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Trump Credits Success of His NFTs for Change of Heart on Bitcoin and Crypto

During Monday's World Liberty Financial launch event hosted by Decrypt's sister company Rug Radio, former U.S. President Donald Trump credited the excitement over his own branded NFT projects with his change of heart towards cryptocurrency. As the Republican candidate for president explained, Trump saw that the majority of his NFT trading cards minted on Ethereum scaling network Polygon were being purchased with cryptocurrency—and that his supporters were excited about his entry into the space....

Trump Says US Crypto Startups 'Will Be Living in Hell' If He's Not Elected

During the launch event for his World Liberty Financial crypto platform, former U.S. President Donald Trump said that he believes U.S. crypto builders under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission "will be living in hell" if he is not elected for a second term this November. "If we don't win the election, those people that were under investigation and that are free as a bird right now," Trump said, "and people that weren't being looked at in the crypto world, they will be living...