Trump Spotlights Bitcoin 2024, Where Men Outnumber Women Speakers Nearly Nine To One – DL News

• Bitcoin 2024 kicks off with Donald Trump drawing national attention to the event.
• It is a predominantly male event: only about 13% of the speakers are women.

Bitcoin 2024 is one of the most important cryptocurrency conferences.

And this year, it will be one not to be missed, as former President Donald Trump and a host of other high-profile speakers will flock to Nashville, Tennessee.

Cryptocurrencies will once again be in the national spotlight, as will the industry’s struggles with gender representation.

According to Bloomberg, only about 13% of Bitcoin 2024 speakers will be women. data compiled by DL News.

This was less than five years ago, when approximately 17% of the speakers listed were women.

Women are generally underrepresented in the technology and finance sectors.

A study They found that from 2016 to 2018, they accounted for 25% of keynote or standalone speakers at technology conferences worldwide.

Another conference survey from a range of fields found that male speakers still outnumber female speakers by a ratio of two to one.

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The cryptocurrency industry is also notoriously unequal, even by the standards of other male-dominated industries.

The 17 Richest Crypto Billionaires Are All Men, According to Forbes.

And a recent one relationship from the Association of Women in Cryptocurrency, a nonprofit that supports women in the web3, highlights the gender disparity in the industry.

In late 2023, the organization surveyed nearly 400 women in the cryptocurrency industry and found that 82 percent of respondents believed the industry was not free from harassment.

“The lack of female speakers at cryptocurrency conferences is nothing new,” said Amanda Wick, founder of the Association of Women in Cryptocurrency. DL News.

She said that’s why her nonprofit has asked men to pledge not to speak on all-male panels. Bans on so-called “manels” are standard in finance and other industries.

“We need conferences, especially those without female speakers, to step up even if this industry is serious about seeing meaningful and impactful change,” she added.

Worse than consensus

DL News categorized every speaker publicly listed on the Bitcoin conference website as either male or female, based on the speakers’ names, profile photos, and the pronouns used in their bios.

For those who have pseudonymous names and images, DL News I looked at biographies, podcasts, and other media to rank the speaker.

While it’s not a perfect science (speakers may identify as nonbinary, for example), the count illustrates the gender disparity at the Bitcoin conference.

In 2019, of the 90 registered speakers, only 15 were women, about 17%.

In subsequent years, the percentage of female speakers decreased, settling between 13% and 16%.

In 2024, there will be more male speakers whose names begin with “A” or “B” than the total number of female speakers at the conference, according to a version of the conference website accessed July 24.

The share of women in the spotlight at the Bitcoin conference pales in comparison to Consensus, another major cryptocurrency conference.

According to 2024 data, approximately 26% of Consensus speakers were identifiable women. DL News compiled.

David Bailey, head of the Bitcoin MagazineThe organizer of Bitcoin 2024, did not respond to requests for comment.

Representatives for Consensus also did not respond to a request for comment.

Accusations against headliners

Molly White, a prominent industry critic, has also indicated on X that three of the seven protagonists of Bitcoin 2024 are accused of serious sexual harassment.

Trump, who is running for re-election, has been held responsible for sexual abuse against columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996.

Carroll is one of at least 26 women who have accused Trump of sexual harassment dating back to the 1970s.

Trump has denied the accusations.

Russell Brand is also expected to speak.

A former radio personality, comedian and actor from the UK, he has recently become a conspiracy theory podcast host.

Last year, Brand was questioned by London police relating to allegations of sexual assault and abuse following an investigation by Times.

The brand has denied the accusations.

Independent presidential candidate and vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is also expected to speak.

According to an investigation, in the 1990s he allegedly assaulted his children’s babysitter. Vanity Fair relationship.

Kennedy later described the story as “a lot of rubbish”, declined to comment further and privately apologized to Eliza Cooney, the babysitter said. The Washington Post.

Bitcoin 2024, however, has thought about gender inclusivity.

Thursday morning, according to the conference, agendahosts what’s called a “Women’s Brunch.”

Ben Weiss is DL NewsCorrespondent based in Dubai. Contact him at bweiss@dlnews.comJoanna Wright is DL News‘ regulatory correspondent. Contact her at joanna@dlnews.com.

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