In a year that has catapulted crypto to unprecedented heights of cultural and political prominence, this week has brought some of the cycle's most dramatic moments — thanks to Donald Trump.
On Monday, a day after the former president apparently survived a second assassination attempt, Rugged Radio hosted Farouk Sarmad, a popular crypto-Twitter personality, to discuss digital asset policy at his Mar-a-Lago estate. (Disclaimer: It's Rag Radio. Decryptsister company)
Due to wild timing, a crypto genius conducted the first interview with Trump about the near-death experience and its aftermath. The schedule really liked it.
During the interview, Trump tripled his stance on the US crypto industry Weakened If not selected again. He also Acknowledged. His NFT trading card sets were the catalyst that changed him. Once doubted Industry perspective.
That night, Trump's children and business partners became more public Details About World Liberty Finance, a long-rumored decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that features a native, non-transferable governance token.
But that wasn't enough rhetoric for Trump less than seven weeks before the presidential election. On Wednesday, the Republican candidate stopped by PubKey, a Bitcoin-themed bar in Manhattan.
There, Trump became the first famous American president to complete a transaction on the chain Several burgers With Bitcoin. But despite ample planning, the transaction took some time to complete and didn't go as well as some had hoped – a detail not missed on Crypto Twitter.
Meanwhile, around the world at the Solana Breakpoint Conference in Singapore, Iggy Azalea added more sparkle to her week. write off She appeared on the show and said she did so because she was banned from appearing on stage.
Azalea was going to argue the merits of celebrity meme coins after launching hers. His own earlier this year. She will be an opponent. Taproots Wizards Co-founder Eric Wall soon expressed regret at the cancellation, arguing that “my reputation and build-up was brutal.”
Edited by Andrew Hayward.
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