Daniel Spuller is the Head of Industry Affairs for the Blockchain Association in Washington, DC. He was appointed Co-Chair of the North Carolina Blockchain Initiative by the Office of the Lieutenant Governor in 2019. Since 2012, Spuller has been an advocate of decentralized digital assets, bitcoin, and blockchain-based technologies.
From 2016-2020, Spuller led membership and growth at the Washington-based Chamber of Digital Commerce growing it from 38 to over 200 members at its peak. He previously worked for North Carolina’s Department of Commerce and was instrumental in facilitating negotiations between the Commissioner of Banks and industry, successfully driving a multi-stakeholder campaign leading to the legislative passage of America’s first comprehensive blockchain-related legislation through the North Carolina Money Transmitters Act of 2016.
In 2013 Spuller co-founded the Cryptolina Bitcoin Expo, and has since driven blockchain thought leadership as a heavily sought after resource sharing insights with corporate and governmental agencies, lawmakers on Capitol Hill and regulators at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Department of State, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), George Washington University, and Johns Hopkins University, among others.
The crypto ecosystem continues to revolutionize many of the most important and regulated functions of our society. Naturally, no other industry of comparable size and age has so quickly captured the focus of policy makers and regulators. This attention creates unique challenges and significant opportunities. Join us as we explore industry trends, discuss job growth and investment, and where things may be headed.