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." 

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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. 

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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. 

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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?

• What’s unique about Bitcoin? Why did major financial institutions create Bitcoin investment products?

• What are the geopolitical, climate, and economic ramifications of Bitcoin and the proliferation of digital money?  

• How much and what kinds of energy does Bitcoin mining use? Can mining contribute to the growth of renewable energy?

• How do we safeguard civil liberties as payments increasingly happen digitally through intermediaries? 

• 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.