Dan Spuller

Daniel Spuller serves as Executive Vice President of Industry Affairs at the Blockchain Association, the leading trade group in Washington, D.C., advocating for pro-innovation policies in the digital asset economy. He is also an appointee to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond’s Business and Payments Advisory Council, where he contributes to research on stablecoins, bitcoin, consumer payment behavior, and emerging payment risks and trends. In 2019, Spuller was appointed Co-Chair of the North Carolina Blockchain Initiative by the Office of the Lieutenant Governor—a role to which he was reappointed in 2023. From 2016 to 2020, he led membership and growth at the Chamber of Digital Commerce, scaling the organization from 38 to over 200 members at its peak.

Earlier in his career, Spuller served at the North Carolina Department of Commerce, where he worked closely with the Office of the Commissioner of Banks to help negotiate and pass the North Carolina Money Transmitters Act of 2016—the first comprehensive blockchain-related legislation in the United States. The law established a legal definition for “virtual currency,” clarified licensing requirements for related activities, and secured key exemptions for miners, smart contract platforms, software developers, and providers of non-custodial wallets.

In 2013, Spuller co-founded the Cryptolina Bitcoin Expo in Raleigh and has since emerged as a recognized thought leader in the blockchain industry.