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Despite years of promises to host a bitcoin (BTC)-only conference, altcoins have overrun David Bailey’s 35,000-attendee event at the Venetian Expo Center in Las Vegas. Bitcoin 2025, the continent’s largest crypto event, is attracting thousands of people promoting a surprising number of alternative digital assets — including endorsements of non-BTC tokens from the main stage. Indeed, Justin Sun took to the Nakamoto Stage to promote his tokenized version of BTC, WBTC, which has been the subject of numerous controversies. Not only that, Sun’s affiliated HTX DAO Ventures, which is connected to Huobi-promoted stablecoins like the failed HUSD and USDD, is a conference sponsor. Justin Sun-affiliated HTX DAO Ventures is connected to stablecoins like the failed HUSD and USDD. During his talk, Sun referred to “raw bitcoin” as a great “way to get your bitcoin into a smart contract platform,” and echoed the possibility of using BTC as collateral to borrow stablecoins . ...

As part of its tenth-anniversary celebration, NiceHash, a trailblazer in the Bitcoin (BTC) mining sphere, has announced its inaugural conference scheduled for November 8–9 this year, according to the information shared with Finbold on April 8. The Bitcoin-centric NiceHashX conference will be held in Maribor, Slovenia, the birthplace and current headquarters of NiceHash. Celebrating sustained growth and innovation The conference aims to showcase NiceHash’s evolution over the past decade and highlight its numerous milestones and achievements.  Picks for you Crypto expert Ali Martinez forecasts $85,000 Bitcoin target incoming 29 mins ago Google Gemini's $100 crypto portfolio up 60% in a year 1 hour ago Who owns YouTube? 1 hour ago Final countdown to Bitcoin halving: 2 things you need to know 3 hours ago Standing out as one of the rare entities in the crypto realm to hit a ten-year milestone, NiceHash symbolizes sustained growth, innov...

Paris Blockchain Week founder Michael Amar believes large Web2 companies entering the Web3 space bring resources capable of increasing mass adoption. Paris Blockchain Week (PBW), an annual gathering of professionals within the blockchain industry, has kicked off its fourth edition, with industry leaders and entrepreneurs from across the world gathering to discuss the latest trends and developments impacting the digital asset space. In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph, Michael Amar, the founder and chairman of Paris Blockchain Week, shared that the original vision for the Conference was to put Europe on the map, as it was previously “nowhere on the map for blockchain.” Cointelegraph's Joe Hall with Michael Amar. Founded in 2019, PBW was created with the vision of bringing together professionals within the industry to advance blockchain awareness and adoption. According to Amar, the aim of the conference was to progress the industry as a whole, addressing topics like regu...