During his last presidency, Trump had argued that cryptocurrencies were not currencies, that their value fluctuated wildly, that they were scams, that unregulated crypto assets could be used for drug trade and other illegal activities, that "a catastrophe is about to happen," and that the only real currency in the United States was the dollar. But starting in 2022, he changed his attitude, believing that the crypto industry was "a steel industry 100 years ago, and now it is still in its infan...

During his last presidency, Trump had argued that cryptocurrencies were not currencies, that their value fluctuated wildly, that they were scams, that unregulated crypto assets could be used for drug trade and other illegal activities, that "a catastrophe is about to happen," and that the only real currency in the United States was the dollar. But starting in 2022, he changed his attitude, believing that the crypto industry was "a steel industry 100 years ago, and now it is still in its infan...