Digital Currency

Comment

Section is new and data is pending - expect information to cross over with AI Surveillance and Big Brother (tracking people)

2019

2019-07-11 Trump posted “I am not a fan of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies, which are not money, and whose value is highly volatile and based on thin air. Unregulated Crypto Assets can facilitate unlawful behavior, including drug trade and other illegal activity”. Then he launched his own crypto.

https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1149472282584072192?lang=en

2024

2024-06-11 Trump posted on social media that bitcoin mining was the last line of defense against a CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency).

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112601639679885930

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/13/donald-trump-says-he-wants-all-future-bitcoin-to-be-mined-in-the-us.html

2025 January

2025-01-17 TrumpCoin was launched 3 days before inauguration.

https://komodoplatform.com/en/academy/trump-coin-price/

2025 October

2025-10-23 Allegedly Melania Trump meme coin architects knew the token value would plunge before they sold it.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/23/melania-trump-cryptocurrency-lawsuit

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98y47vrv2jo

https://www.bitstamp.net/learn/crypto-trading/what-are-pump-and-dump-schemes/

2025-10-23 Trump pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who had been convicted of money laundering. Later that month, Trump told 60 Minutes he did not know Zhao even though Binance facilitated a $2 billion purchase of a World Liberty Financial stablecoin founded by Trump’s family.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-binance-cryptocurrency-tycoon-he-pardoned-dont-know-who-he-is/

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/crypto/binance-pardon-trump-changpeng-zhao-crypto-rcna239371

https://x.com/cz_binance/status/1981404850832494666

2026 January

2026-01-13 The Clarity Act was introduced to regulate digital assets but has come down to a fight over ethics enforcement, entanglements, and loopholes.

https://www.banking.senate.gov/newsroom/majority/myth-vs-fact-the-clarity-act

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/clarity-act-risks-rewarding-illicit-financing-bad-actors-and-harming-u-s-national-security/

https://www.ms.now/opinion/crypto-ai-regulation-bill-congress

THIS SITE HAS THE 616-PAGE DOCUMENT https://punchbowl.news/ehf26654-clarity-act