Consensus 2020 | CoinDesk | 11 May 2020 | Free & Virtual Event

Consensus, powered by CoinDesk, is the annual gathering of the cryptocurrency and blockchain technology world. Since 2015, Consensus has attracted every major company, developer, founder, and investor in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world to engage in an annual discussion about the future of the industry. Consensus aims to break down the barriers that separate companies in the industry and allows everyone working on the technology to spend three days learning from their peers. Previous speakers reflect the richness and diversity of the Consensus crowd, ranging from titans of Wall Street and Fortune 500 executives to pioneering cryptographers and the core developers who power the world’s most valuable cryptocurrencies.

Why Attend?

Exceptional Networking Opportunities:
Consensus is the one global conference and expo that brings entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, traders, developers, academics, students and the curious together under one roof to explore, collaborate and debate the future of blockchain and crypto.

Thought Provoking Insights:
Featuring the most sought after industry leaders, innovators and analysts, our 2019 speaker lineup tapped enterprise blockchain, crypto startups, policymakers and cross-industry pioneers. Experience it for yourself and review the various topics that supported our extensive agenda.

Business Expansion:
Regardless of your line of business, Consensus hosts a wide variety of industry leaders who are shaping the future and advancing the reach of blockchain and crypto. Explore the expo halls and view the extensive list of exhibitors.

2020 Speakers

Aaron Stanley
Live Journalism Editor, CoinDesk

Aidan Hyman
Co-Founder & CEO, ChainSafe Systems

Ajit Tripathi
Executive Director, Binance UK

Alan Cohn
Role Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Steptoe & Johnson

Alex McDougall
Chief Investment Officer, Bicameral Ventures

Alexander Leigl
Layer1

Alexandre Kech
Onchain Custodian

Ambre Soubiran
Role CEO, Kaiko

Amy Davine Kim
Chief Policy Officer, Chamber of Digital Commerce

Andre Serrano
Role Head of Business Development, Electronic Coin Company

Anson Zeall
IDAXA

Bailey Reutzel
Journalist, CoinDesk

Ben Schiller
Managing Editor, CoinDesk

Brad Keoun
Senior Markets Reporter, CoinDesk

Brady Dale
Senior Reporter, CoinDesk

Cameron Robertson
Co-Founder, Kong Cash

Carlos Acevedo
Brave

Charles Cascarilla
CEO and Co-Founder, Paxos

Christine Kim
Tech Reporter, CoinDesk

Craig Salm
Director, Legal, Grayscale

Cynthia Wu
Matrixport

Daniel Cawrey
Markets Editor, CoinDesk

Dante Disparte
Vice Chairman, Head of Policy and Communications, Libra Association

David Birch
Author, Advisor and Commentator, 15Mb Ltd.

Dawn Song
CEO, Oasis Labs

Deng Chao
HashKey Capital

Dovey Wan
Primitive

Dr. Steven Waterhouse (Seven)
Co-Founder and CEO, Orchid

Edward Woodford
Co-Founder, Zero Hash

Elena Sofia Giralt
Product Marketing, Electric Coin Company

Elsa Madrolle
General Manager, International, CoolBitX Ltd.

Evan Thomas
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Felipe Duarte
Daocanvas

Frank Holmes
Interim Executive Chairman, HIVE Blockchain Technologies

Galen Moore
Senior Research Analyst, CoinDesk

Gavin Wood
Polkadot

Grace Wong
LivenPay

Greg DiPrisco
Head of Business Development, Maker Foundation

Hart Lambur
Uma Project

Henri Arslanian
Global Crypto Leader, PwC

Ian Allison
Reporter, CoinDesk

Igor Mikhalev
Expert Principal, Boston Consulting Group

Jack Lee
Managing Partner, HCM Capital - Foxconn Technology Group

Jake Chervinsky
General Counsel, Compound Finance

Jason Hsu
Former Congressman, Taiwan

Joe Lallouz
Co-Founder and CEO, Bison Trails

Joel S. Telpner
Partner, Sullivan & Worcester LLP

John Wolpert
Group Executive, Enterprise Mainnet, ConsenSys

Jonathan Herzog
Iowa Campaign Coordinator and now Candidate for US Congress (NY-10), Yang2020

