Who is speaking at Bitcoin 2026 in Las Vegas, April 27 to 29: twelve speakers worth planning around, with roles, stages and session times where published.
Las Vegas — Bitcoin 2026 opens Monday, April 27 at The Venetian Convention and Expo Center in Las Vegas and runs through April 29, with more than 500 speakers listed by organizer BTC Inc. The most sought-after sessions are packed into Monday, which is open to Pro and Whale Pass holders only. These are the twelve speakers to plan around.
At a glance
- Dates: April 27 to 29, 2026
- Venue: The Venetian Convention and Expo Center, Las Vegas
- Organizer: BTC Inc
- Expected scale: 500+ speakers and more than 40,000 attendees (organizer-reported projection)
- Access: Monday, April 27 is Pro Day (Pro or Whale Pass); General Admission covers April 28 and 29
- Official agenda: Bitcoin 2026 agenda
- Our event page: Bitcoin 2026 Las Vegas
Times are Pacific, from the organizer's agenda as published on April 22, and can change.
Regulators and lawmakers open Bitcoin 2026 on Pro Day
Cynthia Lummis, Senator, U.S. Senate
Lummis chairs the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Digital Assets. She gives a keynote on the Nakamoto Stage on Monday at 10:20 am and returns at 12:30 pm for "Are We Getting More Clarity?", a panel with Senator Bernie Moreno, Patrick Witt and Frax founder Sam Kazemian. Bitcoin Magazine confirmed her appearance.
Mike Selig, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Selig was sworn in as the 16th chairman of the CFTC on December 22, 2025, after serving as chief counsel of the SEC's Crypto Task Force. His fireside conversation is on the Nakamoto Stage on Monday at 11:00 am, moderated by Gregory Xethalis of Multicoin Capital.
Paul Atkins, Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission
Atkins was sworn in as the 34th chairman of the SEC on April 21, 2025. His fireside follows Selig's directly, at 11:20 am Monday on the Nakamoto Stage, moderated by Perianne Boring, founder and chair of The Digital Chamber. The organizer describes him as the first serving SEC chair to speak at a Bitcoin Conference.
Patrick Witt, Executive Director, President's Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, The White House
Witt is the White House official on Monday's policy lineup. He joins the 12:30 pm panel "Are We Getting More Clarity?" on the Nakamoto Stage alongside Senators Lummis and Moreno. It puts the White House and the Senate in the same conversation on digital asset rules.
Aleš Michl, Governor, Czech National Bank
Michl speaks on Tuesday, April 28 at 10:20 am on the Nakamoto Stage in a session titled "Diversifying Central Bank Reserves with Bitcoin." Tuesday is open to General Admission, so this is a policy session every pass holder can attend. Bitcoin Magazine has previewed the talk.
On April 22 BTC Inc announced that Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and FBI Director Kash Patel will join a fireside titled "Code is Free Speech: Ending the War on Bitcoin," moderated by Coinbase chief legal officer Paul Grewal, on Monday at 10:30 am.
Treasuries, capital and payments
Michael Saylor, Founder and Executive Chairman, Strategy
Saylor founded Strategy, the public company that holds more than 700,000 bitcoin according to his conference biography. On Monday at 3:11 pm he appears on the Enterprise Stage in "How STRC Was Born," a conversation with Barclays managing director Lee Counselman during the Bitcoin for Corporations Symposium. He is also listed for a main-stage keynote on Tuesday.
Jack Mallers, Founder and CEO, Strike; Co-Founder and CEO, Twenty One
Mallers runs the payments company Strike and has led Twenty One Capital as chief executive since December 2025. His keynote is on the Nakamoto Stage on Wednesday, April 29 at 3:50 pm, one of the last major slots of the conference. Twenty One is among the Bitcoin-native public companies treasury watchers follow.
Paolo Ardoino, CEO, Tether
Ardoino leads Tether, the issuer of the USDT stablecoin. He is listed for a keynote on the Nakamoto Stage on Tuesday, April 28. With stablecoin regulation on Monday's policy agenda, his remarks a day later are a useful read on how the largest issuer sees its place in the Bitcoin economy.
Bitcoin 2026 speakers on mining, energy and infrastructure
Fred Thiel, Chairman and CEO, MARA
Thiel leads MARA Holdings, one of the largest publicly listed Bitcoin miners. He has a short company slot at 10:00 am Monday, then joins "Powering the Future Economy: How HPC + Bitcoin Mining Changes Energy Markets for the Better" at 2:30 pm on the Nakamoto Stage.
Matt Schultz, CEO and Chairman, CleanSpark
Schultz runs CleanSpark, a publicly listed Bitcoin miner, and he shares the 2:30 pm Monday session on the Nakamoto Stage with Thiel. Two public-company mining chiefs on one panel about high-performance computing is the clearest signal of where the sector's attention and capital have moved.
Irene Gao, President of Mining, Bitmain
Gao leads the mining business at Bitmain and delivers the company's keynote on the Nakamoto Stage on Wednesday, April 29 at 11:25 am. Bitmain is the largest manufacturer of Bitcoin mining machines, so the session matters to operators, hosting providers and anyone planning fleet purchases in the coming year.
Adam Back, Co-Founder and CEO, Blockstream
Back invented Hashcash, the proof-of-work system cited in the Bitcoin whitepaper, and runs Blockstream, the Bitcoin infrastructure company he co-founded. He is on the main-stage program for Wednesday, April 29, in a conversation with Strategy chief executive Phong Le about Bitcoin's technical and financial infrastructure.
Before you plan your days
Our Bitcoin 2026 preview explains the pass types, and the side events guide covers the evenings. Powerclub Global covers the Bitcoin Conference as a media partner of BTC Inc.
Frequently asked questions
Who is speaking at Bitcoin 2026?
Headline names among the 500+ listed include SEC Chairman Paul Atkins, CFTC Chairman Mike Selig, Senator Cynthia Lummis, Michael Saylor, Jack Mallers, Paolo Ardoino, Adam Back and Czech National Bank Governor Aleš Michl.
When do the SEC and CFTC chairs speak at Bitcoin 2026?
Both speak on Monday, April 27 on the Nakamoto Stage. CFTC Chairman Mike Selig is scheduled for 11:00 am and SEC Chairman Paul Atkins for 11:20 am Pacific, according to the organizer's agenda as of April 22.
Do I need a Pro Pass to see the Monday sessions?
Yes. April 27 is Pro Day, and its sessions are open to Pro Pass and Whale Pass holders. General Admission passes are valid on April 28 and 29 only, when the Nakamoto Stage is open to all.
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