Cryptocurrencies Under A Trump Presidency

Andy Baehr, Managing Director and Head of Product, CoinDesk

06-Jan-25 07:30

Cryptocurrencies Under A Trump Presidency

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Bitcoin has rallied 42% since the US presidential election in early November which saw Donald Trump win. Since then, the coin has hit an all-time of US$107,000. Andy Baehr, Managing Director and Head of Product at CoinDesk Indices, talks about what we can expect as the pro-crypto Trump officially moves into the White House.

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Produced by: Natalie Tan

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Philip See, Keith Kam

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Categories: markets, international, government, investments

Tags: investment strategy, cryptocurrency, bitcoin, trump administration,

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