Reports of Bitcoin’s death were greatly exaggerated.
In November 2022, FTX imploded—along with the entire market for digital assets. Bitcoin's obituaries abounded. Even the European Central Bank confirmed it was on the “road to irrelevance."
Today, Bitcoin is worth over $1 trillion and trading near all-time highs. The SEC approved spot Bitcoin ETFs in January, creating something like an IPO for the asset.
Bitcoin isn't going away. The internet is changing our relationship with money just as profoundly as it did with information. America must get public policy for digital assets right.
To that end, the Bitcoin Policy Summit convenes academics, policymakers, activists, and industry leaders to share insights and explore critical questions, including:
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Where are Bitcoin and stablecoins owned and used around the world? Who's using them and why?
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What’s unique about Bitcoin? Why did major financial institutions create Bitcoin investment products?
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What are the geopolitical, climate, and economic ramifications of Bitcoin and the proliferation of digital money?
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How much and what kinds of energy does Bitcoin mining use? Can mining contribute to the growth of renewable energy?
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How do we safeguard civil liberties as payments increasingly happen digitally through intermediaries?
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How are digital assets regulated now? What is the critical proposed legislation, and what should policy look like?
Join us for a day of bipartisan policy discussions as we parse fact from fiction around Bitcoin.
2024
Speakers
Cynthia Lummis
U.S. Senator (R-WY)
Kirsten Gillibrand
U.S. Senator (D-NY)
Wiley Nickel
U.S. Representative (D-NC-13)
Patrick McHenry
U.S. Representative (R-NC-10)
Marsha Blackburn
U.S. Senator (R-TN)
Roya Mahboob
Founder, Citadel Software
Lauren Boyd
Geothermal Technologies Office Director, U.S. Department of Energy
John Belizaire
CEO, Soluna Holdings
Margot Paez
Ph.D. Candidate, Georgia Institute of Technology
Chastity Murphy
Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Financial Institutions, U.S. Treasury
Félix Maradiaga
Human Rights Defender & 2024 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee
Paul Thanos
Director, Office of Finance and Professional Services, U.S. Department of Commerce
Past
Speakers
Cynthia Lummis
US Senator, Founder of the Financial Innovation Caucus
Tim Ryan
Former Member of the US House of Representatives
Ted Cruz
US Senator, Ranking Member on Senate Commerce Committee
Tom Emmer
Member of the US House of Representatives, House Majority Whip
Roya Mahboob
CEO and Co-Founder, Digital Citizen Fund
Alex Gladstein
Chief Strategy Officer, Human Rights Foundation
Meron Estefanos
Co-Founder, International Commission on Eritrean Refugees
Jack Mallers
CEO, Strike
Natalie Brunell
Host, Coin Stories and Hard Money
Fadi Elsalameen
Adjunct Senior Fellow, American Security Project
Natalie Smolenski
Executive Director, Texas Bitcoin Foundation
Ian Gaines
Communications Advisor, Bitcoin Policy Institute
Venue
The National Press Club is a professional organization and social community in Washington, D.C. for journalists and communications professionals. It hosts public and private gatherings with invited speakers from public life.
529 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20045
