Bitcoin enters a massive week: key events to watch

Bitcoin is preparing for the end of May, with a packed schedule of events from Las Vegas all the way to Washington DC and Wilmington. The world’s biggest cryptocurrency, starting on Tuesday 27th will be the focus of Wall Street’s macro calendar, its own ecosystem and the bankruptcy wind down that is closely followed in digital asset history.

A Week of Fire for Bitcoin

The epicentre is Bitcoin 2025, the annual industry gathering that this year takes over The Venetian in Las Vegas from 27–29 May. The organizers are expecting more than 30.000 attendees. They have also added a brand new area. “Code + Country” The policy track will highlight Bitcoin’s rise as a political wedge. “This is more than a headline moment — it’s a signal,” BTC Inc. Chief Executive David Bailey stated when announcing a keynote lineup. “Bitcoin is the most exciting financial innovation in the world. It’s at the forefront of the national conversation.”

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JDVance will make his first appearance on the main platform of a crypto-conference, Wednesday 28 May. He has been trailing a defense of “innovation, financial sovereignty and a more resilient American future,” The public records show that Bitcoins held by individuals can be worth half a milllion dollars. Moreover, “Crypto Czar” David SacksBo Hines, executive director of the President Donald Trump Council of Advisers for Digital Assets, and US senator Cynthia Lummis are scheduled to speak Tuesday.

It doesn’t stop there. From abroad, Brexit campaigner – and now Reform UK leader – Nigel Farage has confirmed a fireside interview, arguing that national sovereignty and “free speech” Run parallel with Bitcoin’s philosophy. “We are pleased to announce that Nigel Farage will join the speaker lineup at the Bitcoin Conference 2025 in Las Vegas,” Organisers wrote in a last-week statement that his return was a “natural sequel” to his appearance in Amsterdam in 2023. Other events include Eric Trump Donald Trump Jr., highlighting how enthusiastically the Republican establishment has welcomed the event.

While the cameras focus on Venetian hallways, traders are wiring what FTX Recovery trust calls “over $5 billion“to thousands of former clients of the failed exchange. BitGo, Kraken and other agents will act as the creditors’ representatives in this second distribution round. Creditors can expect to recover anywhere between 54% and 120% of their dollar claims. Analysts will be watching to see if a new injection of dollars directly feeds back into the market. Many claimants have sold their other crypto holdings in order to cover 2022 losses.

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Macro traders get no respite. On Wednesday afternoon the Federal Reserve releases the minutes of its 6–7 May policy meeting. Fed has indicated that rate cuts are off the table due to the persistent risks of inflation, even though policymakers have expressed concern regarding the possible economic effects tariffs may trigger.

Two days later, the Bureau of Economic Analysis releases its second estimate of GDP for the first quarter. This advance figure showed a contraction of 0.3% on an annualized basis.

Finaly, we will get the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index for April, which is the Fed’s preferred measure of inflation. It will be published on 30 May 2008 at 8:30 AM Eastern Standard Time. Core PCE in March was flat on a month-tomonth basis and at 2.6 percent year-onyear. Now, economists expect 0.2 percent MoM growth for April while keeping YoY steady at 2.6 percentage points. Estimates are derived from the translation of CPI weights into PCE. The headline PCE rate of inflation dropped to 2.3% YoY, the lowest it has been in over four years in March.

BTC is currently trading for $109,686.

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