All Speakers

Bob Burnett is the founder and CEO of Barefoot Mining, a company focused on the development of “horse-class” mining sites, and he is a vocal proponent for the expansion of diversity in Bitcoin mining site geography, scale, and energy sources. Bob has spent over 35 years as a technologist including 13 years at Gateway, Inc., a Fortune 200 personal computer company, where he led the company’s product development efforts as Chief Technical Officer. He has founded several companies in the Bitcoin mining space and is active as an evangelist and educator for Bitcoin and its importance to the world’s future. He has a degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.

Matthew Kratter is the founder of the popular YouTube channel Bitcoin University (formerly Trader University), and the author of numerous Amazon books on trading and investment strategies. He has more than 25 years of investing experience, including working at Peter Thiel's hedge fund Clarium.

Brady Swenson is Cofounder and Head of Product Marketing at Swan. He is committed to helping people discover and learn Bitcoin to prepare for a new global monetary era. Swenson is also the creator and host of the Citizen Bitcoin podcast chronicling his Bitcoin journey. He has worked on the web for over 20 years with experience in every aspect of building and marketing products. Before beginning his web-based career Swenson taught English and reading as a Peace Corps volunteer in Guyana, South America. Upon his return he taught various subjects at the high school level.

Host of the What Bitcoin Did Podcast and Follow the Money Film Series. Chairman of Real Bedford Football Club.

Yan Pritzker is the co-founder and CTO of Swan Bitcoin. Yan spent the last twenty years as a software developer and entrepreneur focusing on tech startups. His most recent company, Reverb, was acquired by Etsy in 2019. Yan is the author of the book Inventing Bitcoin, the best technical book for beginners, and gives talks on Bitcoin related topics ranging from the importance of Bitcoin as a tool for freedom to the technical details of how Bitcoin works.

Cory Klippsten is the CEO of Bitcoin financial services firm Swan.com. He is a partner in Bitcoiner Ventures, El Zonte Capital, and The Bitcoin Opportunity Fund, and as an angel has funded more than 60 early stage tech companies. Before startups, Klippsten worked for Google, McKinsey, Microsoft and Morgan Stanley, and earned an MBA from the University of Chicago. He grew up in Seattle, split 15 years between NYC and Chicago, and now lives in LA with his wife and daughters. His hobbies include basketball, history and travel (Istanbul and Barcelona are favorites).