Vaulta at Bitcoin 2025: Powering exSat and the Next Era of Bitcoin Finance

From May 27–29, the Venetian Convention Center hosted Bitcoin 2025—the largest Bitcoin conference to date—with a record-breaking 35,000 attendees. Once a niche gathering, the event has evolved into a global stage for financial, technological, and political discourse.

The speaker lineup reflected this shift, with appearances from Vice President JD Vance, White House Crypto Czar David Sacks, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, Michael Saylor, Hester Peirce, and recently pardoned Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht. Their presence underscored Bitcoin’s growing relevance in the mainstream.

At the heart of the week’s activity, exSat emerged as one of the event’s most visible sponsors, demonstrating the reality of real-world Bitcoin finance in action. Behind that presence was Vaulta, the foundational layer powering exSat’s execution. Aligned by purpose and complementary in approach, the two teams delivered a coordinated presence, demonstrating how aligned systems can push the boundaries of what Bitcoin-based finance looks like in practice.

Vaulta Token ($A) Lists on Major Exchanges

On the morning of May 28, ahead of the conference keynotes, the Vaulta ($A) token launched on major exchanges and was listed on leading price tracking platforms, including CoinMarketCap and CoinGecko—marking a major milestone for the project. The listing introduced a broader audience to Vaulta’s mission of democratizing financial access through scalable Web3 banking infrastructure. It marked the beginning of broader market availability for $A and helped set the stage for the announcements and partnerships that followed throughout the conference.

exSat Shines, Vaulta Delivers

Keynote Insight: Tristan Dickinson on the Genesis Stage

On the afternoon of May 28, exSat CMO Tristan Dickinson delivered a keynote titled “The Future of Bitcoin Banking” on the Genesis Stage. He opened with sharp cultural context—reflecting on the evolution since the previous year's Nashville conference—before guiding the audience five years into the future to envision how banking could work when built on Bitcoin-native systems.

He described a modular, AI-enhanced, on-chain "pocket bank"—where Bitcoin is not just stored, but put to work. Users borrow against it, insure against it, spend it, and earn with it—all in real time. This wasn’t hypothetical. It was a preview grounded in exSat’s current capabilities, powered by Vaulta.

“We weren’t trying to rebuild the bank,” Tristan told the audience. “We were building something banks could one day plug into.”

Tristan emphasized that the shift from speculative assets to programmable finance would be driven not by hype, but by infrastructure. And that infrastructure—compliant, composable, and already live—was built on Vaulta.

He challenged the audience to move beyond custody, beyond wallets, beyond buzzwords. The future, he argued, is modular finance that works at the speed of use—not the speed of ideology. exSat, he said, is already doing just that.

The keynote set the tone for Yves La Rose’s announcement-packed session the following morning, where infrastructure and application came together to show what Bitcoin finance looks like when it’s already working.

For more on exSat’s perspective and product vision, read exSat’s full Bitcoin 2025 recap.

Yves La Rose's Keynote on the Nakamoto Stage

The next morning, May 29, Yves La Rose—Founder of exSat and the Vaulta Foundation—took the Nakamoto stage for a defining keynote. He outlined the architectural foundation of Vaulta as a Web3 Banking Operating System and illustrated how it empowered exSat to deliver scalable, secure, and compliant financial services built around Bitcoin.

He laid out four product pillars—wealth management, consumer payments, asset tokenization, and blockchain insurance—central to the evolving offerings enabled by Vaulta’s BankingOS and delivered through platforms like exSat. Each pillar is designed to bring traditionally exclusive financial tools to a broader, more open user base.

During his address, Yves announced two major developments:

• A strategic partnership with Fosun Wealth Holdings to advance Web3 financial infrastructure and regulatory innovation in Hong Kong.

• A new integration with OKX Wallet, naming it the main wallet provider for the Vaulta ecosystem.

Beyond those, he also named partners like Standard Chartered, Ceffu, Virgo Pay, Ultra, and Blockchain Insurance Inc.—together forming a foundation for compliant, yield-generating, and user-centric finance on Bitcoin.

Yves highlighted that Vaulta and exSat now support over $700M in total value locked (TVL), $1 billion in tradable assets, and operate with more than 70 validators—backed by over 50% of Bitcoin’s global hash rate synchronizing network data.

