Donald Trump was not always a crypto supporter, but he's recently voiced strong support for the industry. Political spending by the industry has made crypto an election issue for both parties, a source told BI. The former president's pro-crypto stance is making bitcoin a "Trump trade," Bernstein said. AdvertisementAt a campaign fundraising event in June, former president Donald Trump styled himself as something that would have seemed unlikely not long ago. "He said he would be the crypto president," tech executive Trevor Traina, who attended the fundraiser, told Reuters that month.

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