Bitcoin 2025 Day 3: Who’s Speaking At The World’s Biggest Bitcoin Event On May 29

Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht is set to close out Bitcoin 2025’s main stage with a banger of a keynote.

Maxim Staff

May 28, 2025

Jack Mallers (Jason Koerner/Getty Images for Bitcoin Magazine)

The world’s largest Bitcoin gathering has already surpassed its own attendance record, notching 35,00 visitors on the second day of Bitcoin 2025—no surprise, considering that the conference kicked off just days after the world’s premiere cryptocurrency reached a record high of nearly $112,000. It remains to be seen whether organizers’ other headline-grabbing goal—the world record for the most Bitcoin point-of-sale transactions in 8 hours—will also be achieved. The only certainty is that Bitcoin 2025’s final day will be as well received as the preceding two.

Key speakers include Hester Peirce (aka crypto mom), a Commissioner on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) who’s one of Bitcoin’s most sympathetic regulators, as well as Jack Mallers, the CEO of Strike who’s actively bringing unprecedented transactional utility through his work on the Bitcoin Lightning Network. Michael Saylor, the corporate bull who’s been a presence throughout Bitcoin 2025, will deliver his largest address of the event from the main Nakamoto stage before Silk Road founder and pardoned felon Ross Ulbricht closes Bitcoin 2025 with a banger of a keynote.

See every speaker featured at Bitcoin 2025 Day 3 below:

Nakamoto Stage

10:00 AM: Hester Peirce Fireside (30 min)
- Moderator: Hailey Lennon, Fold
- Speaker: Hester Peirce, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
10:30 AM: Tether + Cantor Fireside (30 min)
- Speakers: Paolo Ardoino, Tether; Brandon Lutnick, Cantor Fitzgerald
11:00 AM: EXSat Digital Bank: Unlocking Bitcoin’s Financial Potential (20 min)
- Speaker: Yves La Rose, exSat
11:20 AM: Building An Onramp To Incentivize The Next Billion Bitcoiners (10 min)
- Speakers: Olivia Santarelli, Gemini; Christian Rau, Mastercard
11:30 AM: Information Asymmetry: Bitcoin Edition (20 min)
- Moderator: Nolan Bauerle, Roxom TV
- Speaker: Mike Benz, Foundation for Freedom Online (FFO)
11:50 AM: Tether <3 Bitcoin (15 min)
- Speaker: Paolo Ardoino, Tether
12:05 PM: Don’t Trust, Verify: Waning Institutional Credibility & The Rise of Bitcoin (25 min)
- Moderator: Marty Bent, TFTC, Ten31
- Speakers: Dr. Robert Malone, Malone News; Luke Rudkowski, We Are Change
12:30 PM: Is Panama Next? El Salvador Leading The Region For Bitcoin Adoption (30 min)
- Moderator: Mike Peterson, Bitcoin Beach
- Speakers: Max & Stacy, Building Bitcoin Country El Salvador; Mayer Mizrachi, City of Panama
1:00 PM: How Bitcoin Can Break the Chains of Economic Imperialism (30 min)
- Moderator: Daniel Batten, CH4 Capital
- Speaker: John Perkins, Confessions of an Economic Hitman
1:30 PM: What Do We Do About Quantum Vulnerable Coins? (30 min)
- Moderator: Guillaume Girard, UTXO
- Speakers: Jameson Lopp, Casa; Hunter Beast, Surmount Systems Foundation
2:00 PM: Fireside: Nigel Farage (30 min)
- Moderator: Frank Corva, Bitcoin Magazine
- Speaker: Nigel Farage, Reform UK
2:30 PM: The Critical Role of Funding Bitcoin Open Source Development (30 min)
- Moderator: Stephan Livera, Stephan Livera Podcast
- Speakers: Dan O’Prey, 1A1z; Mike Schmidt, Brink; Alex Li, Human Rights Foundation; Hong Kim, Bitwise Asset Management
3:00 PM: Nothing Stops This Train (20 min)
- Speaker: Lyn Alden, Lyn Alden Investment Strategy, and Ego Death Capital
3:20 PM: Jack Mallers Keynote (30 min)
- Speaker: Jack Mallers, Strike
3:50 PM: Corporate Treasury: Why Public Companies Aren’t Worried About Bitcoin Volatility (30 min)
- Moderator: David Bailey, Nakamoto
- Speakers: Eric Semler, Semler Scientific; Will Reeves, Fold; Simon Gerovich, Metaplanet Inc.
4:20 PM: Saylor Keynote (35 min)
- Speaker: Michael Saylor, Strategy
4:55 PM: Not Financial Advice (10 min)
- Speaker: IN-Q, IN-Q
5:05 PM: Freedom Decentralization Unity (25 min)
- Speaker: Ross Ulbricht

