Trump, Former Crypto Skeptic, Is Going All Out to Win the Bitcoin Bro Vote

Donald Trump made another attempt to burnish his crypto-friendly credentials on Tuesday, meeting several Bitcoin miners at Mar-a-Lago and publicly denouncing President Joe Biden’s supposed “hatred” of the technology.

Matthew Schultz, the executive chairman of crypto mining firm CleanSpark, told Bloomberg that Trump talked up his love and understanding of cryptocurrency at the event in Florida. He also vowed to become an advocate for miners in the White House, according to Schultz.

“VOTE FOR TRUMP! Bitcoin mining may be our last line of defense against a CBDC,” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social account Tuesday, referring to a central bank digital currency. “Biden’s hatred of Bitcoin only helps China, Russia, and the Radical Communist Left,” Trump added. “We want all the remaining Bitcoin to be MADE IN THE USA!!! It will help us be ENERGY DOMINANT!!!”

Read more at The Daily Beast.