In its 13th year, MIT Bitcoin Expo 2026 explores Bitcoin and freedom technologies as instruments for individual empowerment and economic sovereignty.
Speakers include:
- Jeremy Rubin, CEO, Char Network
- Robin Linus, Stanford University | ZeroSync
- Hester M. Peirce, Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- Mikhail Shalaginov, Quantum Machine Build Lead, QuEra Computing
- Misha Komarov, Co-Founder, =nil and [[alloc] init]
- Liam Eagen, CEO & Co-Founder, { ideal }
- Ethan Heilman, Cryptographer
- Frank Corva, Independent Bitcoin Journalist, New Renaissance Capital
- Antoine Poinsot, Bitcoin Core Contributor, Chaincode Labs
- Nadav Kohen, Cryptographer, Chaincode Labs
- Aaron Feickert, Research Engineering Lead, Alpen Labs
- Alex Pruden, CEO, Project Eleven
- David Seroy, Ecosystem Lead, Alpen Labs
- Boris Revsin, Managing Director & General Partner, Tribe Capital
- Roya Mahboob, CEO, Digital Citizen Fund
- Muriel Médard, CEO & Co-Founder, Optimum
- Austin Federa, Co-Founder, DoubleZero
- Andrew Camilleri, CTO, Ark Labs & BTCPay Server Core Contributor
- Calle, Open-source dev | Creator of Cashu
- Clara Shikhelman, Head of Research, Chaincode Labs
- Neha Narula, Director, MIT Digital Currency Initiative
- Robert Netzke, Software Engineer, 2140
- Tadge Dryja, Lightning Network Developer
- Ava Chow, Bitcoin Core Maintainer; Localhost Researcher
- Ekrem Bal, Co-Founder & Chief Scientist, Citrea