Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a best-selling author, speaker and one of (if not the) foremost bitcoin and blockchain experts in the world. He is one of the rare experts who approaches the subject from an educational, political, cultural, and human perspective — not merely discussing the technology in investment terms. In 2014, Andreas authored the groundbreaking book, ‘Mastering Bitcoin’ which is widely considered to be the best technical guide ever written about the technology. His second book, ‘The Internet of Money’ unveiled the “why” of bitcoin— and became a bestseller. He is a teaching fellow at the University of Nicosia, the first university in the world to offer a masters degree in Digital Currency. Finally, he serves on the Oversight Committee for the Bitcoin Reference Rate at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and has appeared as an expert witness in hearings around the world, including both the Australian and Canadian Senate Banking Committees where he gave historically-important presentations that have influenced public policy regarding Bitcoin globally.