The conference will be asking the question – how can digital currencies and blockchain technology improve modern banking systems and how can banks work with governments to prevent regulations from tying the hands of innovators?

Keynote speaker Blythe Masters is a big draw as are bitcoin community leaders like Perianne Boring, Founder and President of the Chamber of Digital Commerce, Chad Cascarilla, CEO and cofounder of itBit, Lisa Cheng, VanBex founder, Barry Silbert, founder and CEO of Digital Currency Group, and Matt Roszak, CEO of Tally Capital.

The conference will look closely at the issue of government involvement in the digital currency space and debate the question "will coming regulations allow digital currency innovators to safely flourish – or simply squelch them?"

To speak to the issue of regulation, conference heavyweights include former NYDFS head Benjamin Lawsky, and Peter Van Valkenburgh, Director of Research, Coin Center.