(Oct 6): Crypto’s movers and shakers are gathering in Singapore for one of their biggest conferences of the year as a bitcoin-led rally revives hopes that a new bull market is taking shape.

About 25,000 people are expected to converge on the city-state’s iconic Marina Bay Sands this week for Token2049. More than 500 exhibitors and 300 speakers are slated for the Oct 7-8 event, including Hyperliquid chief executive officer Jeff Yan, Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan and World Liberty Financial co-founder Eric Trump.

Bitcoin’s rally from US$58,000 (RM237,133) at the end of June to roughly US$86,000 today has spurred talk that the crypto winter is thawing, though the market has yet to regain the momentum and confidence of earlier bull…