Alex Gladstein is the Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation. During his presentation at the 2025 Bitcoin Policy Summit, he argued that Bitcoin represents the most powerful tool for human rights advancement in the 21st century, empowering individuals in authoritarian regimes and high-inflation economies to preserve freedom and financial sovereignty. Gladstein spotlighted real-world stories of activists, dissidents, and everyday citizens using Bitcoin to resist surveillance, censorship, and economic repression.