The North American Bitcoin Conference held in Miami last week brought together approximately 4,000 people, including entrepreneurs, investors, lawyers and executives.

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The conference has come a long way since the event of the 100 participants in 2012. Its founder Dr. Moe Levin hosted this year's event that informed the crypto community of current developments, investment opportunities and trends and provided a good atmosphere to the network. <img alt=" The Conference Room "src =" https://cointelegraph.com/storage/uploads/view/27d27bc1ffaede1c0593463a9617527a.jpg "title =" The Conference Room "/> The Conference Room [1945-1900]

Industry speakers such as Patri ck Bryne, CEO of Overstock, Jeffrey Tucker of the American Institute for Economic Research and Charlie Shrem, CEO of BitInstant, spoke to an enthusiastic audience. They talked about Blockchain technology, digital assets and the economic and future history of Blockchain technologies such as Bitcoin.

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Two weeks before the opening the conference ceased. accept cryptocurrency payments for ticket purchases due to "network congestion." However, the event clearly showed that there were advantages to decentralizing some centralized systems.

] But … we are in a bubble

Sean Walsh recalled in his presentation "Breaking Down Bitcoin" that the cryptocurrency market has unprecedented features and that it does not make any difference. does not get its fundamental value in a conventional way like the stock markets to which most investors are used to it. 3]

Many speakers have acknowledged that we are in a bubble. Charlie Shrem said in his Fireside Chat that even if it is possible to invest in several companies related to Blockchain, a number of these companies will fail. However, even if only two of the 100 companies you invest in succeed, it may be worth it. Shrem then recalled the dot-com bubble, where tons of websites like Pets.com flopped. However, we also got websites like Amazon and Google that came out of the dot-com bubble and thrived.

Bruce Fenton, founder and CEO of Chainstone Labs gave participants a tool to analyze digital assets, evaluate and estimate potential success. Fenton spoke about a 100-point investment appraisal tool called Spacesuit X.

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In Search of Glory and Money

The exhibition hall was mainly composed of Companies looking to launch their projects in the coming months and companies developing technologies in the Blockchain space like AI, Bitcoin ATMs and Virtual Reality A number of exhibiting companies have also spoke to the audience at the conference room about the objectives of their project in the hope of obtaining financing from investors.

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Governance and Regulation

With a growing market capitalization on the cryptocurrency market, the number of crypto investors is increasing. One regulatory group has concluded that cryptocurrency regulation is underway in both criminal prosecution and consumer protection. "src =" https://cointelegraph.com/storage/uploads/view/98b358228646a0fb94eabb061dbd55f8.jpg "title =" Marco Santory, Emma Channing, Brian Klein, Matthew Kohen, and Veronica McGregor. "/>

From left to right: Marco Santory, Emma Channing, Brian Klein, Matthew Kohen and Veronica McGregor