Mining Stage

10:00 AM: Bitcoin Mining Machine’s Innovation & Transparency is Essential to Future Growth (15 min)
- Speaker: Peng Li, Bitdeer Inc.
10:15 AM: Excess Power Into Profits: New Revenue Stream for Miners (15 min)
- Speaker: Andrii Garanin, Hiveon Energy
10:30 AM: Hydro Mining & The Future of Cooling (30 min)
- Moderator: Colin Harper, Blockspace Media
- Speakers: Reza Azizian, Ferveret; Rajiv Khemani, Auradine; Darren Burgess, bp Castrol
11:00 AM: Colocation For Retail Miners: Navigating Hosting Agreements and Procurement (30 min)
- Moderator: Beau Turner, Abundant Mines
- Speakers: Adam Haynes, Simple Mining; Mason Jappa, Blockware; Timo Steipe, Munich International Mining LLC
11:30 AM: Heatbit Product Announcement: Bringing Mining Back Home (10 min)
- Speaker: Alex Busarov, Heatbit
11:40 AM: Creative Strategies For Domestic Mining Heat Reuse (40 min)
- Moderator: Tyler Stevens, Exergy LLC
- Speakers: Toine, 256 | HEAT Inc.; Michael Schmid, Nakamoto Heating Solutions; Nicolas Drouin, Constellation Heating; Alex Busarov, Heatbit
12:20 PM: Pool Payout Structures: Past, Present & Future (40 min)
- Moderator: Billy Boone, Simple Mining
- Speakers: Marko Tarman, NiceHash; Carson Smith, Density Compute & Merkle Edge; Bitcoin Mechanic, OCEAN; Jan Capek, Braiins
1:00 PM: Decentralizing Mining Through Hardware Manufacturing (30 min)
- Moderator: Colin Harper, Blockspace Media
- Speakers: Aviral Shukla, Altair Technology; Matt Howard, Solo Satoshi; Malcolm Chen, Chain Reaction
1:30 PM: The Hardware Arms Race in Bitcoin Mining (30 min)
- Moderator: Nishant Sharma, BlocksBridge Consulting
- Speakers: Peng Li, Bitdeer Inc.; Wright Wang, MicroBT; Christopher Crowell, Canaan
2:00 PM: From Hash to Template: The Full Stack Mining Blueprint (30 min)
- Moderator: Bart Mol, Satoshi Radio
- Speakers: John Stefanopoulos, FutureBit; Aeon, CensorshipResistant.com; Matt Howard, Solo Satoshi
2:30 PM: Mining as a Backbone for an Abundant Future (30 min)
- Moderator: Susie Violet Ward, Bitcoin Policy UK
- Speakers: Beau Turner, Abundant Mines; Troy Cross, Bitcoin Policy Institute; Daniel Batten, CH4 Capital

Enterprise Stage

10:00 AM: Accessing Capital Markets With The Bitcoinization of Finance (30 min)
- Moderator: Christian Lopez, Cohen & Company Capital Markets
- Speakers: Constantine Karides, Reed Smith LLP; Jonathan Kirkwood, Ten31; Jake Ornstein, Orrick
10:30 AM: Bitcoin Businesses Powered by Square (30 min)
- Moderator: Kay Feker, Block
- Speakers: Greg Hoffmeister, Doctors Island Brewing Company; Joe Carlo, Pink Owl Coffee; Matt Curtis, MANSA™, Immortal Investments, Immortal Media & Immortal Fitness; Rafael Moya, Precision The Barber & DJ Precision Music
11:00 AM: Breakdown: How Institutions Get Bitcoin Yield (30 min)
- Moderator: Jeff Park, Bitwise Asset Management, Inc.
- Speakers: Shirish Jajodia, Strategy; Dylan LeClair, Metaplanet
11:30 AM: Why Sophisticated Investors Should Consider An Allocation To Bitcoin In Their Portfolios (10 min)
- Speaker: Sean Bill, Blockstream
11:40 AM: Beyond ETFs: Mining for Bitcoin Yield (20 min)
- Speaker: Fakhul Miah, GoMining Institutional
12:00 PM: How Secure Infrastructure Unlocks Bitcoin Adoption (30 min)
- Moderator: Brian Dixon, Off the Chain Capital
- Speakers: Rob Hamilton, AnchorWatch, Inc.; Joe Kelly, Unchained
12:30 PM: A New Regulatory Era? The Continued Fight for Fair Bitcoin Treatment (30 min)
- Moderator: Seth Hertlein, Ledger
- Speakers: Caitlin Long, Custodia Bank; Zack Shapiro, Rains LLP, Bitcoin Policy Institute; Rafael Yakobi, The Crypto Lawyers, PLLC
1:00 PM: Proof of Reserves: The Institutional Gold Standard (30 min)
- Moderator: Sam Abbassi, Hoseki
- Speakers: Julia Duzon, River; Jeff Park, Bitwise Asset Management, Inc.
1:30 PM: Global (Micro)Strategy Playbook (30 min)
- Moderator: Jason Fang, Sora Ventures
- Speakers: John Riggins, Moon Inc; Siddarth Bharwani, Jetking; Alexandre Laizet, The Blockchain Group
2:00 PM: MSTR vs. the Market: Betting the Company on Bitcoin (30 min)
- Moderator: Grain of Salt
- Speakers: Richard Byworth, Syz Capital; Jeff Walton, MSTR True North; Ben Werkman, Swan Bitcoin
2:30 PM: GameStop: Leveling Up With Bitcoin? (30 min)
- Moderator: Ben Wehrman, Ben Wehrman Podcast
- Speakers: Peruvian Bull, Lima Research LLC; Ian Carroll, Cancel This Clothing Co
3:00 PM: How Bitcoin is Supercharging Real Estate Returns (20 min)
- Speaker: Grant Cardone, Cardone Capital

