Tim Draper lands back in Van Nuys after a Bitcoin conference keynote

Tim Draper flew from San Jose to Van Nuys on May 15, 2026, a 12-minute hop that brought the Gulfstream G550 back to its Los Angeles-area base. The brief flight followed a longer trip pattern: Draper had flown from Vancouver to San Jose on May 13, then down to Van Nuys two days later.

The same week, Draper delivered a keynote at Bitcoin 2026 in Las Vegas, where he told attendees that companies, families, and governments without bitcoin holdings face serious financial risk, per a report from Bitcoin Magazine. He called holding six months of living expenses in bitcoin essential for families and said corporate treasuries should allocate 5–15% to bitcoin as protection against bank failures, citing the 2023 Silicon Valley Bank collapse.

Draper, an early investor in Coinbase and Robinhood and a buyer of seized bitcoin at a 2014 U.S. Marshals auction, has been a vocal bitcoin maximalist for years. The Van Nuys return suggests a post-conference reset before his next move — likely back to San Jose or another recurring destination on his travel pattern.