Michael Lau

Michael Lau is Chairman of Consensus, one of the world's largest and longest-running digital asset conference franchises, and Senior Vice President, Group Head of Business Development at Bullish (NYSE: BLSH). At Bullish, Michael has been part of the journey since inception — joining in early 2020 to help launch the crypto exchange product that would grow into one of the leading digital asset exchanges globally by volume, now regulated across Hong Kong, the European Union, Gibraltar, and the United States. He oversees global business development across the entire Bullish group, including the regulated Bullish Exchange, CoinDesk, and CoinDesk Indices businesses. As Chairman of Consensus since 2025, Michael oversees the Consensus conference franchise — running for over a decade — across both the Americas and Asia. He most recently led the return of Consensus to the United States with Consensus Miami in May 2026, which drew over 15,000 attendees and featured 500+ speakers, alongside contin