SPEAKERS
The DC Blockchain Summit 2026 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.
2026 Speakers
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Paul Atkins
Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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Hester M. Peirce
Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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Michael Selig
Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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Gov. Wes Moore
(D-MD)
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Sen. Angela Alsobrooks
(D-MD)
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Sen. Katie Britt
(R-AL)
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Sen. Ted Budd
(R-NC)
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand
(D-NY)
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Sen. Steve Daines
(R-MT)
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Sen. Bill Hagerty
(R-TN)
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Sen. Jon Husted
(R-OH)
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Sen. Cynthia Lummis
(R-WY)
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Sen. Bernie Moreno
(R-OH)
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Sen. Tim Scott
Chairman, U.S Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, (R-SC)
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Majority Whip Tom Emmer
(R-MN)
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Rep. Nick Begich
(R-AK)
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Rep. Nikki Budzinski
(D-IL)
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Rep. Janelle Bynum
(D-OR)
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Rep. Buddy Carter
(R-GA)
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Rep. Don Davis
(D-NC)
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Rep. Monica De La Cruz
(R-TX)
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Rep. Warren Davidson
(R-OH)
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Rep. Byron Donalds
(R-FL)
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Rep. Troy Downing
(R-MT)
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Rep. Vince Fong
(R-CA)
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Rep. Mike Flood
(R-NE)
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Rep. Harriet Hageman
(R-WY)
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Rep. Pat Harrigan
(R-NC)
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Rep. Steven Horsford
(D-NV)
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Rep. Dusty Johnson
(R-SD)
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Rep. Young Kim
(R-CA)
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Rep. Sam Liccardo
(D-CA)
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Rep. Ryan Mackenzie
(R-PA)
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Rep. Max Miller
(R-OH)
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Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet
(D-MI)
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Rep. Barry Moore
(R-AL)
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Rep. Bryan Steil
(R-WI)
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Rep. Haley Stevens
(D-MI)
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Rep. Shri Thanedar
(D-MN)
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Rep. William Timmons
(R-SC)
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Rep. GT Thompson
(R-PA)
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Rep. Suhas Subramanyam
(D-VA)
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Jonathan Brightbill
General Counsel, U.S. Department of Energy
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Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer
Department of Labor
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Jonathan V. Gould
Comptroller of the Currency, OCC
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Bill Guidera
Deputy Assistant Secretary, ITA
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Travis Hill
Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Patrick Witt
Executive Director, President's Council of Advisors for Digital Assets
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Tyler Williams
Counselor, US Department of Treasury
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Prof. Pierre Yared
Acting Chair of the Council, Economic Advisers
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Sen. Darius Brown
(D-DE)
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Sen. Ron L. Watson
(D-MD)
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Rep. Keith Ammon
(R-NH)
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E. David Burt
Premier of Bermuda
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Trevor Bacon
Founder and CEO, Parcl
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Connor Brown
Managing Director of Strategy, Bitcoin Policy Institute
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Lisa Cameron
Founder, UK-US Crypto Alliance | Former Chair UK Crypto APPG (ex-MP)
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Ethan Chan
CEO and Co-Founder, Allium
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Jake Chervinsky
Chief Executive Officer, Hyperliquid Policy Center
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Avery Ching
Co-Founder and CEO, Aptos Labs
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Alex Gluckowski
Co-Founder and CEO, Matter Labs | Co-Inventor, ZKsync
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Marcin Kazmierczak
CEO and Co-founder, RedStone
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Jeremy Levine
Founder and CEO, Underdog
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The Honorable Eugene A. Ludwig
Founder and CEO, Cari Network
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Paul Neuner
Founder and CEO, Telcoin
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Chris Pavlovski
Founder and CEO, Rumble Inc.
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Chas Rampenthal
Chief Legal Officer and Co-Founder, Dinari
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Nikhil Raghuveera
Co-Founder and CEO, Predicate
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Timm Reinsdorf
Co-Founder and CEO, Particula
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Matthew Roszak
Chairman and Co-founder, Bloq
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Justin Sun
Founder, TRON
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Alex Tapscott
Founding Partner and CEO, CMCC Global Capital Markets
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Richard Teng
Co-CEO, Binance
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Fred Thiel
Chairman and CEO, MARA
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Daniel Vogel
Co-Founder and CEO, Bitso
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Ben Weiss
Co-founder and CEO, Coinflip
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Miller Whitehouse-Levine
Founder and CEO, Solana Policy Institute
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RAGHU YARLAGADDA
CEO and Co-Founder, FalconX
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Jihan Wu
CEO, Bitdeer
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Sarah Aberg
CLO, Helium
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Virginia Alvarez
Head of Content Americas, Money20/20
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Wasim Ahmad
Co-Founder, Vault12
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Rachel Anderika
Head of Global Operations, Bank COO, Anchorage
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Hinza Asif
President, Asia Web3 Alliance Japan
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Anthony Apollo
Executive Director, Wyoming Stable Token Commission
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Chen Arad
Co-Founder & CXO, Solidus Labs
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Taylor Barr
Director of Government Affairs, The Digital Chamber
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Kevin Batteh
Partner, Delta Strategy Group
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Sebastian Bea
CIO, ReserveOne
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Jean-Philippe Beaudet
Policy Associate, National Security, The Digital Chamber
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Elizabeth Boison
