Watch: The Bitcoin Policy Summit is now taking place in Washington, DC.
The second annual Bitcoin Policy Summit, hosted by the Bitcoin Policy Institute, begins today in Washington, DC and will be attended by leading bipartisan lawmakers, Bitcoin experts, and human rights advocates.
Representatives in Congress include Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Wiley Nickel (D-NC), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and U.S. House Majority Leader Tom Emmer (R-TN). etc. -MN).
The summit is exploring the intersection of Bitcoin and politics, including geopolitical considerations in the context of the current U.S. dollar system, the environmental impact of Bitcoin mining, and Bitcoin’s importance to human rights in the United States and abroad.
The conference will feature notable speakers who will share their perspectives on Bitcoin and its broader impact on the economy, national security, and energy systems as a whole.
These include:
- Mining in America: Fireside Chat with Senator Cynthia Lummis
- Fred Thiel – CEO of Marathon Digital Holdings
- Cynthia Lummis – U.S. Senator (R-WY)
- Bitcoin and Financial Inclusion: Fireside Chat with U.S. Treasury Department Chastity Murphy
- Grant McCarty – Co-CEO of Bitcoin Policy Research Institute
- chastity murphy – Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions
- Status of Bitcoin’s global adoption and technology ecosystem
- Alex Thorn – Head of Research, Galaxy
- Charlene Fadirepo – CEO, Mango Digital Strategies
- Alyse Killeen – Stillmark Founder and Managing Partner
- Wolf Von Laer – Students for Liberty CEO
- Tom McDivitt – Elliptic Government Solutions CRO
- Bitcoin Against Dictatorship: A Modern Tool for Freedom
- Felix Maradiaga – human rights defender and 2024 Nobel Peace Prize nominee
- Cryptocurrency and Illegal Finance
- Matthew Pines – Sentinel One Security Advisory Director and BPI National Security Fellow
- Ken Egan – Head of Operations at Blocktrace
- Meredith Fitzpatrick – Director of Cryptocurrency Investigations and Compliance at Forensic Risk Alliance
- Sam Lyman – Director of Public Policy, Riot Platforms
The conference will also feature insights from leading figures in the Bitcoin industry, including Mike Brock, CEO of Block’s TBD, Avik Roy, Chairman of the Equal Opportunity Research Foundation and Senior Advisor to BPI, and Ben Gagnon. Chief Mining Officer at Bitfarms.
The Bitcoin Policy Summit is poised to become an important milestone in the bipartisan conversation about Bitcoin and digital assets in general, and aims to educate policymakers on key priorities for the ecosystem.
For those unable to attend in person, a live stream of the event will be available on the Bitcoin Magazine YouTube channel and X (Twitter). This will allow the Bitcoin Policy Summit’s insights and discussions to reach a global stakeholder and political audience. Leaders and industry participants.
