Videos
Blockchain Association Welcome
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Roman Storm, Co-founder and Developer, Tornado Cash
BA Keynote
Summer Mersinger, Blockchain Association
A View From the OCC
Jonathan Gould, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
Moderator: Ashok Pinto, EVP of Legal and Government Relations
Rulemaking and the Road Ahead
Jason Gottlieb, Morrison Cohen, Judd Littleton, Sullivan & Cromwell, Amanda Tuminelli, DeFi Education Fund
Moderator: Jake Chervinsky, Variant
So It Begins: Big Banks' War on Crypto
Angelena Bradfield, Financial Technology Association, Faryar Shirzad, Coinbase, J.W. Verret, George Mason University
Moderator: Lindsay Fraser, Blockchain Association
America’s Crypto Moment: A Conversation with Sen. Bernie Moreno
Senator Bernie Moreno (R-OH)
Moderator: Rachel Anderika, Anchorage Digital
Update on the SEC Crypto Task Force
Commissioner Hester Peirce, SEC
Moderator: Marta Belcher, Filecoin Foundation
Gala Intro and Presentation of Crypto Champion Award
Summer Mersinger, Blockchain Association, Patrick Witt, Executive Director, Presidential Council of Advisors for Digital Assets
Welcome to the Golden Age:
Update from The White House
Patrick Witt, White House
Moderator: Kristin Smith, Solana Policy Institute
Blockchain Association Gala Keynote
Secretary Howard Lutnick, U.S. Department of Commerce
Introduction: Ashok Pinto, EVP of Legal and Government Relations
The Policy Path Ahead: Bipartisan Leadership on Digital Assets
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)
Moderator: Julie Stitzel, SVP, Public Policy, DCG
Celebrating the Golden Age of Crypto
Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
Moderator: Jonathan Jachym, Kraken
A View From Treasury
Luke Pettit, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Tyler Williams, U.S. Department of Treasury
Moderator: Corey Then, Circle
Crypto Tax Policy
Congressman Max Miller (R-OH)
Moderator: Nate Giesselman, Skadden
Innovation and Digital Assets
Congressman Steven Horsford (D-NV), Congresswoman Haley Stevens (D-MI)
Moderator: Lauren Belive, Ripple
Expanding Economic Opportunity in the Digital Age
Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ)
Moderator: Adam Minehardt, Chainlink Labs
National Security in the Crypto Era: Tracking Risks, Targeting Threats
Jackie Blaesi-Freed, U.S. Department of Treasury, Kenneth Blanco, Arktouros PLLC Moderator: Stephanie Brooker, Gibson Dunn
Market Structure and U.S. Leadership
Congressman Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Congressman Bryan Steil (R-WI)
Moderator: Kara Calvert, Coinbase
Wall Street Meets Crypto: Policy Considerations for Onchain Finance
Congressman Dan Goldman (D-NY), Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI)
Moderator: Bill Hughes, Consensys
Crypto, Commerce, and the Global Race for Digital Leadership
Bill Guidera, U.S. Department of Commerce Moderator: Nilmini Rubin, Hedera
A View From the SEC
Chairman Paul Atkins, SEC
Moderator: Miles Jennings, a16z crypto
What Comes Next?
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