Genesis Stage

10:00 AM: Bitcoin’s Intersection of Health, Wealth & Sunlight (30 min)
- Moderator: Freddie New, Bitcoin Policy UK
- Speakers: Andy Schoonover, CrowdHealth; Steven Lubka, Swan Bitcoin; Paul Keating, Primal
10:30 AM: Bitcoin Offers Hope for Survivors of Human Trafficking (30 min)
- Moderator: DJ Valerie B LOVE, Bitcoin for PEACE and 11x LOVE Method
- Speakers: Bob McDonell, Mi Casa International, Alejandra Guajardo, Miss Bitcoin
11:00 AM: Proof of Steak: Food Systems, Diet & Bitcoin (30 min)
- Moderator: Matthew Lysiak, Saif House
- Speakers: Chef Pete Evans, Evolve; Doug Davis, The Farm at Okefenokee; Shawn Baker, Revero.com
11:30 AM: How The Sovereign Individual Thesis Is Currently Unfolding (30 min)
- Moderator: Katie The Russian, CitizenX
- Speakers: Nuri Katz, Apex Capital Partners; Mehdi Al Malla, Henley & Partners; Professor Edward Stringham, Trinity College
12:00 PM: Raising Future Bitcoiners: No More Fiat Families (30 min)
- Moderator: Walker America, thecryptoc0up1e & THE Bitcoin Podcast
- Speakers: Carla Bitcoin, thecryptoc0up1e; Katie The Russian, CitizenX; JD Lott, SatSaver; George Mekhail, Bitcoin for Corporations, BTC Inc.
12:30 PM: From Capital to Currency: Bitcoin’s Move to Medium of Exchange (30 min)
- Moderator: Stephan Livera, Stephan Livera Podcast
- Speakers: Roy Sheinfeld, Breez; Adam Simecka, Manna; Chris Hunter, Satoshi
1:00 PM: Will Bitcoin Adoption End Fiat Once And For All? (30 min)
- Moderator: Joe Bryan, Satmo
- Speakers: Rajat Soni, Rajat Soni Finance; Nik Bhatia, The Bitcoin Layer; Lawrence Lepard, Equity Management Associates, LLC
1:30 PM: The Bitcoin Paradigm Shift: Impacts on Productivity, Quality of Life & Society (30 min)
- Moderator: Brian Dixon, Off the Chain Capital
- Speakers: Wyatt O’Rourke, Basilic Financial; Bram Kanstein, Bitcoin for Millennials Podcast; Robin Seyr, Robin Seyr Podcast
2:00 PM: From Cave Art to Code: Redefining Value in a World of Absolute Scarcity (30 min)
- Moderator: Erin Redwing, Inscribing Atlantis
- Speakers: Vijay Boyapati, Nakamoto Publishing; Jesse Myers, Moon Inc; Maxfield Mellenbruch, Kialara
2:30 PM: The Inflation No One Is Talking About: Wrench Attacks (20 min)
- Speaker: Jameson Lopp, Casa
2:50 PM: Bitcoin Third Places: Creating Spaces for Community (40 min)
- Moderator: Robert Warren, Bitcoin Miner’s Almanac
- Speakers: Zach Wischler, The Space; Haley Berkoe, Presidio Bitcoin; Stephen DeLorme, ATL BitLab; Mike Germano, PubKey
3:30 PM: Decentralizing Social Media (20 min)
- Moderator: McShane, Roxom TV
- Speaker: Martti Malmi, Sirius Business Ltd
3:50 PM: Bretton Woods 2.0: The Bitcoin Monetary Order (30 min)
- Moderator: Cedric Youngelman, Caos and Bitcoin Matrix
- Speakers: Efrat Fenigson, You’re The Voice; Ben Samocha, CryptoJungle; Roger Huang, Bitcoin Magazine

