Eric Lipton
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So, I mean, he has rolled back regulatory actions relative to his business partners and given a pardon to effectively one of his business partners.
So, I mean, he has rolled back regulatory actions relative to his business partners and given a pardon to effectively one of his business partners.
Well, I mean, cryptocurrency has been around for quite a while now, and it's largely been a way for people to make financial bets that it's going to rise in value. It hasn't had a great deal of use case. It's like, what is it inherently about? And there's a lot of people in the industry who say, well, we want to have a use case. We want it to be used for buying and selling things and for banking.
Well, I mean, cryptocurrency has been around for quite a while now, and it's largely been a way for people to make financial bets that it's going to rise in value. It hasn't had a great deal of use case. It's like, what is it inherently about? And there's a lot of people in the industry who say, well, we want to have a use case. We want it to be used for buying and selling things and for banking.
Well, I mean, cryptocurrency has been around for quite a while now, and it's largely been a way for people to make financial bets that it's going to rise in value. It hasn't had a great deal of use case. It's like, what is it inherently about? And there's a lot of people in the industry who say, well, we want to have a use case. We want it to be used for buying and selling things and for banking.
You could use it to take out a loan. You could take loan on your crypto. You could invest your crypto and earn yield like you'd put deposits in the bank. And you could do international transactions. And it has been held up by the lack of a regulatory structure to oversee it.
You could use it to take out a loan. You could take loan on your crypto. You could invest your crypto and earn yield like you'd put deposits in the bank. And you could do international transactions. And it has been held up by the lack of a regulatory structure to oversee it.
You could use it to take out a loan. You could take loan on your crypto. You could invest your crypto and earn yield like you'd put deposits in the bank. And you could do international transactions. And it has been held up by the lack of a regulatory structure to oversee it.
And so, you know, this is a moment and Trump embraced the crypto industry, unlike any other presidential candidate in American history, because it hasn't been around that long. And he said, you know, we are going to become the crypto capital of the world. And the industry pushed in, you know, tens of millions of dollars to help him get elected.
And so, you know, this is a moment and Trump embraced the crypto industry, unlike any other presidential candidate in American history, because it hasn't been around that long. And he said, you know, we are going to become the crypto capital of the world. And the industry pushed in, you know, tens of millions of dollars to help him get elected.
And so, you know, this is a moment and Trump embraced the crypto industry, unlike any other presidential candidate in American history, because it hasn't been around that long. And he said, you know, we are going to become the crypto capital of the world. And the industry pushed in, you know, tens of millions of dollars to help him get elected.
And on Monday night at his golf club in New Jersey, President Trump had a dinner that cost a million and a half dollars to get into that was sponsored by the crypto industry. The crypto industry is quite excited about President Trump.
And on Monday night at his golf club in New Jersey, President Trump had a dinner that cost a million and a half dollars to get into that was sponsored by the crypto industry. The crypto industry is quite excited about President Trump.
And on Monday night at his golf club in New Jersey, President Trump had a dinner that cost a million and a half dollars to get into that was sponsored by the crypto industry. The crypto industry is quite excited about President Trump.
And the question is whether or not he is going to spoil this moment of opportunity for the industry because his family is pursuing profits so aggressively that it's creating questions about a conflict of interest.
And the question is whether or not he is going to spoil this moment of opportunity for the industry because his family is pursuing profits so aggressively that it's creating questions about a conflict of interest.
And the question is whether or not he is going to spoil this moment of opportunity for the industry because his family is pursuing profits so aggressively that it's creating questions about a conflict of interest.
Yeah, it's effectively, it's sort of something similar to a Fort Knox. I mean, the United States has a place where it stores gold. It's like a reservoir of gold. The gold used to back up the dollar. It's just a place that the United States government holds gold.
Yeah, it's effectively, it's sort of something similar to a Fort Knox. I mean, the United States has a place where it stores gold. It's like a reservoir of gold. The gold used to back up the dollar. It's just a place that the United States government holds gold.
Yeah, it's effectively, it's sort of something similar to a Fort Knox. I mean, the United States has a place where it stores gold. It's like a reservoir of gold. The gold used to back up the dollar. It's just a place that the United States government holds gold.