Brian Kelly is the founder of BKCM. He founded BKCM in 2013 after experiencing a well-publicised epiphany about Bitcoin and blockchain technology, which was documented in his book 'The Bitcoin Big Bang'. As CEO, he has over twenty years of global macro-strategic management experience. In addition, he is a regular contributor to CNBC, a popular commentator, and a frequent speaker at crypto and blockchain conferences around the world, and was named one of Inside Bitcoin's '30 Most Influential People in Bitcoin' in 2015. Throughout his career, he has traded multiple asset classes, invested across borders, and arbitrated risk. Prior to founding BKCM, he was co-founder and Managing Partner of Shelter Harbor Capital, managed global macro hedge funds, and co-founder of MKM Partners, a brokerage firm for institutional investment managers.