Joon Ian Wong
Managing Director, Content Products, CoinDesk

Joseph Weinberg
Co-Founder, Shyft

Joshua Ashley Klayman
Linklaters

Juan Benet
Founder & CEO, Protocol Labs

Justin Newton
Founder and CEO, Netki

Kaj Burchardi
Managing Director, Boston Consulting Group

Karen Ubell
Special Counsel, Financial Services Regulatory, Cooley LLP

Kevin Beardsley
Head of Business Development, Kraken Futures

Kevin Kelly
Co-Founder and Chief Market Strategist, Delphi Digital

Kevin Werbach
Professor, The Wharton School

Kristin Smith
Executive Director, Blockchain Association

Kwunho (Blake) Jeong
Chief Strategy Officer, Lambda256

Lawrence H. Summers
Former Treasury Secretary

Lawrence Lewittin
Managing Editor, Markets, CoinDesk

Leigh Cuen
Reporter, CoinDesk

Maksim Balashevich
Founder and CEO, Santiment

Marc Hochstein
Managing Editor, CoinDesk

Marta Belcher
Ropes & Gray

Matt Yamamoto
Research Analyst, CoinDesk

Matthew Graham
Founder and CEO, Sino Global Capital

Max Boonen
Director and Founder, B2C2

Michael J. Casey
Chief Content Officer, CoinDesk

Michael Moro
CEO, Genesis

Michelle Phan
Beauty vlogger and investor

Milan Koch
Managing Partner, Mantis

Nicholas Merten
Founder and CEO, DataDash LLC

Nimrod Lehavi
Co-Founder and CEO, Simplex

Noelle Acheson
Director of Research, CoinDesk

Nolan Bauerle
Director of Strategy, CoinDesk

Oihyun Kim
Editor In Chief, CoinDesk Korea

Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie
Founder and CEO, BCB Group

Paul Brodsky
Partner, Pantera Capital

Paul Brody
Principal & Global Blockchain Leader, Ernst & Young

Pawel Kuskowski
CEO, Coinfirm

Pedro López-Belmonte
Blockchain & Solution Architect, Richemont International

Petri Basson
Director - Digital Assets, KPMG in the Cayman Islands

Philip Gradwell
Chief Economist, Chainalysis

Philip Moustakis
Counsel, Seward and Kissel LLP

Rachel Rose O'Leary
Author, CoinDesk

Raphael Auer
Bank for International Settlements

Ray Youssef
Paxful

Rep. Tom Emmer
US Congress

Richard Myers
Decentralized Applications Engineer, GoTenna

Richard Teng
Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA), Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM)

Robert A. Cohen
Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

Samuel Bankman-Fried
CEO, FTX

Shinjae Yoo
Chief Editor, CoinDesk Korea

Silvio Micali
Founder, Algorand

Sveinn Valfells
Co-founder & CEO, Monerium

Tarun Chitra
Founder and CEO, Gauntlet

Teana Baker-Taylor
Managing Director, Looking Glass Labs

Thomas Chippas
CEO, ErisX

Thomas Naegele
Managing Partner, NAEGELE Attorneys at Law LLC

Tom Robinson
Chief Scientist and Co-Founder, Elliptic

Wang Chun
Co-Founder, F2Pool and Stakefish

Will Foxley
Reporter, CoinDesk

Wolfie Zhao
Reporter, CoinDesk

Yaya Fanusie
Chief Strategist, Cryptocurrency AML Strategies LLC

Zac Prince
Founder and CEO, BlockFi

Zack Seward
Managing Editor, CoinDesk