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Bitcoin Magazine<\/a>
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\nTim Draper Confirmed as a Bitcoin 2026 Speaker<\/a><\/p>\n

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Tim Draper<\/a> has been officially confirmed as a speaker at Bitcoin 2026<\/a>. The founder of Draper Associates, DFJ, and the Draper Venture Network, Draper is one of the longest-standing and most vocal Bitcoin advocates in the venture capital world and one of the few investors who put real money behind the asset before it was widely taken seriously.<\/p>\n

In June 2014, Draper made headlines<\/a> by winning the U.S. Marshals auction of nearly 30,000 bitcoins seized from the Silk Road marketplace, spending approximately $19 million at a price of around $600 per coin. The bet has aged well. Draper has since invested<\/a> in over 50 crypto companies, leading investments in Coinbase, Ledger, Tezos, and Bancor, among others. More recently, Draper led a $2.5 million pre-seed funding round in Ark Labs, a Bitcoin scaling startup building payment infrastructure, stating that \u201csoon many people around the world will live on the Bitcoin standard.\u201d <\/p>\n

Draper Associates manages<\/a> $2 billion in assets and has seeded some of the most valuable companies in history, including Tesla, SpaceX, Skype, Baidu, Coinbase, and Robinhood. His price conviction on Bitcoin remains intact. In a recent interview<\/a>, Draper reiterated his $250,000 Bitcoin price target, rooted in the view that Bitcoin is in the middle of replacing the financial system itself describing it as infrastructure where contracts, payments, and ownership all move onchain without the layers of intermediaries that define today\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n

With over a decade of conviction behind him, Draper takes the Bitcoin 2026 stage as one of the asset\u2019s earliest and most consistent voices, having put real money behind Bitcoin long before it was considered a credible institutional bet. Hear more from Tim Draper at Bitcoin 2026 taking place April 27\u201329 at The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin 2026 is Returning to Las Vegas <\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Bitcoin 2026<\/a><\/strong> will take place April 27\u201329<\/strong> at The Venetian, Las Vegas<\/strong>, and is expected to be the biggest Bitcoin event of the year. <\/p>\n

Focused on the future of money<\/strong>, Bitcoin 2026 will bring together Bitcoin builders, investors, miners, policymakers, technologists, and newcomers from around the world. The event will feature a wide range of pass types<\/a><\/strong>, including general admission passes designed specifically for those new to Bitcoin<\/strong>, alongside premium passes for professionals, enterprises, and institutions. <\/p>\n

With multiple stages, immersive experiences, technical workshops, and headline keynotes, Bitcoin 2026 is designed to serve both first-time attendees and long-time Bitcoiners shaping the next era of global adoption. <\/p>\n

Past Bitcoin Conferences in the U.S.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Bitcoin\u2019s flagship conference has scaled dramatically over the past five years:<\/p>\n