The year’s biggest ‘bitcoin-only’ conference is full of altcoins
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 . ...