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The Bitcoin Conference in 2025 delivered the most explosive political crypto event yet, and also completely transformed cryptocurrency adoption with Trump’s strategic Bitcoin reserve, Pakistan’s national mining commitment, and Farage’s crypto revolution. Right now, at the time of writing, the Bitcoin Conference 2025 in Las Vegas has answered every major question about digital asset policy, Lightning Network scaling, and cryptocurrency adoption while also shocking the financial world. Bitcoin Policies, Lightning Network & Global Adoption Explode Source: Bitcoin Conference Bitcoin Conference 2025 Delivers Historic Government Backing Vice President JD Vance Speaking at 2025 Bitcoin Conference – Source: nevadacurrent.com The Bitcoin Conference 2025 took place May 27-29 at The Venetian in Las Vegas, and featured over 30,000 attendees and also unprecedented political support. Vice President JD Vance made history as the first sitting VP to address the Bitcoin Conference...

In another statement against Bitcoin integration on an economic level, the UK Treasury Department says it has no plans to implement a strategic Bitcoin reserve like the US. According to the department’s office, the cryptocurrency’s volatility make it unsuitable for the United Kingdom, a spokesperson said this week. “Bitcoin and other crypto assets have been historically volatile assets relative to stable fiat currencies like the US dollar and commodities, such as gold,” the spokesperson said. The representative added, “This volatility makes BTC less suitable as a reserve asset for the UK.” Yes to US Bitcoin Reserve, No to UK Bitcoin Reserve At last week’s US crypto summit , Donald Trump’s administration established a strategic BTC reserve alongside a “stockpile” for other cryptocurrencies. The US President serving a second term non-consecutive has announced several updates and executive orders favoring the crypto industry. Thus, the industry has more eyes on it than ev...

WuBlockchain’s Colin had an in-depth discussion with MuseLabs chairman and former Binance Research China lead researcher, Jiang Jinze, on the trajectory of cryptocurrencies under Donald Trump’s administration. The conversation explored whether the U.S. might establish a national Bitcoin reserve, Trump’s potential rejection of anti-crypto banking policies, macro-level benefits and risks, and the implications of the Trump family launching meme coins and crypto projects. Jinze believes that the overall outlook for the coming year leans more positive than negative, with Bitcoin potentially rising to $150,000–$200,000. The audio transcript was generated by GPT, so there may be some inaccuracies. Listen to the full podcast here: YouTube： Spotify： https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/7qfkmlvhrl8/episodes/EP-50-e2tqmnu If Trump Implements Bitcoin Strategic Reserves, It Will Boost Confidence Colin: Hello everyone, and welcome back to our podcast. Today, we’re joined by one of our frequent gues...

As the cryptocurrency community anticipates the next move by the incoming Donald Trump administration regarding the potential to roll out of a Bitcoin (BTC) reserve, an economist has cautioned that such a move could negatively affect the economy. According to Steve Hanke, a professor of Applied Economics at Johns Hopkins University, establishing Bitcoin reserves is “the stupidest” idea. He argued that diverting savings into digital assets like Bitcoin would harm economic productivity and growth, he said in an X post on January 6. The post, accompanied by a video extract from Hanke’s interview with Jeremy Lin, saw the scholar explain that savings in Bitcoin are not used to fund real capital assets that drive production.  Picks for you Economist warns U.S. financial deterioration has begun, projects a Black Swan event ...