Charlene Fadirepo is a banker, a former U.S. Federal regulator, and a Bitcoin activist with 15 years of experience in the traditional finance world. As the CEO of her digital assets consulting firm, Mango Digital Strategies, she helps mission-driven organizations future-proof their growth through Bitcoin.

Charlene is an internationally known financial empowerment speaker and Bitcoin educator who is deeply passionate about the social justice and human rights use case of Bitcoin in the United States and all across Africa. She is the creator and host of the Bitcoin In Africa Show, a digital Bitcoin education video podcast dedicated to amplifying the leaders of the Bitcoin revolution in Africa. Charlene is a co-author of the best selling Bitcoin policy book, Bitcoin & the American Dream, and the author of a Bitcoin children’s book called Sade’s Satoshis.

Charlene has been featured in Time Magazine, Forbes, Yahoo Finance, CNN, Coindesk, Business Insider, BBCWorldService and was named one of 5 Women to Watch in Crypto by Next Advisor. Charlene studied Electrical Engineering at the University of Virginia and has a Masters in Business Administration from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. Find out more about Charlene at www.charlenefadirepo.com, or on Twitter @charfadirepo