Chairman Elijah John Bowdre
Chairman
Blockchain City / Miami Initiatives Miami-Dade County Cryptocurrency Task Force
Architecting Miami as America’s Blockchain City
Chairman Elijah John Bowdre is the Chairman of the Miami-Dade County Cryptocurrency Task Force and a leading force behind Blockchain City / Miami Initiatives. Recognized as one of the highest-ranking public officials focused on cryptocurrency in the United States, he has authored Florida’s first state blockchain bill, the Miami-Dade County Blockchain Board ordinance, and Miami’s pioneering crypto payments policy — embedding digital assets into municipal operations from employee compensation to public services.
With a background in finance at institutions including J.P. Morgan and Barclays Capital, followed by nearly a decade building businesses in China where he first encountered Bitcoin, Bowdre returned to Miami to drive municipal adoption of blockchain and AI. As Executive Director of the Miami-Dade Digital Commission and President/Co-founder of the US Crypto Policy Alliance, he continues to position Miami as a global model for responsible crypto integration, smart-city infrastructure, and technology-driven economic development.
Run of show
Appearing at
Tuesday, September 15
Tech Tuesdays · Liberland Meetup · Gallery MC, 549 W 52nd St, New York, NY 10019
Sovereignty in Practice: Self-Custody, Data Ownership & Crypto Jurisdictions
The practical companion to the Liberland headline: what sovereignty actually requires once the manifesto is set aside. Speakers cover self-custody hardware, personal data ownership, crypto-friendly jurisdictions, and patient-owned health records – the tooling that turns independence from a principle into a working setup.
Wednesday, September 16
Main Stage · Gallery MC, 549 W 52nd St, New York, NY 10019
Incentive Design, Intelligent Economies & Jurisdictional Crypto
Crypto economies live or die on incentives and the jurisdictions that host them. Speakers dissect intelligent market design, jurisdictional strategy, and how thoughtful token and policy architecture shapes durable on-chain communities.
Expertise
- •Municipal Blockchain Policy
- •Crypto Adoption & Regulation
- •Smart City Infrastructure
- •Florida Blockchain Legislation
- •AI + Blockchain Governance
Signature Moves
- •Chairman – Miami-Dade Crypto Task Force
- •Author – Florida’s First Blockchain Bill
- •Miami Crypto Payments Policy
- •US Crypto Policy Alliance Co-Founder
- •Blockchain City / Miami Initiatives
“Miami is not just adopting crypto — we are building the operating system for the next generation of cities. Blockchain is the trust layer that makes smart governance real.”
– Chairman Elijah John Bowdre
