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Michelle O'ConnorFounder, The Digital Future

Michelle O'Connor is the founder of The Digital Future, a fractional executive practice for Digital Asset, RegTech and AI companies. Taxbit's first executive hire (pre-seed to a $1.3B Series B) and VP Marketing & Community at Uphold through its expansion into 120 countries, she now works as a fractional GTM, COO, CMO, CCO and CSO for founders who need the function, not the full-time hire.

Michelle O'Connor has spent 25 years in marketing and brand strategy, the last decade building inside the companies that created emerging markets, leading where no playbook existed. Leading with experience, intuition, relationships, and deep industry fluency. Bridging Web2, Web3, and what comes next.

As an early employee and builder by nature, she ran marketing, strategy, and brand teams at Taxbit and Uphold, companies operating at the intersection of regulatory complexity, institutional adoption, and crypto-native velocity.

Beyond her firm, Michelle serves as a board member of NYC Fintech Women and Fintech Marketing Hub, previously served as U.S. Ambassador for the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), and is recognized as a Top 5 Woman in Blockchain. She is a Forbes Women Executives Comms Council Leader and a Forbes Communications Council contributor, and a frequent speaker at the world's leading industry events.

Earlier in her career, she founded a hybrid marketing agency bridging the gap between traditional and digital, a pattern of building what didn't yet exist that would define her trajectory.

This is the model I searched for while scaling global teams. It did not exist. So I built it.

Michelle O'Connor, Founder, The Digital Future

Recognition

Top 5 Woman in Blockchain

Forbes Women Executives Comms Council Leader & Contributor

Top 30 FinTech Marketer

Board Member, NYC Fintech Women

Board Member, Fintech Marketing Hub

Prev: U.S. Ambassador, GBBC

Prev: Board Member, AWIC

Previous Roles

VP Global Brand & Market Expansion

Taxbit

VP Marketing & Community

Uphold

Founder

Hybrid Marketing Agency

Speaking

Blockchain Central UNGAEuropean Blockchain ConventionDigital Assets ForumStablecoins UnblockedPoint Zero ForumWonder Women TechParis Blockchain WeekConsensus

At a Glance

Who is Michelle O'Connor?

Michelle O'Connor is the founder of The Digital Future, a brand and go-to-market strategy firm for emerging technology. She has 25 years in marketing and brand strategy, including a decade inside crypto, AI, and fintech companies.

What does she do?

She builds brand, marketing, and market-expansion strategy for companies operating where regulation, institutional adoption, and crypto-native velocity meet, previously leading those functions at Taxbit and Uphold.

What is she recognized for?

Top 5 Woman in Blockchain, previously U.S. Ambassador for the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), Top 30 FinTech Marketer, Board Member of NYC Fintech Women and Fintech Marketing Hub, Forbes Women Executives Comms Council Leader, and Forbes Communications Council contributor.

What does she speak about?

Digital Asset regulation, stablecoins, tokenization and real-world assets, institutional adoption, and brand strategy for AI and fintech, on stages including Blockchain Central UNGA, Paris Blockchain Week, Consensus, and Point Zero Forum.

ON STAGE & ON RECORD

Speaking & Media

From global policy stages to industry deep-dives, Michelle brings clarity to the conversations shaping crypto, fintech, and the future of Digital Assets.