What Would Trump Do for the Blockchain Industry?
With just over a month to go, the countdown for the most important collective decision in living memory has now begun. We present the two contenders, starting with the Republican nominee Donald J. Trump, to ascertain the direct or, more likely, indirect effects of his policies on the blockchain industry, to be followed by an article on Hillary Clinton and a final position statement (if a decision is reached as the author remains undecided). Never before have we seen a presidential candidate or, really, any candidate for high office in the western world, so severely smeared to the point....
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