ETHDenver 2025 includes policy at developer-centric event

Roughly 25,000 radical gathered successful Colorado for the 2025 ETHDenver league from Feb. 23 to March 2 — an lawsuit that included the state’s politician and representatives from galore crypto companies and US lawmakers. 

The yearly Ethereum-focused lawsuit launched successful 2017 kicked disconnected this twelvemonth with its accepted BUIDLWeek, bringing developers unneurotic for method presentations, footwear camps, networking events and socializing. Though immoderate attendees commented connected the “gloom and doom” of major token prices falling, the wide ambiance seemed optimistic.

Many children attended with their parents, apt entertained by a assortment of mascots dancing crossed the venue floor, including the accepted ETHDenver Bufficorn — a operation of a buffalo and unicorn. Adults could besides find wholesome amusement successful poker games, Dogecoin (DOGE)-branded conveyance giveaways, and spork-themed merch — SporkDAO manages the event. 

Mascot astatine the conference. Source: ETHDenver

Colorado Governor Jared Polis spoke astatine the opening ceremonial of the lawsuit connected Feb. 27, jokingly telling attendees that helium helped put the unseasonably lukewarm upwind successful Denver — easy supra 60 degrees Fahrenheit (16º Celsius). Though galore panels focused connected a assortment of issues successful the space, from trolling North Korean hackers to crypto successful banking, the lawsuit besides featured a signifier connected Feb. 28 exclusively for argumentation concerns.

Related: Colorado religion radical tokenizes $2.5M chapel

Policymakers similar Gov. Polis and others person allowed Colorado residents to send cryptocurrency for taxation payments since 2022. The US authorities is besides 1 of the lone jurisdictions permitting locals to usage a integer recognition paper connected their phones successful definite cases. These whitethorn beryllium a fewer of the reasons wherefore ETHDenver laminitis John Paller suggested that the league wasn’t readying connected relocating to different authorities anytime soon.

“We are central, casual to get to, fun, and we are a halfway of innovation,” said Gov. Polis astatine ETHDenver, referring to Colorado. 

In the shadiness of dropped SEC cases

Hester Peirce of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) spoke astatine ETHDenver successful 2024. Though the commissioner did not look successful idiosyncratic this year, the regulator’s actions seemed to interaction the assemblage pursuing the SEC’s Feb. 27 announcement that it would dismiss an enforcement action against crypto steadfast Consensys.

“Like galore others successful the community, we’ve been unshackled recently,” said Consensys CEO Joe Lubin during a Feb. 27 panel. “The attacks of the erstwhile SEC are down us, and we are excited to measurement up and resume our large and progressive advocacy for Ethereum, Metropolitan Ethereum, and the manufacture arsenic a whole.”

Bo Hines, enforcement manager astatine President Donald Trump’s crypto moving group, canceled his ETHDenver quality the time helium was scheduled to speak. Hines volition beryllium administering a crypto summit astatine the White House connected March 7, which galore integer plus CEOs and leaders are expected to attend.

Magazine: ETH whale’s chaotic $6.8M ‘mind control’ claims, Bitcoin powerfulness thefts: Asia Express