Bitcoiners Share Thoughts on Donald Trump
Bitcoiners have gained a reputation as a libertarian movement. Hillary Clinton refused to accept the digital currency for her campaign based on this premise, according to WikiLeaks. Former Republican nominee for President Rand Paul accepted the cryptocurrency. Bitcoiners, generally, represent a wide swathe of counter-culture political beliefs, and when CCN reached out to readers and Bitcoiners on social media forums and Reddit, we received diverse answers. “There’s no way in either heaven or hell that a Trump administration would be crypto-friendly,” said Reddit user SeemedGood. That guy....
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Trump Is Still No Fan of Bitcoin or Crypto
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Donald Trump Comments on Crypto and China’s Crackdown
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