The extended crypto winter has pushed crypto event organizers to tone down on the lavishness, allowing attendees to focus on asking more โintelligent questionsโ about regulation and tax.
Crypto conferences attract all sorts from the crypto space, from founders and high-level executives to crypto influencers and everyday users.
Tiffany Fong, a crypto vlogger who gained fame interviewing former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried following the collapse of the exchange, is attending crypto conferences for the first time this year.
Speaking to Cointelegraph, Fong โ who attended both Bitcoin Miami 2023 and NFT NYC 2023 โ said she โcanโt speak to how conferences used to be in the bull markets,โ but has been told by other attendees that it is lighter on the entertainment side this year.
โPeople have named dropped huge DJs that have performed in past conferences during bull markets and point out that the parties and events are much tamer this year.โ
Fong isnโt too โbothered by this year being more tameโ as she believes the enthusiasm for crypto remains strong and is an opportunity to meet others in the industry.
Meanwhile, over the weekend, XRP Las Vegas โ a conference for XRP (XRP) fanatics and the โXRP-armyโ โ took place on May 6 and 7 in the United States’ gambling capital.
Attendees showed โgreat optimism over cryptoโs future,โ pro-XRP lawyer John Deaton told Cointelegraph.
Deaton, who has been an active social media commentator throughout the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Ripple lawsuit, said XRP fans were asking โwell thought out, intelligent questionsโ at the conference. Still, he could sense the frustration in their questions.
โI wouldnโt classify their emotion as one of fear but frustration because it shouldnโt be this difficult or take this long to achieve regulatory clarity in the United States.โ
Deaton further added that the frustration was towards the SEC chair Gary Genslerโs โregulation by enforcementโ approach to crypto, following the SEC taking action against several crypto firms in recent times.
Itโs taken 2+ years to finally meet in person, but today I was blessed to spend some time with The Legend, The Marine, and @GaryGenslerโs worst nightmare; one badass, ethical, skilled lawyer with 75,000+ unpaid research assistants. @JohnEDeaton1 is such a force of nature, heโs aโฆ pic.twitter.com/zwOeSxDIFV
โ Rob Cunningham | KUWL.show (@KuwlShow) May 7, 2023
Regulation appears to be top of mind for the crypto community in Australia too.
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Regulation was โby farโ the most popular point of discussion among attendees at Binance Australiaโs most recent meetup event on May 3, according to Ben Rose, general manager for Binance Australia and New Zealand.
Rose told Cointelegraph that crypto tax was another topic that had a high level of interest from attendees.
He added that there is still โinterest from the crypto-curiousโ despite the bear market.
โMore recently thereโs been a lot of newcomers attending asking beginner-level questions, which is encouraging.โ
Rose emphasized that Australian crowds are starting to get excited about โa potential bull run [given] the price of Bitcoin has crept up.โ
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