Hannah Rosenberg, Founder at Velas Commerce

Hannah Rosenberg is a Bitcoin and e-commerce web developer, educator and economist.

With a passion for monetary theory and alternative currencies, and a degree in economics from the University of Illinois at Chicago, she became an early Bitcoin adopter and enthusiast in 2012, going on to found Velas Commerce in 2014.

Having built deep roots in the crypto community, Hannah was the organizer of Chicago’s largest blockchain community group for 5 years, the Bitcoin and Open Blockchain meetup.

As an educator, Hannah has taught blockchain courses at UIC’s College of Business Administration and works as a Developer Advocate for Lightning Labs.