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Can Donald Trump bring bitcoin into the mainstream?

Can Donald Trump bring bitcoin into the mainstream?
Published on December 17, 2024
Can Donald Trump bring bitcoin into the mainstream?

After Donald Trump’s election victory, the price of bitcoin surged from $70,000 to a new high of $100,000. At the time of writing, it was an even headier $104,568, as the chart below shows. Although some of the rise was thanks to the market buoyancy that followed a clear and uncontested election result, cryptocurrency is also a Trump trade. The president-elect has pledged to make the US the “crypto capital of the planet” – but can he really bring it into the mainstream?

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