At Singapore’s TOKEN 2049 conference, the Trump family and stablecoins stole the spotlight while China stayed on the sidelines. Can the Chinese Communist Party afford to ignore the crypto world that Chinese entrepreneurs have done so much to help build?
Donald Trump Jr. at the Token2049 conference in Singapore, October 1, 2025. Credit: Suhaimi Abdullah/Bloomberg via Getty Images
On October 1, the opening morning of TOKEN 2049 at Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands resort complex, thousands of attendees filled the convention halls, trading rumors about which member of Donald Trump’s family might show up. Would it be Eric? Or Don Jr.? Or both?
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When it came time for a panel on the Trump family’s World Liberty Financial crypto project that afternoon, the hall was buzzing.
Crypto was hotter than ever and the industry had, in very large part, Trump
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