Partner, Chapman and Cutler
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Perianne Boring
Chair of the Board of Directors , The Digital Chamber
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Jayson Browder
SVP, Government Affairs and Social Responsibility, MARA
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Cody Carbone
CEO, The Digital Chamber
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Frank Chaparro
Head of Content & Special Projects, GSR
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Raja Chakravorti
Chief Business Officer, Stellar Development Foundation
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James Cheng
CFO, Canaan
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Greg Collett
General Counsel, Osprey Funds
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Anastasia Dellaccio
Executive Director of State and Regional Affairs, The Digital Chamber
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Sahana Dharmapuri
Vice President, Our Secure Future
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Alexandre Dreyfus
CEO and Founder, Chiliz
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Elizabeth Duchek
Associate Director of Gov. Relations, Bitdeer
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Aaron Dimitri
General Counsel - Digital Assets, Flow Traders
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Samson A. Enzer
Partner and Co-Chair, CahillNXT
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Stephen Gardner
Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, zerohash
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Gerald Gallagher
General Counsel, Sei Labs
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Chris Giancarlo
Former Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
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Teresa Goody Guillén
Partner, Baker Hostetler LLP
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Joaquin Gubb
VP of Capital Markets Legal, Crypto.com
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Dr. Darko Hajdukovic
Head of Digital Markets Infrastructure, London Stock Exchange Group
CEO, DMI Private Funds
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Jason Jiang
CBO, CertiK
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Ben Jorgensen
CEO, Constellation Network
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Jolie Kahn
CEO, AVAX One
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Alex Konanykhin
Founder and CEO, Unicoin
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Alan Konevsky
CEO, tZero
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Rob Krugman
Chief Digital Officer, Broadridge Financial Solutions
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Stani Kulechov
Founder, Aave Labs
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Sander Lutz
White House Correspondent, Decrypt
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William Mack
Co-Chair, Financial Regulatory and Compliance Group, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
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Rob Massey
Partner | Global Tax Leader - Blockchain and Digital Assets, Deloitte Tax LLP
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Zunera Mazhar
Vice President of Policy and Government Affairs, The Digital Chamber
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Jack McDonald
SVP - Stablecoins, Ripple
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Andrew McCormick
Head of eToro US, eToro
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Jelena McWilliams
President of Corporate and External Affairs, Plaid
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Chris Montagano
Chief Legal Officer, Orca
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Silvina Moschini
Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Unicoin
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Eleanor Mueller
White House Economic Policy Reporter, Semafor
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Sonya Murphy
Senior Policy Associate, Digital Power Network
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Mina Nguyen
Senior Advisor, FalconX
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Amy Oldenburg
Head of Digital Asset Strategy, Morgan Stanley
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Larry Pang
Head of BD, IoTeX
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Josh Peschko
Global Head of Compliance and Regulatory Strategy, Talos
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Caroline Pham
Chief Legal Officer and Chief Administrative Officer, Moonpay
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Matt Prusak
President, American Bitcoin
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Dr. Chris Powell
Chief Scientist and Fellow, SAIC
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Lee Schneider
General Counsel, Ava Labs, Inc.
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Jonathan Schmalfeld
Policy Director, The Digital Chamber
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Ben Sherwin
General Counsel, Chainlink
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Sarah Shtylman
Partner, Perkins Coie
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Scarlett Sieber
Chief Strategy and Growth Officer, Money20/20
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Hunter Sims
Associate Director of Alternative Finance, Cambridge Center
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Jamison Sites
Principal, KPMG LLP
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Jonathan Steinberg
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, WisdomTree Investments
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Daniel Stabile
Partner & Co-Chair, Digital Assets and Blockchain Technology Group, Winston & Strawn LLP
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Mike Senich
Senior Advisor, Bitcoin Voter Project
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Dean Solovos
Chief Legal Officer, B2C2
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Glen Sussman
CEO, Tassat
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Ari Redbord
Global Head of Policy, TRM Labs
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Norman Reed
Senior Advisor, Binance.US
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Brandi Reynolds
Chief Compliance Officer, World Liberty Financial
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Nilmini Rubin
CPO, Hedera
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Jonathan Rufrano
Policy Director, The Digital Chamber
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Jeff Rundlet
VP, Institutional Solutions, Cryptio
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Paul Unterberg
Chief Product Officer, Uphold
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Ali Tager
Vice President of Communications, National Cryptocurrency Association
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Ian Taylor
Board, Advisor, CRYPTO UK and Chief Operating Officer, HT DIGITAL
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Eleanor Terrett
Co-Founder and Host, Crypto In America Podcast and Newsletter
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Mari Tomunen
General Counsel, DoubleZero
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Amanda Tuminelli
Executive Director & Chief Legal Officer, DeFi Education Fund
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Anthony Vassallo
Senior Vice President, Crypto, Silicon Valley Bank
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Eric Vincent
President, General Counsel and Partner, 50T Funds
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Adrian Wall
Senior Director of U.S. Policy, TRON DAO
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Sarah Ward
Chief Legal and Administrative Officer, Chainalysis
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Sarah Wheeler
Director, Marfire
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Zach Whiting
Manager, Public Policy, Riot Platforms
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Zach Witkoff
Co-Founder, World Liberty Financial
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Sarah Wynn
Reporter, The Block
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Tom Zschach
Chief Innovation Officer, SWIFT
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Joseph Ziolkowski
Founder and CEO, Relm Insurance