Bitcoin 2025 Conference Day 1: What Were the Keynote Speeches and Discussions? 1. **Opening Keynote - The Future of Bitcoin** Speaker: Alice Wh
Original Article Title: "Key Highlights from Day 1 of 'Bitcoin 2025'"
Original Article Author: Bright, Foresight News
The Bitcoin 2025 Conference officially kicked off on May 27 in Las Vegas, Pacific Time. Day 1 speakers included: Donald Trump Jr., White House Crypto Czar David Sacks, U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis, and BlackRock's Head of Digital Assets Robert Mitchnick.
The list of Bitcoin 2025 Conference speakers also includes: U.S. Vice President JD Vance; Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht; Strategy Founder Michael Saylor; and Eric Trump, son of Donald Trump.
Statements from U.S. Government Officials
Donald Trump Jr. stated at the Bitcoin 2025 Conference that the gate to Bitcoin is opening.
David Sacks, the White House Cryptocurrency and AI Czar known as the "Crypto Tsar," said: "We believe that blockchain, Bitcoin, and cryptocurrency are the future of the financial system."
The Executive Director of the Trump Administration said: "Bitcoin is the gold standard." and emphasized: "We will not sell any Bitcoin that the U.S. government may hold, just like that."
U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming stated that Trump supports her proposed Bitcoin legislation. At the Bitcoin conference in Las Vegas, Lummis said Trump "has a team in the White House dedicated to digital asset issues—from stablecoins to market structure and then to Bitcoin strategic reserve—they might roll out in that order." The senator's Bitcoin legislation proposal suggests establishing a strategic Bitcoin reserve and purchasing 1 million bitcoins for this purpose. Additionally, she stated that a senior U.S. military leader "strongly supports" establishing a strategic Bitcoin reserve to enhance economic power.
· Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Rosie Rios commented: "Bitcoin will continue to exist; this train has already left the station."
· Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy stated that if elected as Governor of Ohio, he would "integrate financial literacy into the state's public education," including "Bitcoin education."
· U.S. Congressman Byron Donalds expressed his support for the "Bitcoin Reserve Strategy Act," stating that "Bitcoin has proven to be a holder of value."
Corporate Voices
· Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley believes that if wealth managers allocate 1% of their funds to Bitcoin, "that's hundreds of billions of dollars."
· BlackRock's digital assets lead Robert Mitchnick once again claimed that "Bitcoin's upside potential is far greater than gold."
· VanEck's Director of Digital Assets, Matthew Sigel, suggested that the "most feasible path" to establish a permanent U.S. strategic Bitcoin reserve is through "targeted amendments to congressional budget legislation." He noted that these amendments could include "providing tax credits to mining companies using methane gas" and incentivizing miners to "contribute part of their Bitcoin to the federal government." Sigel stated that this would allow the reserve to "naturally grow over time."
· U.S. fast-food chain giant Steak 'N Shake stated that by accepting Bitcoin payments, they would save 50% on processing fees. F2Pool co-founder Wang Chun remarked that spending Bitcoin on space travel is highly worthwhile, as space is humanity's destiny.
Bitcoin 2025 Conference Highlights
Block's Square launched a Bitcoin real-time payment pilot at the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas, allowing attendees to purchase merchandise using the Lightning Network. Bitcoin Magazine called on attendees to have their BTC wallets ready to sprint for the "Bitcoin transaction count" Guinness World Record in a single event.
