, censorship resistance, and the societal impact of decentralized technologies like Bitcoin. Her advocacy highlights the intersection of digital rights and financial sovereignty.
Bert De Groot
Engineer
Bitcoin Brabant BV
Bert De Groot
Engineer
Bert de Groot keeps companies warm with bitcoin miners and helps businesses, families and plebs on their bitcoin journey. Green houses, workshops, warehouses and offices are being heated with bitcoin miners. In one of the greenhouses flowers are being grown. His company bitcoinbrabant.com is the official reseller of open source signing devices (hardware wallets). He has helped thousands of people with storage and payment solutions, Dutch bitcoin books, and much more. In Q3 2023 Bert became chairman at VBNL.org. VBNL consists of 13 Dutch bitcoin companies that work together in this industry body to combat fraud and improve bitcoin adoption in the Netherlands. The original passion is coastal and hydraulic engineering. In previous jobs the main driver was innovation and technology. Work experience across the globe in every continent except Antarctica. Currently enjoys working on the bitcoin standard full-time.
Paul Buitink
Educator and Advocate
Bitcoin
Paul Buitink
Educator and Advocate
Paul Buitink is a dedicated Bitcoin educator and advocate within the Netherlands. He focuses on making Bitcoin accessible and understandable, fostering its adoption through clear communication and practical insights. His work bridges the gap between traditional finance and the emerging world of decentralized currencies, contributing to a more informed and empowered Bitcoin community.
Lyudmyla Kozlovska
President
Open Dialoge Foundation
Lyudmyla Kozlovska
President
Lyudmyla is a bitcoin advocate & human rights defender from Ukraine. She has been advocating regulators to address financial exclusion, political oppression and the delivery of humanitarian aid, promoting the vital role of bitcoin. Lyudmyla has been leading the campaign to prevent the abuse of anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) laws by malign state actors. Previously, she initiated the reform of INTERPOL to fight its misuse as a tool of political prosecution worldwide.
Rational Root
Member
Bitcoin On-Chain & Cycle Analyst
Sebastian Van Erne
CEO
Bitcoin Amsterdam
Aaron Van Wirdum
Author, Editor in Chief
Bitcoin Magazine
Aaron Van Wirdum
Author, Editor in Chief
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.
Willem Middelkoop
CEO/Founder
Commodity Discovery Fund
Willem Middelkoop
CEO/Founder
Willem Middelkoop (Geneva, August 21, 1962) is an entrepreneur and investor, who, earlier in his career, became well-known as a photojournalist, columnist and market commentator on TV. In 2008, he founded AmsterdamGold and the Commodity Discovery Fund. The former he sold to Value8 in 2011, after which he and two co-investors became founding shareholders of the successful business accelerator Startup Bootcamp Amsterdam. Today, as founder and director, Middelkoop works full time for the Commodity Discovery Fund and travels the world as a speaker and commentator on monetary and geopolitical issues. He has written a series of successful books on these topics. Middelkoop is a member of the Advisory Board of the London-based monetary think-tank OMFIF.
Abubakar Nur Khahil
CEO
Recursive Capital
Abubakar Nur Khahil
CEO
Abubakar Nur Khalil is a Nigerian Bitcoin core contributor and CEO of the Bitcoin VC fund Recursive Capital. He is a board member and CEO of ₿trust, a non-profit focused on training African Bitcoin developers via Btrust builders and growing the African Bitcoin ecosystem.He is also a Forbes Digital Assets contributor, where he focuses on Bitcoin, from documenting developments in the African Bitcoin ecosystem to writing Investor special reports.
Amanda Fabiano
CEO
Fabiano Consulting
Amanda Fabiano
CEO
Amanda Fabiano has been working on Bitcoin related projects since 2017, with a passion for mining. She finds the picks and shovels of the industry to be the most captivating aspect and dedicates her time utilizing her experience and expertise fostering businesses that thrive at the crossroads of energy and compute.She played a pivotal role as the founding member of Galaxy Digital's Mining Business. During her tenure of 3 years with the company, she successfully spearheaded the acquisition of a $65 million Helios mining asset, grew and expanded Galaxy's proprietary mining operations, facilitated over $400 million worth of miner finance loans, and assembled a team comprising and lead a team of more than 50 highly skilled professionals.Before joining Galaxy, Amanda held the position Director of Bitcoin Mining at Fidelity Investments, where she focused on building bitcoin products since 2017 and expanding Fidelity's mining operations.Additionally, she served on the boards of Compass Mining and Aspen Creek Digital Corporation. Amanda is an advisor to Square's Bitcoin Clean Energy Initiative and Bitcoin Magazine.Her work has been featured on various publications including CNBC, Forbes, Bloomberg, and Coindesk.
Andrew Bailey
Professor
Yale-Nus College/Bitcoin Policy Institute
Bart Mol
Founder and Host
Satoshi Radio
Bart Mol
Founder and Host
Founder and Host of Satoshi Radio PodcastBart Mol is a dedicated Bitcoin educator and experimenter since 2017. He hosts the Satoshi Radio podcast and creates hands-on tutorials for Bitcoin nodes, mining, and self-custody. Bart's impact includes-- Guiding 1,000+ people in setting up Lightning nodes- Distributing Bitaxe miners to 300+ individuals- Speaking at Bitcoin AmsterdamHis work embodies Bitcoin's principles of decentralization, education, and empowerment.
Ben Cousens
Chief Strategy Officer
Zebedee
Borja Martel Seward
Co-Founder & CEO
Roxom
Brad Tomm
Director of ESG
MARA
Brad Tomm
Director of ESG
Bradley Tomm is a sustainability professional, MBA, and LEED AP with over 15 years of experience in both the private and public sectors. He previously served as the first full-time sustainability lead at Harry Reid International Airport, achieving Airport Carbon Accreditation Level 1. Tomm’s career includes roles at MGM Resorts, where he helped secure LEED Gold certifications for City Center/ARIA, and at Zappos, where he earned LEED Gold for a campus renovation and led several sustainability initiatives. He holds an MBA from ASU Thunderbird and two bachelor’s degrees from Vanderbilt University.
Bradley Rettler
Associate Professor of Philosophy ∙ University of Wyoming
Riot Platforms
Bram Kanstein
Founder/Host
Bitcoin for Millenials
Bram Kanstein
Founder/Host
Bram Kanstein is an early-stage startup expert, entrepreneur, consultant, and host of the 'Bitcoin For Millennials' podcast. His Bitcoin journey started in early 2013 when he bought one of his first Bitcoin through a route that involved the game Second Life. After buying Bitcoin for $400 (and selling it all at $4000!), he has been on a journey down the Bitcoin rabbit hole. After 10+ years, Bram sees Bitcoin as the most important technological and monetary discovery everyone in the world should understand and adopt.