As Bitcoin 2025 unfolds in Las Vegas, the event marks a significant convergence of technology, policy, and community. Held at The Venetian from May 27 to 29, the conference brings together over 30,000 attendees, 400 speakers, and 5,000 companies, reflecting Bitcoin’s growing influence across various sectors.
The timing feels weighty. With Bitcoin now trading above six figures, an emerging patchwork of political acceptance, and a public dialogue increasingly shaped by monetary realism, the stakes are rising. But this conference isn’t framed by euphoria. It’s framed by urgency.
Bitcoin 2025 isn’t about riding a trend—it’s about facing the reality of a world waking up to the consequences of decades of monetary expansion, and the emergence of a decentralized alternative.
A Chance to Pause and Reflect
What makes Bitcoin gatherings unique isn’t their scale or production—it’s the atmosphere. Events like this carry the weight of shared understanding among people who may not agree on everything but align on the basics: that central banks are not omnipotent, that money should be scarce and neutral, and that history tends to rhyme more than it repeats.
This year’s speaker lineup reflects that diversity of thought within the Bitcoin lens. Some are returning icons. Others are freshly emboldened advocates.
Voices Shaping the Conversation
- Michael Saylor – Still one of Bitcoin’s most influential institutional evangelists, bringing macro, balance sheet logic into the discussion.
- Ross Ulbricht – Represented from behind bars, the founder of Silk Road continues to cast a long shadow over the conversation around privacy, justice, and freedom.
- Jack Mallers – Never one to mince words, his vision for global payments and financial autonomy remains one of the most forward-leaning.
- Lyn Alden – With her signature clarity, she bridges history, policy, and economics in a way that consistently reshapes narratives.
- Saifedean Ammous – An uncompromising advocate of hard money principles, Saifedean brings an Austrian edge to debates that often lack philosophical depth.
- Adam Back – A cypherpunk from the beginning, his work on privacy and scalability still grounds the tech-side of Bitcoin in first principles.
- Paolo Ardoino – Now CEO of Tether, his presence raises critical conversations around liquidity, stablecoins, and the uneasy tensions between centralization and pragmatism.
- Max & Stacy – From punk journalism to presidential advising in El Salvador, their role in bridging culture and politics continues to evolve.
And of course, voices like Cory Klippsten, Natalie Brunell, Jimmy Song, Matt Odell, Alex Gladstein, and Samson Mow ensure that neither education, freedom tech, nor adoption narratives get lost in the institutional buzz.
👉 View the full agenda here: Bitcoin 2025 Agenda
Politics on the Main Stage
This year also marks a shift. Bitcoin is no longer relegated to the economic underground or the outskirts of tech conferences. It’s now firmly part of America’s political discourse.
Day one features appearances from several prominent U.S. policymakers and political actors: Donald Trump Jr., Senators Cynthia Lummis and Marsha Blackburn, and West Virginia’s Jim Justice. They’ll share the stage with BlackRock’s Head of Digital Assets Robert Mitchnick and David Sacks, the current White House crypto advisor.
At a moment when several nations are openly debating Bitcoin reserves, and U.S. states are passing pro-Bitcoin legislation, the presence reflects a deeper reality: Bitcoin is now a piece on the geopolitical chessboard.
In some circles, discussions around a “Strategic Bitcoin Reserve” no longer feel hypothetical. As global inflation concerns persist and trust in traditional fiscal levers erodes, game theory is slowly doing its work.
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What It Feels Like
Bitcoin 2025 feels different. Yes, there’s excitement. But it’s tempered. Maturity has crept in. Attendees aren’t just asking how to build wealth—they’re asking how to preserve sovereignty, maintain integrity, and weather the chaos that often accompanies historical shifts in monetary systems.
At the heart of it all is a recognition that Bitcoin is no longer just an idea. It’s infrastructure. It’s increasingly political. And it’s only just beginning to assert itself on the world stage.
Where Next?
In many ways, Bitcoin 2025 doesn’t claim to provide answers. What it offers is a container—a moment in time to hear, to question, and to reorient. The challenge is to leave Las Vegas not with new slogans, but with new frameworks: for how we build, how we interact with institutions, and how we steward the movement forward.
As hyperbitcoinization continues—not as a headline, but as a slow, uneven global process—events like this give the network a chance to breathe.
Even those watching from afar, via livestream or social media, will feel it: Bitcoin isn’t just surviving—it’s adapting.
And so are we.
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