The Bitcoin Policy Institute's second annual Bitcoin Policy Summit begins today in Washington, D.C., and includes prominent bipartisan lawmakers, Bitcoin experts, and human rights advocates.
Congressional representatives include U.S. Senators Cynthia Lummis (R-WI), U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Willie Nickel (D-NC), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), and U.S. House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (republican). -MN).
The summit will explore the intersection between Bitcoin and politics, starting with geopolitical considerations in the context of the current US dollar system, the environmental impacts of Bitcoin mining, as well as Bitcoin's importance to human rights in the United States and beyond.
The conference will be headlined by prominent speakers set to share their perspectives on Bitcoin and its broader impact across the economy, national security and energy systems.
These include:
- Mining in America: A Fireside Conversation with Senator Cynthia Lummis
- Fred Thiel – CEO of Marathon Digital Holdings
- Cynthia Lummis – US Senator (R-WY)
- Bitcoin and Financial Inclusion: Fireside Conversation with Chastity Murphy, US Department of the Treasury
- Grant McCarty -Co-Executive Director of the Bitcoin Policy Institute
- Chastity Murphy – Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions, U.S. Department of the Treasury
- The state of global adoption and technology ecosystem of Bitcoin
- Alex Thorne – Head of Research, Galaxy
- Charlene Fadrebo – CEO, Mango Digital Strategies
- Alice Killeen – Founder and Managing Partner of Steelmark
- Wolf von Laer – CEO of Students for Freedom
- Tom McDevitt – Client Relations Manager, Government Solutions, Elliptic
- Bitcoin against tyranny: a modern tool for freedom
- Felix Maradiaga – human rights defender and nominee for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize
- Cryptocurrency and illicit finance
- Matthew Baines – Director of Security Consulting at Sentinel One and National Security Fellow at BPI
- Ken Egan – Chief Operating Officer, Blocktrace
- Meredith Fitzpatrick – Director of Cryptocurrency Investigations and Compliance, Forensic Risk Alliance
- Sam Lehman – Director of Public Policy, Riot Platforms
Furthermore, the conference is set to feature insights from key players in the Bitcoin industry, including Mike Brock, CEO of Block's TBD, Avik Roy, President of the Equal Opportunity Research Foundation and Senior Advisor to BPI, as well as Ben Gagnon. CEO of Mining at Bitfarms.
The Bitcoin Policy Summit is expected to be a milestone in the bipartisan dialogue on Bitcoin and digital assets in general and aims to educate policymakers on key priorities in the ecosystem.
For those who cannot attend in person, a live stream of the event is available on Bitcoin Magazine's YouTube channel as well as Channel X (Twitter), ensuring that ideas and discussions from the Bitcoin Policy Summit reach a global audience of stakeholders and politicians. Industry leaders and participants.
