Speakers

Joe Bryan

Who is Joe?

Joe Bryan is a Bitcoin educator, storyteller, and former investment bank derivatives trader and sports betting entrepreneur, now turned Bitcoin maximalist with a mission to expose the flaws of fiat money.

"A decade at Investment banks before a career as an entrepreneur means I've seen the world from both sides. I now spend my time building and supporting Bitcoin businesses."

He is the creator of 'What's The Problem? - Demystifying Why We All Need Bitcoin', a short film and book that uses a gripping telling of the "Big Red Button" to reveal how money printing fuels inflation, inequality, addiction, and societal distrust—while positioning Bitcoin as the unrigged fix.

Now expanding on 'What's the Problem?' with the educational platform SatsVsFiat.

All Joe's links:
  • Creator of “What’s The Problem?”

Anders

Who is Anders?

Anders Kargaard is a Danish-born Bitcoin educator, podcaster, and global advocate for sound money, with a laser focus on corporate treasuries and hyperbitcoinization.

A veteran of the Bitcoin space since 2017, he founded the Los Angeles Bitcoin Meetup to demystify the tech and steer newcomers away from altcoin traps, while amassing over 1 million followers on eToro as a trusted voice for education and conviction-holding and beating most investors. How? By simply being long bitcoin.

He was the host of the "Toxic Happy Hour" podcast, Anders dives into the raw, unfiltered side of Bitcoin culture with fellow plebs, blending humor, hot takes, and deep dives into why fiat fails and Bitcoin endures.

He now runs the 'Bitcoin Treasuries World' YouTube channel, obsessively tracking and ranking how companies like MicroStrategy, Metaplanet, and Smarter Web Company are stacking sats to outpace inflation and redefine value creation.

Links:
  • Host of Bitcoin Treasuries World

Lars Christensen

Who is Lars?

Lars Christensen is a Danish Bitcoin maximalist, former high-school history teacher, and one-man demolition crew against fiat illusions and state overreach.

After years of teaching teenagers about democracy and economics while watching central banks debase the currency he was supposed to trust, he went down the rabbit hole, came out fully orange-pilled, and now dedicates his life to dragging the rest of Denmark with him.

Through Bitcoinskolen he offers completely free, no-bullshit Danish resource: the e-book “Hvorfor Bitcoin?”, that explain why Bitcoin isn’t a get-rich-quick scheme, but the hardest, most predictable, and most fairly distributed money the world has ever seen.

Links:
  • Founder of Bitcoinskolen
  • Author of 'Hvorfor Bitcoin?' (eng; Why Bitcoin?)

Johannes Schmith

Who is Johannes?

Johannes is a pioneering Danish Bitcoin advocate and entrepreneur dedicated to integrating Bitcoin into Denmark's economic and political future.

A self-proclaimed Bitcoin maximalist, he proved its real-world viability by living exclusively on Bitcoin for six months in Boracay, Philippines.

At Orange Wheel, his work focuses on helping companies accumulate Bitcoin and on partnering with renewable energy initiatives to integrate bitcoin mining as a tool for grid stability.

His mission? Get the Danish Parliament to take Bitcoin seriously as the missing puzzle piece in Denmark’s energy sector and as the foundation for a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.

Links:
  • Initiator of DBPI: Danish Bitcoin Policy Institute
  • Co-Founder of Orange Wheel

Rasmus Hansen

Who is Rasmus?

Rasmus is a Danish freedom-maximalist, entrepreneur, podcaster, and a devoted follower of Austrian Economics.

After co-translating 'The Bitcoin Standard' in danish his desire to translate important books has only grown since then. He is the co-founder of SHOP21, a Danish platform dedicated to translating and publishing libertarian and Bitcoin-related books—and the host of the SHOP21 Podcast: A Podcast about Bitcoin, Society, and Freedom.

SHOP21 links:

Socials:
X: @rasmushansen
  • Co-Founder of SHOP21
  • Podcaster

Barekev

Who is Barekev?

Barekev is a Danish Bitcoin maximalist and content creator. Initially known for Danish TikTok videos on Bitcoin, inflation, taxation etc., he now hosts Den Orange Tråd (The Orange Thread), a podcast exploring societal issues like fiat incentives and health, with Bitcoin as the solution.

Active on X, he promotes Danish Bitcoin adoption, hosts weekly livestreams about Bitcoin- and Bitcoin-related news.

Socials:
  • Organizer of Bitcoin Copenhagen
  • Content Creator & Podcaster

Ted Paulus

Who is Ted?

Ted Paulus is a Danish Bitcoin strategist and corporate advisor laser-focused on guiding European businesses through the monetary revolution with Bitcoin as the escape hatch from fiat fragility.

He got orange-pilled after witnessing central banks' endless debasement erode real returns.

Through his advisory work, he empowers business leaders to build Bitcoin treasuries, integrate mining for grid-balancing renewables, and harness wasted energy—turning corporate liabilities into Bitcoin-fueled assets that outrun inflation and unlock hyperbitcoinization.

Links:
  • Founder of Orange Wheel

Pierre Vendelboe

Who is Pierre?

Pierre Vendelboe is a Danish Bitcoin maximalist, and a recurrent guest on the SHOP21 podcast

Formerly a radio satirist on Radio Sydhavsøerne’s Bjørnetjenesten—where he spent years mocking politicians, bureaucrats, and fiat absurdities on air—he took his red-pill energy straight into the Bitcoin rabbit hole and never looked back.

He co-translated Saifedean Ammous’ The Bitcoin Standard into Danish (the book that single-handedly woke up half the country’s plebs), turning the most devastating takedown of central banking into crystal-clear Danish prose that even your uncle at Christmas dinner can’t ignore.

Deeply embedded in the SHOP21 ecosystem, Pierre is a recurring guest on the SHOP21 Podcast, dropping episodes on money history, hyperbitcoinization, and why the krone is just slow-motion theft.

Co-Translator of The Bitcoin Standard

Links

SHOP21

Enogtyve

Bitcoinskolen

Danish Bitcoin Policy Institute