Silicon Valley '25—Where is Web3 taking the world?
A gathering where entrepreneurs and risk investors share how emerging Web3 innovation will create a new prosperity and address the world’s most pressing issues. April 9-10 in the SF Presidio park.
Silicon Valley ‘25 is presented by Voting Block USA (VB USA), a 501 c3 non-profit, nonpartisan, grassroots project dedicated to educating the public on how Web3 innovation—including blockchain, AI, crypto, robotics, metaverse, and Greentech—can help create a more private, secure, efficient, and sustainable private and public sector.
VB USA was started by Tony Perkins, founder & editor of Cryptonite and is supported by his lifelong friend and fellow Silicon Valley OG, Tim Draper, founder of Draper Associates and Draper University.
When and Where
—April 9th & 10th (Wednesday & Thursday)
—The Presidio Theatre Performing Arts Center (on the grounds of San Francisco’s Presidio National Park)—99 Moraga Ave., San Francisco, CA
—600 invitation-only live guests + interactive global video broadcast.
The SV’25 Conversation Topics
The SV '25 program revolves around conversations between entrepreneurial thought leaders about how Web3 innovation can address some of the world's most pressing issues and further the decentralization of power away from the institutions we no longer trust.
Bitcoin, gold, money, and the digital USD
Should the US create an untraceable CBDC (digital dollar), crypto wallet, and national ID to stay competitive with the digital yuan (e-CNY) and other emerging CBDCs? Should we offer the digital dollar to unbanked regions and countries with unstable currencies at low exchange rates to boost their economies and secure the USD’s global reserve status? Should we move towards backing USD with gold and/or Bitcoin? More.
Doing the Crypto regulatory work to keep the US competitive
What are the most significant regulatory issues to address to maximize the crypto economy? More.
Blockchain, crypto, and AI remake Wall Street
Will blockchain and AI lessen the need for financial intermediaries, boost transaction velocity and efficiency, and lower trading and settlement costs? What is the role of investment bankers and institutional investors in a more
Tokenization and fractionalization of real-world assets
Is the trend to tokenize real-world assets (public and private stocks, bonds, debt, real estate, fine art, and vehicles) and the broader acceptance of cryptos a given?
Downsizing a blockchain-based AI-powered government
Can we measurably improve efficiency and lower government expenses, like Wall Street is doing, and create an AI chatbot that instantly answers questions and directs citizens to the proper resources and live help they need 24/7? More. nations directly to validate needy families, single mothers, and educational expenses and be instantly charged against taxes? More.
"The decentralized future is not just about creating new applications; it's about rethinking how we organize society. You shouldn't have to trust any single person, institution, or centralized organization to transact and get things done."
Decentralized social networks and the Web3 creator economy
Can Web3 create an Internet where we own our social graphs, no brand can sell us, with fully decentralized, community-validated social apps that have a purpose and are economically aligned members via crypto rewards? More.
The State of the Crypto VC business
How are Wall Street and the financial markets being re hellowritten by AI, blockchain, and crypto technology? Is the tokenization of real-world assets (stocks, bonds, debt, real estate, and vehicles) a given? What are the most significant regulatory obstacles to address to maximize the crypto economy? More.
Can blockchain and AI regenerate farming and deliver fresh, organic food to everyone’s table?
How can Web3 innovation improve food and local regenerative farming through predictive crop management, supply chain transparency, traceability, and streamlined organic certification, and save waste? More.
Hollywood’s best moves in a decentralized entertainment world
How has Web3 technology started to disrupt and transform the television, film, music, and gaming businesses and challenge the existing structure of studios, streaming companies, talent, agents, and finance? More.
Ramping the quality and efficacy of professional services while radically lowering the costs
How will AI fully impact the search and productivity app suite individually, in work groups, and in companies? More.
Web3's impact on life science discovery and development, as well as patient privacy and control.
How can Web3 speed the research, discovery, and development of new drug treatment methods to make health records more private, accessible, and portable? More.
What do we have to fear?
Will AI-powered robots turn on humankind, as Elon Musk and others have alluded to? More.
Sharing the cutting-edge with the world
Wall Street has embraced crypto trading and blockchain technology to speed up and cut the cost of transactions, and ideas of a ‘national Bitcoin stockpile’ and ‘transforming the US into the Crypto Capital and Bitcoin Superpower’ are now bantered at the highest level of American politics.
At the same time, AI is starting to scale across every category: developer tools, search, productivity and creative suites, games and entertainment, life sciences, and Greentech—to name just a few—and the way we operate will be completely transformed over the next decade. This transition represents a $200 trillion opportunity.
“If you have some radical new technology, you want to set standards that maximize the probability it will do good and minimize the likelihood it will do bad things. You can't just barrel forward and hope for the best.”
—X.ai founder Elon Musk in his recent interview with Jordan Peterson.
At this critical Web3 inflection point, the non-profit, nonpartisan Voting Block USA is proud to produce Silicon Valley ‘25— and bring together the top entrepreneurial thought leaders to connect, reboot, and share the future with the world on April 9th & 10th within the beautiful Presidio National Park in San Francisco. We hope you will join us!
Member Tickets, Founder Pitches & Brand Partnerships
There are only 600 tickets available, so act now! Tickets include breakfast, lunch, and two outdoor cocktail receptions.
Paid remote viewers may post comments and questions during the live programming that will run on a big screen at the event for all participants to view and enjoy.
Top Web3 company presentation
The founders of up to 24 VC-backed companies with market traction have an opportunity to make 6-minute company presentations that tie closely to the program themes. All presentations will be part of our global broadcast and archived on Cryptonite Live!
If your company fits this profile, we would be pleased to consider your participation in Silicon Valley '25. The fee is a $5,000 donation to the VB USA (a 501c3 non-profit) and includes two 'backstage tickets' ($7,000 ticket value), so your company founders can hang out in the spacious backstage lounge and meet speakers and have meet-ups.
Interested parties should contact Tom Smull at tom@cryptoniteventures.com or click the button below to fill out the simple form.
Brand Partner opportunities
Our industry-exclusive Brand Partners represent the top technology companies and service firms operating in the global Silicon Valley. If your company fits this profile, we would be pleased to consider your participation in Silicon Valley ‘25. The fee is a $10,000 donation to the VB USA (a 501c3 non-profit) and includes three ‘backstage passes’ ($10,000 ticket value) so your associates can hang out in the spacious backstage lounge and meet speakers and have meet-ups. Branding is included in the Cryptonite Weekly Rap e-letter (over 500,000 readers), our direct event promotion, and on the stage screen throughout the show, as well as on this event page.
Interested parties should contact Tom Smull at tom@cryptoniteventures.com or click the button below to fill out the simple form.
Travel tips for our guests
Guests can make their lives easy and nature-filled at Silicon Valley ‘25 by staying at one of the two distinguished San Francisco boutique hotels in the park—the Lodge at the Presidio overlooking the Golden Gate or the Inn at the Presidio in the heart of the park. Outside the park, we recommend 1 Hotel San Francisco - A nature-inspired, sustainable hotel with eco-friendly design and stunning waterfront views, and Cavallo Point, a renowned eco-friendly hotel at the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge in Sausalito.
Several delectable gourmet dining spots are within the park and in the surrounding area, where you can enjoy some of San Francisco’s finest cuisine.
Our team is thrilled to host our guests in such a magnificent setting that celebrates the pura vida lifestyle, honors our planet, and contributes to the rejuvenation of The City. We look forward to seeing you in October!
Voting Block USA and its SV’25 event are supported by The Draper Family Trust and Draper Associates and produced by Cryptonite Ventures.
