While the Bitcoin 2026 conference brought thousands to The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas, XRP made itself impossible to miss across the city.
Community builder Ray Fuentes called attention to a series of XRP advertisements placed at key locations throughout Las Vegas, timed around the upcoming XRP Las Vegas 2026 event. This comes as XRPLV26 is set to begin right after Bitcoin 2026 concludes.
Key Points
- Ripple placed XRP advertisements at multiple key locations in Las Vegas, visible during Bitcoin 2026.
- One of the ads, placed at Conrad Las Vegas, sat directly outside the Bitcoin 2026 venue at The Venetian Resort.
- This ad campaign comes as the community awaits XRP Las Vegas 2026 (XRPLV26).
- XRPLV26, the world’s largest XRP conference, will run from April 30 to May 1 at Paris Las Vegas.
XRP Marks Its Territory in Vegas
According to Fuentes, watching Ripple take over Las Vegas confirmed that the tide was turning. He argued that XRPLV26 was shaping up to be a monumental moment, urging his followers to be there. His post came with a video capturing several XRP advertisements at well-known spots around the city.
Fuentes’ video showed an XRP advertisement carrying the message “Raise the Standard” at the Conrad Las Vegas, one of the three Hilton premium hotel brands within the Resorts World Las Vegas complex.
Notably, the placement was particularly notable because it sits just outside the venue hosting Bitcoin 2026. This put it directly in the line of sight of Bitcoin 2026 conference attendees.
The campaign moved beyond that spot. Specifically, another XRP advertisement with the message “XRP didn’t fold” appeared on the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino building along the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. XRP ads also appeared at the Aria and Horseshoe buildings in Las Vegas.
Meanwhile, Ripple also placed a Ripple Treasury advertisement at Harrah’s Las Vegas hotel directed toward a financial audience, carrying the message “Don’t gamble with cash flow forecasts.”
XRP Community Reacts
The video drew responses from within the XRP community. For instance, XRPL validator Vet pulled the section of the footage showing the XRP ads near the Bitcoin 2026 venue and shared it separately, calling it the best clip out of Vegas. Vet claimed the XRP community gave those at the conference something to look up to.
This is the best clip out of Vegas.
The XRP community gives everyone over there something to look up to.
XRP Everywhere. https://t.co/XXV8srNqmb pic.twitter.com/pKATO5QxBB
— Vet (@Vet_X0) April 28, 2026
Also, Abdullah “Abs” Nassif, host of the Good Evening Crypto show, attended Bitcoin 2026 in person and posted video footage showing several empty seats inside the event. He suggested that the XRP community would never face a similar turnout problem, calling the Bitcoin conference a ghost town.
Bitcoin 2026 and XRP Las Vegas 2026
Notably, Bitcoin 2026 is the world’s largest Bitcoin-only conference, put together by BTC Inc., the company behind Bitcoin Magazine. The event runs from April 27 to April 29, 2026, at The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The conference covers Bitcoin adoption, institutional and corporate participation, infrastructure, mining, and regulatory issues. Speakers include Michael Saylor, Tim Draper, Arthur Hayes, Senator Cynthia Lummis, and Paolo Ardoino, among others, to address topics ranging from Bitcoin treasury strategies to yield, policy, and infrastructure.
Meanwhile, XRP Las Vegas 2026, the largest XRP-focused conference in the world, picks up right where Bitcoin 2026 leaves off. The event runs from April 30 to May 1, 2026, at Paris Las Vegas, located at 3655 S Las Vegas Blvd.
The agenda covers the XRP ecosystem, XRPL development and applications, tokenization, blockchain and DLT innovation, payments, real-world utility, policy, and institutional adoption.
Confirmed speakers include Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, former CTO David Schwartz, Paul Barron, Chris Giancarlo, Jack McDonald, and Asheesh Birla, among others.
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