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In brief Vice President JD Vance gave a keynote address at the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas. He reassured the crypto and digital assets community of its importance while outlining the future for crypto in America. Vance sees Bitcoin in particular being a strategic asset for the U.S. in the next decade. Vice President JD Vance spoke at the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday, headlining the event less than one year after President Donald Trump stood before a throng of Bitcoin supporters at Bitcoin 2024 in Nashville. On the conference’s main stage, named after pseudonymous Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, the VP opened by thanking the packed crowd of Bitcoin supporters and broader BTC community for helping him and Trump move “from candidacy to the White House.” Vance used the rest of his time to reassure the digital assets community of its importance, and remind the crowd that it finally has a “champion and an ally in the White House.”  “In our administration, we understand the full potential of the digital assets industry—not just as an investment, not just as a flashy technology, but as a symbol and driver of personal liberty for all our citizens,” said Vance. “We are dedicated to seeing that promise fulfilled.” Vice President JD Vance at Bitcoin 2025. Photo: Decrypt/André Beganski According to the VP, that potential was hindered by the Biden administration, a point that he made clear multiple times throughout his keynote address, indicating the first substantive step to fulfilling crypto’s promise was by cleaning up the mess left before Trump took office.  “We’ve got to clean up the wreckage that the last administration left us, and since day one, that is exactly what we’ve been trying to do,” he said. “We’ve prioritized eliminating the rules, the red tape, and…

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