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This weekend, thousands of crypto acolytes and investors have actually come down on a Bitcoin-themed conference in Miami, an extremely real, extremely heavily-produced conference sporting crypto celebs and real stars all on a mission to make waves. Despite the fact that I am not at the conference personally (panels from its main stage were live-streamed online), I have a lot of welcomes in my e-mail for afterparties featuring celebrities, open bars and endless discussions on the hazards of fiat.

Despite having so much, what they still appear to be lacking is a tutelary saint. For the longest bout, that was Space, X and Tesla CEO Elon Musk who reinforced the currency by pressing Tesla to invest money on its balance sheet into bitcoin, while also pressing for Tesla to accept bitcoin payments for its cars.

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There are lots of celebrities wanting to fill his shoes a current endorsement failed by Soulja Young boy was one of the more comical instances. Crypto has actually been no complete stranger to grift of that even the most hardcore crypto grifters can likely agree and I think there's been some arrangement that the only leader who can truly preach the gospel is somebody who is currently so abundant they do not even require more cash.

The very best runner-up at the minute appears to be one Jack Dorsey, and while like Musk he is likewise another double-CEO, he is quite a bit different from him in attitude and desire for the spotlight. crypitol.com was, nevertheless, a headline speaker at Miami's Bitcoin conference. Dorsey gathers the most headings for his work at Twitter however it's Square where he is pushing most of his crypto interest.