Open Source Stage

10:00 AM: How Shielded CSV Improves Privacy (20 min)
- Speaker: Jonas Nick, Blockstream
10:20 AM: Manna: Have Fun Playing Store (10 min)
- Speaker: Adam Simecka, Manna
10:30 AM :Lightning Dollars: Taproot Asset Stablecoins & Stable Channels (30 min)
- Moderator: Graham Krizek, Voltage
- Speakers: Stephen Dodge, Joltz; Tony Klausing, Stable Channels; Ryan Gentry, Lightning Labs
11:00 AM: What Does Bitcoin Core Actually DO? (30 min)
- Moderator: Stephan Livera, Stephan Livera Podcast
- Speakers: Murch, Localhost Research; Antoine Poinsot, Chaincode Labs; Mike Schmidt, Brink
11:30 AM: UX at the Forefront: The Path to Bitcoin for The Mainstream (30 min)
- Moderator: Conor Okus, Spiral
- Speakers: Sahil Chaturvedi, Foundry; Skyler, Finite Supply; Pedro, Bitcoin Conference; Joshua Philippe, Fold
12:00 PM: Securing Bitcoin: The Power of Self Custody (30 min)
- Moderator: Adam O’Brien, Bitcoin Well
- Speakers: Ben Kaufman, Bitcoin Keeper; Hodl Dee, Coinkite; Kevin Loaec, Wizardsardine
12:30 PM: Self Custody is Hard: Should Every User Store Seed Words? (30 min)
- Moderator: Steve Lee, Block
- Speakers: Zach Herbert, Foundation; Seed Signer, The SeedSigner Project; Max Guise, Block Inc.
1:00 PM: Arkade Keynote (20 min)
- Speaker: Marco Argentieri, Ark Labs
1:20 PM: ZKCoins: Make Bitcoin Cypherpunk Again! (20 min)
- Speaker: Robin Linus, ZeroSync
1:40 PM: Harnessing Bitcoin Yield with Lightning (10 min)
- Speaker: Jesse Shrader, Amboss Technologies
1:50 PM: Preserving Privacy Without Coinjoin as a Core Tool (30 min)
- Moderator: Aaron van Wirdum, Bitcoin Magazine
- Speakers: Seth For Privacy, Cake Labs LLC; Super Testnet; Spacebear, Payjoin Dev Kit
2:20 PM: Making Bitcoin UTXOs Quantum Resistant (40 min)
- Moderator: Alex Pruden, Project Eleven
- Speakers: Hunter Beast, Surmount Systems Foundation; Jonas Nick, Blockstream; Christian Papathanasiou, qBTC
3:00 PM: Reclaiming Internet Privacy in a World of Surveillance (30 min)
- Moderator: Rockstar Dev, BTCPayServer
- Speakers: Harry Halpin, Nym Technologies; Carl Dong, Obscura VPN; Blake Benthall, Fathom(x)

Developer Zone

11:30 AM: Code Your Way Through The Mysteries of Bitcoin & Save Satoshi (1 hr 0 min)
- Speaker: Satsie, The Bitcoin Dev Project
12:30 PM: Foolproof Multisig Backup: Two Seeds Should Be Enough (30 min)
- Speaker: Josh Doman, MultisigBackup.com
1:00 PM: Privacy Deep Dive: Coinpools (30 min)
- Speaker: Super Testnet
1:30 PM: Merkleize All The Things (30 min)
- Speaker: Salvatore Ingala, Ledger
2:00 PM: Bitcoin Node: Utreexo vs SPV Node (30 min)
- Moderator: Gwart, Blockspace Media
- Speakers: Murch, Localhost Research; Tadge Dryja
2:45 PM: Behind The Curtain of Silent Payments (30 min)
- Speaker: Seth For Privacy, Cake Labs LLC
3:15 PM: Continuing the Conversation: How Do Stable Channels work? (30 min)
- Speaker: Tony Klausing, Stable Channels

The Deep VIP Vault

11:30 AM: The Great Escape: Understanding Bitcoin (30 min)
- Speakers: Lawrence Lepard, Equity Management Associates, LLC; James Lavish, Bitcoin Opportunity Fund; Mark Moss, Market Disruptors
12:15 PM: Auction Conclusion Preview: Rare (15 min)
- Speaker: Maxfield Mellenbruch, Kialara
1:00 PM: From Real Estate & Energy To Bitcoin: Cardone Brothers (30 min)
- Moderator: Carly B, The Bitcoin Conference
- Speakers: Grant Cardone, Cardone Capital; Gary Cardone, Cardone Digital Ventures
2:30 PM: Metaplanet’s Success (30 min)
- Speakers: Dylan LeClair, Metaplanet; Simon Gerovich, Metaplanet Inc.