At the 2025 Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas, Vice President JD Vance gave an impassioned speech that energized the crypto community and reinforced the Trump administration’s strong pivot toward digital assets.
In front of a packed crowd, Vance declared, “I still own a fair amount of Bitcoin today,” signaling personal commitment to the crypto cause — a move that instantly made headlines.
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Vance reflected on his entry into politics during his 2022 Senate run, sharing how early support for Bitcoin shaped his views on Washington’s approach to innovation .
“Think about this. This is during that campaign, which spans 2021 and 2022. This feels like an eternity ago, but it was only four years ago,” he said. “I recognized what so many advocates of Bitcoin recognized — that what the Biden administration was doing, what Gary Gensler was doing, was a disaster, and yet there didn’t seem to be any real organization pushing back against it at the political level.”
The Vice President praised the grassroots efforts of crypto advocates, crediting them with tangible political victories, including Bernie Moreno’s Senate win over Democrat Sherrod Brown.
“Part of the reason that I’m standing here, part of the reason that Bernie Moreno defeated Sherrod Brown… is because you guys got organized and got involved in American politics, and I’m grateful to you for that,” he said.
But Vance also warned that the fight isn’t over. “There’s a lesson to take from that experience — unless you guys get involved in politics, politics is going to ignore this industry,” he said. “Every victory that we win, it’s only a provisional victory.”
He continued, drawing a sharp distinction between two powerful emerging technologies — Bitcoin and AI — quoting a Silicon Valley mentor: “One of my great mentors in Silicon Valley always told me that Bitcoin — that the crypto community — was about exit, and artificial intelligence was about voice.”
Then came a message directly to the crypto faithful: “I know that a lot of people in 2024 in this community chose voice. You chose to speak up, and you chose to get involved, and I believe you changed the trajectory of our country because of it. But you gotta keep on choosing voice.”
Vance closed with a powerful affirmation of the human drive behind the crypto movement: “You know, Bitcoin, of course, is — people call it digital gold. But while Bitcoin is digital, none of you are.”
JD Vance declares, 'I still own a fair amount of Bitcoin' in bold Bitcoin conference speech first appeared on TheStreet on May 28, 2025
