SPEAKERS

The DC Blockchain Summit 2025 brings together a lineup of world-class speakers who are shaping the future of blockchain technology and digital assets. From industry pioneers to influential policymakers, these thought leaders inspire the next wave of blockchain and digital asset innovation. Speakers are announced on an ongoing basis and are subject to change.

2025 speakers

  • Gov. Mark Gordon

    (R-WY)

  • Majority Whip Tom Emmer

    (R-MN)

  • U.S. Rep. Gabe Amo

    (D-RI)

  • U.S. Rep. Nicholas J. Begich III

    (R-AK)

  • U.S. Rep. Warren Davidson

    (R-OH)

  • U.S. Rep. Don Davis

    (D-NC)

  • U.S. Rep. Troy Downing

    (R-MT)

  • U.S. Rep. Dan Goldman

    (D-NY)

  • U.S. Rep. French Hill

    (R-AR)

  • U.S. Rep. Young Kim

    (R-CA), California’s 40th Congressional District

  • U.S. Rep. Sam Liccardo

    (D-CA)

  • U.S. Rep. SARAH MCBRIDE

    (D-DE)

  • U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn

    (R-IA)

  • U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil

    (R-WI)

  • U.S. Rep. William Timmons

    (R-SC)

  • U.S. Rep. SHRI THANEDAR

    (D-MI)

  • U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz

    (R-TX)

  • U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand

    (D-NY)

  • U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty

    (R-TN)

  • U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno

    (R-OH)

  • U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis

    (R-WY)

  • U.S. Sen. Tim Scott

    (R-SC)

  • U.S. Sen. Tim Sheehy

    (R-MT)

  • Bo Hines

    Executive Director of the Presidential Council of Advisers for Digital Assets, White House

  • The Hon. E. David Burt

    JP, MP, Premier, Government of Bermuda

  • Wasim Ahmad

    Co-founder, Vault12

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    Anthony Apollo

    Executive Director, Wyoming Stable Token Commission

  • Chen Arad

    Co-founder & CXO, Solidus Labs

  • PAOLO ARDOINO

    CEO of Tether

  • Merris Badcock

    Vice President of Industry Relations, The Digital Chamber

  • Taylor Barr

    Government Affairs and PAC Manager, The Digital Chamber

  • Jean-Philippe Beaudet

    Policy Associate, The Digital Chamber

  • Blake Benthall

    Founder and CEO, Fathom(X)

  • The Hon. Erik Bethel

    Distinguished Fellow, The Digital Chamber

  • Lauren Brinati

    Chief Strategy And Risk Officer, NFA

  • Ben Brody

    Tech Reporter, Punchbowl News

  • Jayson Browder

    SVP of Government Affairs and Social Responsibility, MARA

  • Perianne Boring

    Founder and CEO, The Digital Chamber

  • NATALIE BRUNELL

    Host, Coin Stories Podcast

  • Cody Carbone

    President, The Digital Chamber

  • Keli Callaghan

    Partner, Chief Growth Officer, Arrington Capital

  • Sam Callahan

    VP, Battery Finance

  • Austin Campbell

    CEO, WSPN USA

  • Patrick F. Campos

    President, Kaimeta / Chief Business Officer, Huma Finance

  • WAYNE CHANG

    Founder & CEO, SpruceID

  • Thania Charmani

    Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP

  • Avery Ching

    CEO & Co-Founder, Aptos Labs 

  • Thomas Chow

    Chief Legal Officer, Chia Network

  • AIDAN CLIFFORD

    Director – Market Solutions Team, Panasonic Toughbook

  • Renae Cormier

    CFO, Semler Scientific

  • Joe Cutler

    Partner, Firmwide Chair of Fintech and Blockchain, Perkins Coie

  • Tom D'Eletto

    Head of Product, Arculus

  • Benjamin Diggles

    Chief Strategy Officer & Co-Founder, Constellation Network

  • Brian Dixon

    CEO, Off The Chain Capital

  • Katherine Dowling

    Executive Management, General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Bitwise Asset Management

