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Jan 2025
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What crypto wants from Trump

Financial Times
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Pro-crypto investors spent millions to re-elect Donald Trump to the US presidency, after he told voters he wanted to make America the “crypto capital of the planet”. As the second Trump administration begins, what does the crypto sector want most? And, what are the risks if they get it?

  

Clips from Sky News, Bitcoin Magazine


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For further reading:

Crypto industry dreams of a golden era under Trump

The crypto crown princes who could ‘win, win, win’ under Trump 

The grim ghost of crypto future


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