Trump’s Trade War May Be Driving Chinese Investors to Bitcoin
As the Chinese yuan falls in value due to factors like the ongoing trade war with the U.S., there are signs that locals are increasingly moving funds into bitcoin.
6 SEPTEMBER 2019
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao: Trump will buy Bitcoin
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao believes Donald Trump will buy Bitcoin—despite the President’s outspoken dislike of the decentralized currency.
5 AUGUST 2019
Could Donald Trump Ban Bitcoin?
Bitcoin yet again graced global headlines last week, after the President of the United States, Donald Trump, took to Twitter to declare himself “not a fan” of cryptocurrencies, “whose value is highly volatile and based on thin air.”
23 JULY 2019
US Congressman: You Can’t Kill Bitcoin, Libra And Others Trying to Mimic
All eyes are on Bitcoin, Facebook’s Libra, and the entire cryptocurrency market this week, following a tweet from the United States President Donald Trump, a Senate hearing on Libra, and an abundance of financial industry chatter as the crypto market takes its first steps towards serious regulation and legitimacy.
19 JULY 2019
Jameson Lopp Explains Why You Should Like Bitcoin
US President Donald Trump spoke sharply about Bitcoin due to the fact that he could not control it. That’s what one of the most famous developers of Bitcoin, crypto enthusiast and encryption Jameson Lopp said in his Twitter.
15 JULY 2019
Trump Banning Bitcoin Is Feasible But Highly Unlikely, Says Economist
United States president Donald Trump would cause a Bitcoin (BTC) price crash if he banned it, but the law would likely prevent him, economist and trader Alex Krueger concluded on Twitter July 15.
15 JULY 2019
Trump Apparently Knows What Bitcoin Is, And He Doesn’t Like It
President Donald Trump took some time out of his evening to tweet about cryptocurrencies today, announcing to the world that he is “not a fan” of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies because their “value is highly volatile and based on thin air.”
12 JULY 2019
US Lawmakers Urge Trump Advisor Larry Kudlow to Promote Blockchain
A group of U.S. lawmakers has urged advisors to President Donald Trump to include blockchain on their list of emerging technology initiatives.
30 MAY 2019
ConsenSys CEO Predicts Trump Re-Election, Facebook Breakup and Crypto Revival
It was 2047, not 2019, in ConsenSys CEO Joseph Lubin’s keynote address Saturday in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
12 MAY 2019
Pablo Escobar’s Brother Says New Crypto Will Fund ‘Impeach Trump’ Effort
Having allegedly been blocked from fundraising on GoFundMe, the brother of deceased drug lord Pablo Escobar has launched a cryptocurrency apparently targeting the impeachment of U.S. President Donald Trump.
12 JANUARY 2019
Venezuela Calls US Sanctions Against Its Petro Cryptocurrency ‘Discriminatory’
Venezuela is pushing back against U.S. sanctions before the World Trade Organization, including ones imposed against its controversial cryptocurrency efforts.
10 JANUARY 2019
Bitcoin ETF ‘Not Going To Happen’ Due To Us Gov’t Shutdown, Says Lawyer
A Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) is “not going to happen” in the event of a protracted US government shutdown.
7 JANUARY 2019
Crypto Critic Roubini: Trump’s ‘Flirting With Mutually Assured Economic Destruction’
Crypto critic Nouriel Roubini asserted that the risk of a financial crisis has grown significantly, mainly due to President Trump. While stock market indexes grew 20% in 2017, markets have been trading sideways for a major part of 2018, followed by steep drops across several sectors as markets closed for 2018.
3 JANUARY 2019
US Lawmaker Suggests ‘WallCoin’ to Fund Trump’s Mexico Border Wall
Ohio Congressman Warren Davidson thinks crowdfunding may provide a solution to the controversial proposal of building a wall on the Mexican border.
14 DECEMBER 2018
Trump’s New SEC Hire Boosts Possibility of Bitcoin ETF
Elad Roisman, the newly-appointed member of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), could be the missing the piece in tilting the balance in favor of a bitcoin ETF approval. The new commissioner becomes the third Trump appointee to the SEC, succeeding Michael Piwowar, who stepped down in July.
8 SEPTEMBER 2018
Ex-Trump Advisor Steve Bannon Is Making a Cryptocurrency
Steve Bannon, former chief strategist to U.S. President Donald Trump, confirmed that he wants to launch a cryptocurrency of his own.
19 JULY 2018
Venezuela: Petro’s Impact Will Be Felt Within “Three to Six Months”
During an interview with Venezuela’s Cuatro F newspaper, the executive secretary of the country’s Blockchain Observatory, Daniel Peña, stated that he believes the Petro (PTR), Venezuela’s oil-backed cryptocurrency, will positively impact the country’s economy within “three to six months.”
9 APRIL 2018
Trump Orders New Sanctions Against Venezuela's National Cryptocurrency
Donald Trump has signed an executive order imposing new sanctions against Venezuela for its controversial "petro" cryptocurrency.
19 MARCH 2018
