{"id":13345,"date":"2024-05-09T10:07:30","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T07:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/donald-trump-opens-cryptocurrency-donation-channel\/"},"modified":"2024-05-09T10:07:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T07:07:30","slug":"donald-trump-opens-cryptocurrency-donation-channel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/donald-trump-opens-cryptocurrency-donation-channel\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Opens Cryptocurrency Donation Channel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former U.S. President Donald Trump has announced the opening of a cryptocurrency donation account for his election campaign.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: DONALD TRUMP ASKED \u201cCAN WE DONATE USING CRYPTO?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIF YOU CANT, I\u2019LL MAKE SURE YOU CAN\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nm2YjqxwSI\">pic.twitter.com\/Nm2YjqxwSI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Frank (33.3%) (@frankdegods) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/frankdegods\/status\/1788377000941367340?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In several videos posted by NFT artist Frank Degods, the politician expressed his readiness to accept digital assets.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cCan we donate to the Trump campaign using cryptocurrency? I believe the answer is yes,\u201d stated the presidential candidate.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to Trump, current President Joe Biden \u201cdoesn\u2019t even know\u201d what cryptocurrency is.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: DONALD TRUMP IS FINE WITH CRYPTO <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SCJDKdHQUB\">pic.twitter.com\/SCJDKdHQUB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Frank (33.3%) (@frankdegods) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/frankdegods\/status\/1788359051031761269?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cIf you like digital assets in any form, and they exist in many different forms, and if you support them, you better vote for Trump,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The election contender made his statements at a gathering with buyers of his NFT collection Mugshot Edition. Attendees purchased more than 47 non-fungible tokens in a single transaction priced at $99.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/macdegods\/status\/1788363913634914481\">question<\/a> about whether he would maintain the cryptocurrency business in the U.S., Trump promised to address the issue:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cIf cryptocurrency is leaving the U.S. due to hostility towards it, we will stop that. If the country is going to embrace [digital assets], we must allow them to stay.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Electric Capital co-founder Avichal Garg remarked that it is \u201camazing to see the evolution\u201d of Trump on cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It is amazing to see the evolution from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> on crypto. Whoever is coaching him on this issue is crushing it.<\/p>\n<p>If <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoeBiden<\/a> stays anti-crypto, the downstream consequence is crypto goes from Anti-Gensler to Anti-Biden to anti-Democrats. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R8bWy8DPsJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/R8bWy8DPsJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Avichal \u2014 Electric \u03df Capital (@avichal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/avichal\/status\/1788377674874003814?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cIf Biden remains anti-crypto, the next stage will be the industry moving from an anti-<span data-descr=\"Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Gary Gensler\" class=\"old_tooltip\">Gensler<\/span> stance to anti-Biden and anti-Democrats,\u201d he believes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>FOX Business journalist Eleanor Terrett noted the starkly opposing positions of the two main candidates regarding digital assets.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The two presidential frontrunners planted their flags on very different sides of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/crypto?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#crypto<\/a> debate today. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> made clear he would side with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenWarren?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenWarren<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GaryGensler?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GaryGensler<\/a> by continuing to support the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SECGov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SECGov<\/a>\u2019s regulation by enforcement.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> said he would stop the\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eleanor Terrett (@EleanorTerrett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EleanorTerrett\/status\/1788381446094074308?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cBiden made it clear he would side with Senator Elizabeth Warren and Gary Gensler by continuing to support regulation by enforcement. Trump said he would end hostility towards cryptocurrency in the U.S. and ensure the start of campaign donations in digital assets,\u201d Terrett emphasized.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Previously, a Paradigm survey <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/survey-majority-of-us-cryptocurrency-holders-support-donald-trump\">revealed<\/a> that 48% of voters holding cryptocurrencies plan to vote for Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Back in March 2024, the Republican Party leader stated that he <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/donald-trump-describes-bitcoin-as-an-additional-form-of-currency\">does not intend to interfere with the use of Bitcoin<\/a> or other digital assets if he wins the November elections.<\/p>\n<p>He described the first cryptocurrency as \u201can additional form of currency\u201d that <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/trump-discusses-bitcoins-future-in-the-us-and-reveals-his-preferred-currency\">will require specific regulation<\/a> by authorities. In Trump&#8217;s view, Bitcoin has already \u201ctaken on a life of its own.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former U.S. President Donald Trump has announced the opening of a cryptocurrency donation account for his election campaign. BREAKING: DONALD TRUMP ASKED \u201cCAN WE DONATE USING CRYPTO?\u201d \u201cIF YOU CANT, I\u2019LL MAKE SURE YOU CAN\u201d pic.twitter.com\/Nm2YjqxwSI \u2014 Frank (33.3%) (@frankdegods) May 9, 2024 In several videos posted by NFT artist Frank Degods, the politician expressed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[991,1280,26],"class_list":["post-13345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-donald-trump","tag-elections","tag-usa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"25","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}