Abu Dhabi Speaker Line‑up for Bitcoin MENA 2025

As anticipation builds for Bitcoin MENA 2025, set to take place on 8–9 December at the ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi, the organisers have released an expanded list of confirmed speakers — underscoring the event’s ambition to become a central node for Bitcoin thought leadership in the MENA region and beyond. 

The newly publicised lineup includes some of the most influential global figures in Bitcoin and finance: Michael Saylor (Founder & Executive Chairman, Strategy), CZ (Founder, Binance), Michael Novogratz (Founder & CEO, Galaxy), and John Koudounis (President & CEO, Calamos Investments).

From the MENA region and beyond, confirmed speakers include H.E. Dr. Mohamed Al Kuwaiti (Head of Cybersecurity, UAE Government), Ahmed Bin Sulayem (Executive Chairman & CEO, DMCC), Abdulla Al Dhaheri (CEO, The Blockchain Center Abu Dhabi), Marwan Al Zarouni (CEO, Dubai Blockchain Center), and Bilal Bin Saqib (Minister of State for Blockchain & Crypto, Pakistan).

Also on the roster is Saifedean Ammous, author of The Bitcoin Standard, a thought‑leader in Bitcoin’s macroeconomic narrative, together with executives such as David Bailey (CEO, KindlyMD), and corporate‑finance figure John Koudounis. 

According to the organisers, the expanded speaker base reflects the conference’s ambition to provide a comprehensive panorama of Bitcoin’s global trajectory — combining institutional capital strategy, regulatory insight, sovereign‑level governance and energy and mining infrastructure.

For the global Bitcoin community, this robust speaker list signals that Bitcoin MENA 2025 might be more than a regional conference, it could be a meaningful inflection point, helping steer capital, policy and narrative toward MENA as a rising Bitcoin hub.