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What's going on, guys? It is Thursday, May 29th, and today we are catching up on everything

going on at the Bitcoin conference in Vegas, and this is definitely more stacked than your

average conference. Before we get into that, however, if you are enjoying the breakdown,

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bit.ly slash breakdown pod. Well, friends, as I said, this year, the Bitcoin Conference

returned to Las Vegas with a stacked lineup and packed out crowds. The event welcomed over 30,000

bitcoins making it easily the largest conference of the

year. We had a Guinness World Record set for the most Bitcoin transactions at an event with over

4,000. The skull of Satoshi has found its way home to the Bitcoin community thanks to a donation

from Ripple. The art piece was originally commissioned by Greenpeace in 2023 to symbolize

Bitcoin's environmental harm, but with the

campaign of failure, it will become a permanent exhibit at the Bitcoin Museum in Nashville.

And there were all manner of the usual antics we've come to expect from the gigantic Bitcoin

conference. In particular, following on from President Trump's appearance last year,

the conference featured a heavy dose of political speakers. Many administration figures

were present to check in on progress and chart a course for the rest of the Bitcoin agenda,

so let's talk about what they had to say. Vice President J.D. Vance headlined the conference

and opened his speech with optimism about Bitcoin's growing role in the world. He said,

I think the last several years have made it clear we're talking about genuine ground- growing role in the world. He said, I think the last several

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