Long-Term Bitcoin Holding with the Next Generation in Mind

George Mekhail is the Managing Director of Bitcoin for Corporations at BTC Inc., author of I Am Not Your Bruh, and co-author of Thank God for Bitcoin. A passionate advocate for Bitcoin since 2017, George blends his experience in marketing, financial innovation, and community development to guide companies in thoughtfully integrating Bitcoin into their strategic operations, while also advocating for strong family dynamics at home.

Pauline Shangett is the Chief Strategy Officer at ChangeNOW, a top-tier crypto exchange platform with over $1 billion in monthly trading volume. Since joining the industry in 2018, she has quickly grown from CMO to a key strategic leader, helping scale the platform’s user base and trading activity twofold in just six months.
Pauline specializes in building scalable growth and revenue strategies in Web3, combining deep blockchain expertise with a sharp focus on sustainable growth. She’s known for her flexible, transparent approach and long-term vision for ecosystem development.

About CEO
Gracy Chen is the CEO of Bitget, a leading global cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 platform, ranked among the industry’s top three by trading volume. She is the only woman-CEO amongst the top 10 crypto exchanges. Since stepping into the CEO role from her previous position as Managing Director, in her time as the CEO, Gracy has led Bitget’s expansion from nearly 20 million to over 120 million users worldwide.
Under her leadership, Bitget has evolved beyond its origins as a derivatives platform into a full-scope crypto ecosystem, offering spot trading, Launchpad and Launchpool initiatives, copy trading, asset management tools, a self-custody wallet, and a wide range of Web3 projects. Gracy also plays a key role in institutional business development, working closely with major clients and partners to strengthen Bitget’s global presence. Chen also heads $10M Blockchain4Her initiative within Bitget, dedicated to fostering inclusivity and gender diversity in the blockchain industry where she and the team focuses on elevating, empowering, educating, and embracing women in blockchain, ensuring equal opportunities and representation in the cryptospace.

1. Expert in Security Protocols, a Computer Science cyberpunk currently working on applied miniscript use cases i.e Future of Inheritance in Bitcoin, BitVM and Hardware/Software B2B Wallets + HSMs specially for enterprise offerings like Banks to upgrade to Bitcoin standard for their clients.

2. 10+ yrs in Bitcoin (Class of 2013) as a Bitcoin Maxi, a Bitcoin Globe trotter from Shanghai, Bangalore, NewYork, Las Vegas, Ireland, Austin, Hong Kong, Prague, Lugano, Zurich and Amsterdam attending Bitcoin Conferences and meetups orange pilling my extended family and friends

3. He has Angel invested in 28+ Bitcoin native startups

4. Cool Bitcoin Story: He got his first Trezor from OG Slush in person at the Shanghai conference in 2014 and bought his Bitcoin via an ATM in Shanghai. He has been a big believer in self custody of keys ever since.

5. He has 15+yrs experience as a Founder/CTO(serial entrepreneur-venture capital backed) who has built/sold 3 AI/ML startups in Asia (Singapore, Hong Kong & India)