Brock Pierce Keynote at The North American Bitcoin Conference 2020 in Miami.

Brock Pierce is an American entrepreneur known for his work in the cryptocurrency industry that began in a digital gaming company that focused on in-game economies, like the economic system in “World of Warcraft.” with an extensive track record of founding, advising and investing in disruptive businesses such as Tether, and Mastercoin (first ICO).

This would turn out to be his portal to the larger digital currency world, eventually culminating in his founding of Blockchain Capital in 2013 that is the first sector focused venture fund that invests solely in Blockchain technology companies and launched the initial coin offering (ICO) called EOS via the related company, Block.one.

Pierce led the firm through the first ICO of a venture fund, which created the first security token. Blockchain Capital has made more than 100 investments in the sector across its four funds. The firm was named the most active FinTech Venture Fund by Pitchbook. Tether is the first stable coin and asset backed token.

He is an early investor in Bitcoin and one of the largest investors in the Ethereum crowdsale and is founder of IMI Exchange, the world’s leading digital currency marketplace for games with investors such as Goldman Sachs, which was sold in 2016 and also founded ZAM, one of the world’s largest media properties for gamers, which was acquired by Tencent in 2012.

He founded IGE, the pioneer of digital currency in online games and sold in 2007. Pierce is also a co-founder of D10e, GoCoin, Blade Payments, Five Delta (sold NASDAQ: SRAX), Xfire 2.0, Playsino, Evertune, GamesTV, and D.E.N. He also advises for companies like Airswap, Bancor, BitGo, BitGuild, BlockV, Bloq, DNA, Element Group, Metronome, Shyft, tZERO, and ODX.

Personal experience has led him to become an advocate for due process and rule of law, with a focus on an efficient, fair, and coherent judicial system as the cornerstone to liberal democracy. His philanthropy in this area focuses on the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, the Center for Individual Rights, and the Brennan Center for Human Rights.

He is a frequent lecturer at Singularity University and has spoken at the Milken Global Conference, Mobile World Congress, Wired, INK, Stanford University, USC, and UCLA and has been featured in numerous publications including Forbes, Fortune, Wired, and Rolling Stone.

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