Unlocking Bitcoin's Potential With Trust-Minimized Bridges
Thursday, August 28
12:30 pm
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12:00 pm
Nakamoto Stage
Whale Pass Required
Moderator
Gabe Parker
Moderator
Gabe Parker
Citrea
Currently serving as Business Development Manager at Citrea, the first zk-rollup on Bitcoin, where I focus on driving strategic partnerships and ecosystem growth. Previously I spent three years as a Bitcoin researcher at Galaxy, where I specialized in Layer 2 solutions, Bitcoin Improvement Proposals (BIPs), Ordinals development, on-chain analytics, and mining.
Speakers
Calvin Ferreira
Head of ecosystem growth
BitcoinOS
Calvin Ferreira
Head of ecosystem growth
BitcoinOS
With a history of investing in the space since 2015, Calvin boasts over 50 investments and a rich background as the Ex Co-Founder/Director of a Venture Fund, seamlessly blending sales expertise with deal-making savvy. Recognized as a trusted advisor on Web3 projects, he excels at forging partnerships and driving collective growth.
Matthew Roszak
Co-Founder & Chairman
Hemi
Matthew Roszak
Co-Founder & Chairman
Hemi
Matthew Roszak is a crypto pioneer, venture capitalist, and one of the earliest backers of Ethereum, Coinbase, and Kraken. He’s also the co-founder and chairman of Bloq, a company that’s helped Fortune 100s, banks, and governments navigate blockchain infrastructure and digital assets.
Matt has advised the World Economic Forum, gifted crypto to members of Congress, and helped drive adoption at the highest levels of finance and policy.
Now, with Hemi, he’s helping unify the world’s most important blockchains while defining the next era of programmable value.
“Money is technology. And Hemi is how we’re turning that insight into the future.”
Matt has advised the World Economic Forum, gifted crypto to members of Congress, and helped drive adoption at the highest levels of finance and policy.
Now, with Hemi, he’s helping unify the world’s most important blockchains while defining the next era of programmable value.
“Money is technology. And Hemi is how we’re turning that insight into the future.”
Karel Kubat
CEO
Union
Karel Kubat
CEO
Union
Karel Kubat is the Co‑founder and CEO of Union Labs, building the world’s first fully trustless interoperability L1 powered by zero‑knowledge technology.
Karel has been coding smart contracts since 2016, starting with Solidity before expanding to Rust and Go in 2018. Drawing from his technical expertise and background in systems engineering, he developed the IBC protocol on Substrate (Polkadot).
Under his leadership, Union is focused on the Bitcoin ecosystem through its connection to Babylon Genesis, its integration as a Bitcoin Supercharged Network, and its creation of Auro BTC, the first Bitcoin LST that will be composable, verifiable, and usable anywhere.
Karel has been coding smart contracts since 2016, starting with Solidity before expanding to Rust and Go in 2018. Drawing from his technical expertise and background in systems engineering, he developed the IBC protocol on Substrate (Polkadot).
Under his leadership, Union is focused on the Bitcoin ecosystem through its connection to Babylon Genesis, its integration as a Bitcoin Supercharged Network, and its creation of Auro BTC, the first Bitcoin LST that will be composable, verifiable, and usable anywhere.