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In this Edge of Weekly, An Immersive, Museum-Scale Art Gallery Celebrating Value at Bitcoin Vegas 2025, Hot Topics on The Edge of Show — with January Jones and Richard Carthon, along with guest John Paller, founder of ETHDenver and Opolis. Check out how Toonstar slashes animation production from 18 months to 7 days with AI. Join us in Toronto at the Blockchain Futurist Conference and Consensus 2025!

🎨 THE ART OF FREEDOM RETURNS AT BITCOIN 2025

An Immersive, Museum-Scale Art Gallery Celebrating Value, Sovereignty & Creative Frontiers

📍 Location: Venetian Expo, Las Vegas
📅 Dates: May 27–29, 2025

BTC Inc. is proud to announce the return of its acclaimed art gallery at Bitcoin 2025—bigger, bolder, and more provocative than ever before. This year’s exhibition, titled “The Art of Freedom,” transforms the traditional art fair into a cultural landmark celebrating Bitcoin’s influence on art, ownership, and autonomy.

🧠 What to Expect:

• RARE: A $2M diamond-embedded steak sculpture, on view in a secure “vault” experience

• Ross Ulbricht Exhibition: 13 prison artifacts presented in a historic museum-scale feature wall

• 60+ Physical Works: Murals, paintings, sculptures priced $10K–$45K

• Global Artists: Featuring creators from Japan, South America, the UK, Eastern Europe & beyond

• VIP Access: Ticketed Ross Ulbricht meet-and-greet luncheon on May 29

🎟️ Since 2019, the Bitcoin Conference Gallery has generated over 55 BTC in sales, forging long-term relationships between artists, collectors, and innovators. What started as a handful of tables has become a world-class destination for crypto-native art.

🔥 New in 2025:

• The Ordinals Dome – Curated with Inscribing Vegas, featuring high-profile digital inscriptions up for auction

• BTC Inc. Art Acquisition Fund – Continuing its commitment to direct artist support (over $50K in 2024)

This is more than an exhibition—it’s a powerful reflection of how Bitcoin continues to shape freedom, permanence, and creative agency on a global scale.

📍 Join us at Bitcoin 2025 and experience The Art of Freedom.

🔥This Week’s Hot Topics 🔥

🔥 HOT TOPICS | The Edge of Show

Welcome to Hot Topics on The Edge of Show — with January Jones and Richard Carthon. This week, we’re diving deep with John Paller, founder of ETHDenver and Opolis, to explore where crypto, work, and policy are colliding in real time.

🟢 Bitcoin Hits State Treasuries
New Hampshire just made history—but Utah, Illinois, and Maryland are leveling up. From staking rights to Bitcoin gifts, state-level crypto is getting real.

💸 Ethereum’s $124B Stablecoin Surge
ETH is now the backbone of digital dollars. So, why isn’t the price soaring—and could the Pectra upgrade change that?

⚙️ Pectra = Ethereum’s Power Move
Smart accounts. Lower fees. Multitask wallets. Pectra might be Ethereum’s biggest leap since The Merge—so why isn’t Wall Street reacting?

👔 The Future of Work Is On-Chain
Opolis and SporkDAO are building a Web3 labor movement. Is the next HR department a DAO with benefits?

🎧 Listen in for bold takes on AI agents, decentralized employment, and how new crypto legislation is reshaping the rules of engagement.

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✨From Concept to Creation with Toonstar and its CEO, John Attanasio!

How Toonstar is Shaping the Future of Animation with AI and Web3

FEATURING: John Attanasio, CEO & Co-Founder, Toonstar

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Before the writers' strike spotlighted AI’s role in Hollywood, John Attanasio and Toonstar were already blazing a trail—building a Web3 animation studio powered by AI, blockchain, and community creativity.

In this forward-thinking episode, John joins hosts Jeff Kelly, Ethan Janney, and Josh Kriger for a live show in Venice, CA to explore how Toonstar is turning fans into co-creators—and redefining what it means to tell stories in the digital age.

🎯 Key Themes in This Episode:

• How Toonstar slashes animation production from 18 months to 7 days with AI

• The first AI-voiced character in an animated series (Space Junk)

• Co-creating IP with fans using Web3 and generative tools

• Why blockchain is key to restoring ownership and royalties in entertainment

• What “Cosmic Dick Punch” teaches us about gamified community engagement

👤 Guest Spotlight:

John Attanasio, CEO & Co-Founder, Toonstar
– Former executive at Warner Bros. and DreamWorks
– Pioneer in community-driven NFT animation
– Co-creator of The Gimmicks and Space Junk, two of Web3’s most successful animated series

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✨Join Canada’s Largest Web3 Event

🔥 Canada’s Crypto Capital Is Back

Blockchain Futurist Conference 2025 returns to Toronto on May 13, and it’s bigger, bolder, and more future-forward than ever.

Held inside the historic Toronto Stock Exchange (Design Exchange), this iconic venue becomes a launchpad for all things Web3, AI, NFTs, and DeFi — with over 250 global speakers, immersive activations, and nonstop networking.

🎤 Speakers from IO Global, Digital Chamber, CBC’s Dragon’s Den, and more
🎨 NFT galleries, token activations, and crypto-native marketplaces
🤝 Connect with builders, founders, and policy leaders shaping the next cycle

🚨 99% of tickets are gone — prices jump May 9 at 11:59 PM EST

🔥 Why Everyone in Web3 Is Heading to Toronto This May

📍 Consensus 2025 – The Builders’ Benchmark Returns
The world’s most influential crypto, blockchain, and Web3 summit is back.
Consensus 2025 by CoinDesk lands in Toronto for the first time — gathering developers, founders, policymakers, and institutional leaders shaping the next cycle.

🗓️ Date: May 29–31, 2025
📍 Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre

💬 What to Expect:

• Deep dives on AI x Web3, Ethereum L2s, and Bitcoin’s evolving role

• Deal flow and partnerships in private meeting zones

• Policy conversations with regulators in the room

• IRL from devs to DAOs — a full-spectrum industry reset

Whether you're building, investing, or governing, Consensus remains the place to map what’s next.

We’ll be on-site to connect and cover key moments — see you in Toronto.

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