  • Lindsay Ezykowich

    Director of Member Services & Partnerships, The Digital Chamber

  • David Feder

    Partner, Fenwick & West (Counsel to Tron - Cyber Security and Law Enforcement Engagement)

  • ERIN FENNIMORE

    VP of Tax Solutions, Taxbit

  • Zachary Folkman

    Co-Founder, World Liberty Financial

  • Scott Foo

    Growth Lead, peaq

  • David Fragale

    Senior Managing Director, Blockchain and Digital Assets Banking, Western Alliance

  • Tigran Gambaryan

    Head of Financial Crime Compliance, Binance

  • AMELIA POWERS GARDNER

    Utah County Commissioner

  • Stephen Gardner

    Chief Legal Officer, Zero Hash

  • Dr. Clara Guerra

    Director, Office for Financial Market Innovation and Digitalisation, Government of Liechtenstein

  • Teresa Goody Guillén

    Partner, BakerHostetler

  • Michael Gronager

    Founder, Chainalysis

  • Sanjay Gupta

    Chief Strategy Officer, Auradine

  • Beth Haddock

    Director and Global Policy Lead, The Stablecoin Standard

  • Carol Haines

    Head of Power & Policy, Core Scientific

  • Jacob Hample

    Head of Government Affairs, U.S. and Europe, Filecoin Foundation

  • Adrienne A. Harris

    Superintendent, NY Department of Financial Services

  • Kevin R. Harris

    Senior Director, Government Relations, Crypto.com

  • David Hemming

    Global Head of Alterative ETFs, Invesco

  • Chase Herro

    Co-Founder, World Liberty Financial

  • SETH HERTLEIN

    Global Head of Policy, Ledger

  • Jamal El Hindi

    Counsel, Clifford Chance US LLP

  • Tim Hite

    Director of Policy, Exodus

  • Frank Holmes

    Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, HIVE Digital Technologies

  • Rodney E. Hood

    Acting Comptroller of the Currency, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)

  • Mike Horton

    CEO, GEODNET

  • Charles Hoskinson

    CEO, Input | Output

  • Carole House

    Former White House Cyber Director

  • Shirish Jajodia

    Corporate Treasurer, Strategy

  • Benjamin Jorgensen

    CEO and Co-Founder, Constellation Network ($DAG)

