The 12 best Blockchain speakers for 2022
What’s happening in the blockchain industry this year? How will Bitcoin react to the return of inflation? What can cryptocurrencies offer banking services? And what is the future of NFTs and Metaverse?
All of these questions – and more – will determine the future of Web 3.0, and some seem to have a solid grasp on the answers.
Here are twelve speakers who are skilled at bringing understanding of Blockchain to this new world and to the masses.
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Joel Comm
Joel Comm is co-host of The Bad Crypto Podcast, a show that has been informing and entertaining both crypto-curious and crypto-serious people for five years. Perhaps the first podcast to cover the NFT area in late 2017, along with his partner, Travis Wright, he has imprinted more than 1.5 million NFTs. As an Internet pioneer, experienced keynote speaker, and advisor to Fortune 500 companies, Joel has the ability to make seemingly complex topics easy to understand. Combined with his unique sense of humor, Comm makes the audience feel that they understand the subject better.
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Natalie Brunell
Natalie Brunell is an Emmy Award-winning veteran television news journalist who also teaches at the University of Southern California. Natalie Brunell hosts Coin Stories, a Bitcoin podcast, and has been active in the blockchain industry since 2017. Her reporting background brings a critical and pragmatic look to the blockchain industry.
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Simon Taylor
Simon Taylor is a co-founder and Blockchain Practice Lead at 11: FS, a fintech consulting company. He used to lead blockchain research and development for Barclays and helped the bank execute the first direct trade finance transaction over a blockchain for a real customer. He is now a co-host of the podcasts Fintech Insider and Blockchain Insider.
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Kristin Smith
Kristin Smith is the CEO of the Blockchain Association, a trading group representing some of the largest players in the Blockchain industry. She understands how lawmakers view the blockchain and cryptocurrencies, where their concerns lie, and how they plan to regulate the industry in the future.
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Marc Blinder
Marc Blinder is a co-founder and CEO of AIKON, a company that tries to help companies use public blockchains. He was also the founder of EMEA, which he sold to Adobe for $ 400 million. The future of blockchain will depend on non-specialized companies understanding both the benefits and the best ways to use the technology. Marc Blinder explains what they need to know.
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Lizzy Fallon
While most blockchain speakers come from the industry and have practical knowledge of the technology and its development, Lizzy Fallon has a unique insight into the legislative side of the business. She is a legislative assistant in the House of Representatives where she works in the Financial Services Committee with a special focus on fintech and blockchain regulations. She also participates in the two-part Blockchain Caucus.
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Andre De Castro
Andre De Castro comes from the world of software engineering but specializes in fintech. He has guided Fortune 500 customers through the development of complex systems and into the world of cryptocurrency. Much of the future of the blockchain industry will depend on the willingness of large companies to invest in the technology and use the blockchain to build their businesses. Andre De Castro understands what is holding them back, and they must be able to overcome their fear.
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Josh Rosenthal
Josh Rosenthal is a historian specializing in Renaissance and Reformation periods. If this sounds like a strange starting point for a blockchain speaker, it’s worth remembering that both of these periods were times of radical change and new ideas. Rosenthal is now the founder and partner of 6ixth Event, a crypto-first founding fund that looks at how communities use decentralized technology. He is an expert on the change that the blockchain industry will bring.
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Joshua Scigala
Joshua Scigala is a co-founder of TheStandard.io, a decentralized financial infrastructure project. He helps people generate their own stable cryptocurrencies by using asset-backed loans without intermediaries. He is also the CIO of Vaultoro, a service that allows users to exchange their cryptocurrencies for silver or gold. It puts Scigala at the heart of blockchain technology, and fights to bring stability to assets best known for their high volatility.
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Andreas M. Antonopoulos
Andreas M. Antonopoulos is the author of Mastering Bitcoinconsidered one of the best technical guides to Bitcoin, and The internet of moneya book about the ideas behind Bitcoin. Antonopoulos also hosts the Let’s Talk Bitcoin podcast. It gives Antonopoulos an understanding of both the technology that underpins the blockchain, its strengths and challenges, and the reason why it is so important to overcome these challenges.
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Eryka Gemma
Eryka Gemma is the leader of Miami’s blockchain scene, one of the world’s leading centers for blockchain development. She is the CEO of Bitcoin Center Miami where she leads the center’s educational programs. She is also a pilot who once tried to tokenize an aircraft fleet using blockchain technology. The development of the blockchain industry will take place in the areas with the greatest understanding of the technology and its benefits. Eryka Gemma’s experience in Miami shows how a region struggles with opportunity.
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Patrick Schwerdtfeger
Patrick Schwerdtfeger is the founder of Trend Mastery and hosts the video blog Strategic Business Insights which has almost 30,000 subscribers and more than five million views on YouTube. He is the author of Anarchy, Inc.: Profit in a decentralized world of artificial intelligence and blockchain and has written a number of books on marketing and speech. His expertise lies in the sweet spot where business development and the blockchain meet, and he uses his lectures to guide companies through the opportunities offered by the new network.