He also emphasized that exSat’s EVM environment was built on Vaulta’s zero-downtime infrastructure, creating a highly reliable, composable base layer for modular, Bitcoin-powered applications.

exSat, meanwhile, continued to lead the narrative. From sponsoring the Genesis Stage to awarding a $10,000 Bitcoin hackathon prize, it showcased the utility and vision of Bitcoin-powered banking.

See Yves full Keynote below:

Strategic Partnerships: Expanding the Vaulta Network

Vaulta + Fosun Wealth Holdings: Driving Web3 Finance in Hong Kong

On May 29, Vaulta and exSat announced a landmark partnership with Fosun Wealth International Holdings Limited. The partnership aimed to transform Hong Kong into a global hub for compliant blockchain finance.

Through this collaboration:

• Vaulta committed its full BankingOS suite to support Fosun’s "FinChain," enabling regulated asset issuance, yield markets, and payment infrastructure.

• Fosun Wealth Holdings brought regulatory reach, licenses, and RWA capabilities to empower exSat’s banking services.

"This partnership validates our global vision for Web3 Banking," said Yves La Rose. "Together, we're scaling regulated infrastructure that meets the needs of institutions and users alike."

This marked the first of several strategic efforts to position Vaulta and exSat at the center of institutional-grade Bitcoin finance in Asia.

Vaulta + OKX Wallet: A Unified Entry Point for Web3 Banking

Also announced on May 29, Vaulta revealed a new integration with OKX Wallet, establishing it as the primary wallet interface for Vaulta’s ecosystem. The collaboration offered users:

• Direct Vaulta account creation inside OKX Wallet

• On-chain staking with BTC

• Access to exSat’s suite of yield-generating products

"We're unlocking a more accessible, high-performance financial system," said La Rose. "By embedding Vaulta directly into OKX Wallet, we’re delivering real-world financial services at Web3 speed."

The integration extended Vaulta’s usability and accessibility for a global audience.

A Week of Collaboration and Innovation

Convergence Vegas – May 28, 6:00–10:00 PM

Held at a private venue in Las Vegas, Convergence Vegas brought together builders, policymakers, investors, and founders for an evening of open dialogue and strategic networking. Co-hosted by Cryptic, SatLayer, OKX Wallet, and Vaulta, the gathering became a focal point for future-minded collaboration across the Bitcoin and Web3 space.

Vaulta used the event to deepen relationships and explore new opportunities for infrastructure deployment and financial interoperability.

Liquidity Dinner – May 29, 7:00–10:00 PM at WAKUDA Omakase Room & Bar

The next night, exSat co-hosted the Liquidity Dinner alongside Hemi and Bima. This intimate event focused on yield, staking, and sustainable liquidity in Bitcoin DeFi. Over curated courses and close conversation, attendees exchanged ideas on how Bitcoin’s financial layer could evolve.

Vaulta provided the technical lens, articulating how its infrastructure enabled hybrid yield models and composable custody solutions that could power scalable, user-driven DeFi.

exSat on Vaulta: What Bitcoin Banking Looks Like

Built on Vaulta’s high-performance infrastructure, exSat showcased the capabilities of a fully integrated Bitcoin financial stack, one where users could not only stake and earn, but also pay, borrow, and manage assets with confidence.

Rather than simply framing Bitcoin as a static store of value, exSat demonstrated its dynamic utility: enabling payments through stablecoin-linked Visa cards, offering hybrid yield strategies with institutional-grade custody, and powering compliant asset tokenization, all within a modular, programmable environment.

Bridging Bitcoin’s security with the flexibility of modern finance, and running on Vaulta’s infrastructure, known for zero downtime, near-instant finality, and some of the lowest transaction costs in the market.

Together, Vaulta and exSat offered a glimpse into what scalable, Bitcoin-based financial services can look like in practice: secure, interoperable, and ready for everyday use.

Looking Ahead: From Infrastructure to Impact

Vaulta isn’t just supporting innovation, it’s enabling it at scale. By powering exSat and integrating with trusted partners like Fosun and OKX, Vaulta continues to define what Web3 Banking can become.

Secure. Scalable. Real.

Vaulta is the Web3 Banking Network. And it’s showing how Bitcoin’s financial future is already taking shape.