  • Candace Kelly

    Chief Policy & Legal Officer, Stellar Development Foundation

  • Greg Kidd

    CEO, USBC

  • Greg King

    CEO, Rex Financial

  • Kristopher Klaich

    Director of Policy, The Digital Chamber

  • Stani Kulechov

    Founder, Aave Labs

  • TAKUYA KOBORI

    Representative in Washington DC, Financial Services Agency, Government of Japan

  • Thomas J. Lee

    Co-founder, Head Of Research, Fundstrat/FS Insight

  • Jason Les

    CEO, Riot

  • ALEX C. LEVINE

    General Counsel & Chief Regulatory Officer, Dapper Labs

  • ALYSSA LOVELACE

    New York State Advisor, The Digital Chamber

  • Caitlin Long

    Founder & CEO, Custodia Bank

  • Tarek Mansour

    Co-Founder & CEO, Kalshi

  • Rob Massey

    Partner | Global Tax Leader – Blockchain & Digital Assets, Deloitte Tax LLP

  • SUMMER MERSINGER

    Commissioner, Commodity Futures Trading Commission

  • Andrew McCormick

    Head of eToro US

  • HanhLe McDaniel

    Member Services Associate, The Digital Chamber

  • Jack McDonald

    SVP, Stablecoins, Ripple

  • Calanthia Mei

    Co-founder, Masa AI

  • David Miller

    Shareholder/Partner, Greenberg Traurig, LLP

  • Hailey Miller

    Director of Government Affairs, Digital Power Network

  • Brandon Milhorn

    President and CEO, Conference of State Bank Supervisors

  • Brian Morgenstern

    Head of Public Policy, Riot

  • Jackson Mueller

    Director of Policy, The Digital Chamber

  • John Patrick Mullin

    CEO & Co-Founder, MANTRA

  • Sergey Nazarov

    Co-Founder, Chainlink

  • Paul Neuner

    CEO, Telcoin

  • Karen Ottoni

    Sr. Director of Ecosystem & Strategic Initiatives, LF Decentralized Trust

  • TROY A. PAREDES

    Former SEC Commissioner and Founder, Paredes Strategies LLC

  • Scott Parsons

    Managing Partner, Delta Strategy Group

  • Chris Pavlovski

    CEO & Founder of Rumble

  • Cynthia Pedersen JD, LLM

    Director, Cohen & Co Advisory, LLC

  • Hester M. Peirce

    Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

  • Matthew Pines

    Head Of Strategy, Bitcoin Policy Institute

  • Margeaux Plaisted

    VP of Policy and Government Relations, CleanSpark

  • Preston Pysh

    Co-Founder, The Investors Podcast Network

  • Ari Redbord

    Global Head of Policy, TRM Labs

  • Joshua Riezman

    Head of US Legal, GSR

  • Samantha Robertson

    Director of Global Energy Strategy, Bitdeer

  • Matthew Roszak

    Co-Founder, Hemi

  • Jonathan Rufrano

    Director of Policy, The Digital Chamber  

  • Michael Saylor

    Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Strategy, Inc

  • Nimit Sawhney

    Co-Founder & CEO, Voatz

  • Dominik Schiener

    Co-Founder of IOTA

  • Lee A. Schneider

    General Counsel, Ava Labs, Inc.

  • ARIEL SEIDMAN

    Co-Founder & CEO, Hivemapper

  • Mike Senich

    Sr. Advisor, Bitcoin Voter Project

  • Scott Sigel

    CEO, Helium Foundation

  • Hunter Sims

    Director, Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance

  • Rob Solomon

    Cofounder, DIMO

  • DEAN SOVOLOS

    Chief Legal Officer, B2C2

  • Aviad Stein

    Global Head of Digital Asset Solutions, Broadridge

  • Joe Sticco

    Co-Founder, Cryptex Finance

  • Harry Sudock

    Senior Vice President, CleanSpark

  • Justin Sun

    Founder, TRON

  • Dan Tapiero

    Founder & CEO, 10T / 1RT

  • Joel Telpner

    Chief Legal Officer & Chief Policy Officer, Input | Output

  • Richard Teng

    CEO, Binance

  • Lilya Tessler

    Partner, Head of FinTech and Blockchain Group, Sidley Austin LLP

  • Eleanor Terrett

    Journalist, Podcast Host, Crypto In America

  • Fred Thiel

    Chairman and CEO, MARA

  • Ebony M. Thompson, Esq.

    City Solicitor, Baltimore City Department of Law

  • Annemarie Tierney

    Senior Strategic Advisor, The Digital Chamber

  • PETER TODD

    Founder, OpenTimestamps

  • Carlos Toriello

    CEO, Simple Proof

  • Chris Tolles

    Executive Advisor, Common Crawl Foundation

  • Donald Trump Jr.

    Web3 Ambassador, World Liberty Financial

  • Nicole Valentine

    FinTech Director, MI Finance, Milken Institute

  • Abhishek Vaidyanathan

    General Counsel, NEAR Foundation

  • Amira Valliani

    Head of DePIN, Solana Foundation

  • Adrian Wall

    Managing Director, Digital Sovereignty Alliance

  • Christine Walker

    County Clerk, Jackson County Oregon

  • Bauer Wann

    Product Lead of Wallets & Payments, Mysten Labs

  • Morrison Warren

    Partner and Co-Chair, Investment Management Group, Chapman and Cutler LLP

  • Erin West

    Founder, Operation Shamrock

  • Zach Witkoff

    Co-Founder, World Liberty Financial

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