Brock Pierce

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BROCK PIERCE

Bitcoin OG • Blockchain Pioneer • Futurist

Brock Pierce – Bitcoin OG & Blockchain Pioneer
BITCOIN OG

Brock Pierce

Futurist • Philanthropist • Economist • Creator
Chairman, Bitcoin Foundation
Co-Founder of Blockchain Capital, Tether & Block.one

Bitcoin Visionary • Blockchain Architect • Impact Investor

Brock Pierce is a futurist, philanthropist, economist, and creator widely recognized as one of the original Bitcoin OGs and a true pioneer of the blockchain industry. Credited with helping launch the market for digital currency, he has raised more than $5 billion for companies he has founded and advised.

He serves as Chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation and is a co-founder of Blockchain Capital (the first sector-focused blockchain venture fund), Tether (the pioneering stablecoin), Block.one (creators of EOS — the largest ICO in history at over $4B), and Mastercoin (the first-ever ICO). An early Bitcoin adopter and one of the largest investors in the Ethereum crowdsale, Brock has shaped the infrastructure of decentralized finance for over a decade.

EXPERTISE

  • • Digital Currency & Stablecoins
  • • Blockchain Venture Capital
  • • ICOs & Tokenization
  • • Bitcoin Mining & Infrastructure
  • • Impact Investing & Philanthropy

SIGNATURE MOVES

  • • Chairman – Bitcoin Foundation
  • • Co-Founder – Tether & Blockchain Capital
  • • Co-Founder – Block.one / EOS
  • • Pioneer of the First ICO (Mastercoin)
  • • Global Speaker & Policy Advocate
“This is an opportunity to positively impact a trillion living things on this planet.”
— Brock Pierce
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