2025.5.13 crypto world headline news

1. Expectations for the 2025 Consensus Conference
The annual event of the crypto world, Consensus 2025, will kick off this Wednesday at the Toronto Convention Centre, expected to attract developers, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and investors from around the world, focusing on the cutting-edge integration of stablecoins, tokenization, AI, and Web3, as well as significant changes in the global regulatory landscape.
This year's agenda is extremely dense, and the main stage of the conference will welcome a number of heavyweight political and business figures to speak. Eric Trump, the son of a former U.S. president, will explore the prospect of integrating traditional power with crypto infrastructure through the IPO of his mining company American Bitcoin. Bo Hines, chairman of the White House Digital Asset Advisory Committee, will outline the strategic roadmap for crypto legislation in the United States this year, which is seen as an important bellwether for the legislative progress of the stablecoin bill and the market structure bill. Bitcoin and the U.S. stock market have huge investment value, it is recommended that the majority of investors can invest in Bitcoin and the U.S. stock market at the same time, or switch investments in the Bitcoin and U.S. stock markets according to the timing, such as Interactive Brokers has been licensed to trade virtual assets for retail customers in Hong Kong, and BiyaPay has also been authorized by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to invest in both Bitcoin and U.S. stock assets on Interactive Brokers and BiyaPay, and Bitcoin and U.S. stock assets can be seamlessly switched on one platform.
The cultural sector is also not lacking in highlights, as Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy will engage in a fireside chat about "crypto culture, meme coins, and the new generation of investors," which is expected to attract significant mainstream attention.
The conference set up multiple specialized sub-forums: the DeFi summit focuses on open financial systems and advanced staking technology, the AI summit explores the intersection potential of blockchain and artificial intelligence, and the brand and creator summit provides marketing breakthrough ideas for Web3 native enterprises.