Name: ABC Presents: Adam Back, Tuur Demeester, Parker Lewis: The Bitcoin Thesis Today
Start: 2025-05-20T17:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-05-20T20:00:00-05:00
Location: Bitcoin Park Austin

Space is limited — **RSVP early to secure your spot**.

What began as a cypherpunk movement is now on the balance sheets of public companies and sovereign funds. In this ABC Presents, Adam Back, Tuur Demeester, and Parker Lewis trace Bitcoin’s evolution from its ideological origins to its current role as an institutional-grade monetary asset—and where it goes from here.

*Note: If you can't make it up the building, ping Andrew on Signal @ajdav21.55*

* **[Adam Back](https://x.com/adam3us)** – Cryptographer, cypherpunk, and CEO of Blockstream
* **[Parker Lewis](https://x.com/parkeralewis)** – Author of *Gradually, Then Suddenly*, Bitcoin educator, and Head of Business Development at Zaprite
* **[Tuur Demeester](https://x.com/TuurDemeester)** – Macro investor and founder of Adamant Research, Host of the podcast B Reel

Agenda:
5:35 - Short Opening Remarks
5:40p -- Joe Kelly (CEO of Unchained) + Dr. Thomas Hogan (Professor at UATX)
5:50p -- Jimmy Song (Bitcoin Educator) + Mike Schmidt (Executive Director of Brink)
6:00p – Marty Bent (Founder of TFTC) + Bitstein (Founder of the Nakamoto Institute)
6:10p – Sean Bill (CIO Blockstream) + Introduction of the Panel
6:20 – Panel Begins
6:20 — 7:15p — Panel
7:15 - 7:30 — Short Q&A
7:30 - 8:00p — Networking and Wrap

Whether you’re a seasoned allocator, a curious investor, or a passionate Bitcoiner, this evening will leave you with new insights into the institutional thesis for Bitcoin, macroeconomic pressures, and why now might be the most strategic time to lean into Bitcoin.

If this is your first time at one of our meetups, we have a few simple guidelines to enhance everyone’s experience:

* our meetups and events have a simple and singular focus: **Bitcoin**. All of our topics and discussions will be centered around Bitcoin, the global monetary network, and bitcoin, the reserve asset. If you are interested in crypto tokens, stocks, blockchains, altcoins, alternative investing, NFTs, etc. that is completely fine. There are a number of other meetups to join. This meetup however is just focused on Bitcoin
* please **no photos** unless no one is identifiable in the background. We respect everyone’s privacy and want everyone to feel comfortable as they participate
* while the group discussion is going, please keep side conversations to **none.** With the acoustics of the room and the number of people we expect, any conversations will echo and be a distraction for those who are trying to listen many of whom have traveled a long way to participate
* please pick up after yourself
* Street **parking** or the paid garage across from our building on East 6th (515 Congress)

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