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