At Bitcoin’s ball the year, the Trump administration was omnipresent. But a warm embrace from the White House hasn’t erased some skepticism around Trump.

In a private, whales-only area called The Deep, crypto executives put questions to government officials such as Bo Hines, Trump’s 29-year-old crypto adviser, entered a sweepstake to win Louis Vuitton luggage, played pool and signed up to fly to outer space on Blue Origin’s New Shepard.

Now that Bitcoin 2025, arguably the largest crypto gathering in the world, takes place in Las Vegas, the Trump family just had to be there. Trump's two eldest sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, took the stage at the conference on May 28 and didn't hold back on any questions.