Kristin Smith

The Blockchain Association

Kristin is the Executive Director of the Blockchain Association, sits on the Board of Directors at Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web, and is a Co-founder and Board Member of HODLpac. Kristin’s main gig serves as the executive director and the founder of the Blockchain Association, the most influential trade group dedicated to blockchain and cryptocurrency concerns. Kristin has successfully grown the association tripling its membership and doubling its budget since its inception in 2018. Additionally, Kristin has enjoyed success with various policy battles, including the Token Taxonomy Act to the development of the Digital Commodity Exchange Act to indefinitely postpone a harmful 2020 FinCEN rulemaking on self-hosted wallets through an innovative combination of litigation, regulatory, and legislative strategies. As a result, the Blockchain Association has established itself as the world’s leading voice on blockchain and crypto problems, representing the bulk of all crypto investment in the United States.