Ralph Benko
Co-founder, General Counsel, Director at F1R3FLY Industries Inc
Ralph Benko is the co-founder, director and general counsel of F1R3FLY Industries, Inc. He served as senior counselor to the Chamber of Digital Commerce, to the American Blockchain PAC, and is a cofounder and executive of the Washington Power and Light policy institute. He coauthored Redefining the Future of the Economy: governance blocks and economic architecture and Blockchain With American Character and served as editor of the 500th anniversary edition of Copernicus’s essay On the Minting of Money. He has worked in or closely with three White Houses, two executive branch agencies, and two Congresses and served as long time senior counselor to Gen. Buzz Aldrin. In 2022 he was recognized by HackerNoon.com as contributor of the year in the categories of politics, economics, science, philosophy, art and scaling.