Former President Donald Trump doubles down on Bitcoin and Wazer X continues to face heat after a hack.

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Donald Trump doubled down on Bitcoin in front of over 3,000 attendees at the Bitcoin Conference in Nashville.

In a speech delivered on Saturday, the former U.S. President promised to maintain a strategic

national Bitcoin Reserve and never sell the government's seized Bitcoin.

Trump said that he wants Bitcoin to be, quote, minted, mind, and made in the U.S., and

quote, he added that Democrats keeping the White House would be a disaster for crypto

and that firing SEC Chair Gary Gensler would be his day one plan.

And on the other side of the ocean, Slovenia became the first European Union member

to issue a sovereign digital bond with a 30 million euro note.

The four-month notes mature November 25th and

carry a coupon of 3.65%. The bond was settled through the Bank of France's tokenized cash system

as part of the European Central Bank's monetary settlement experimentation program. The

Slovenian government said that the settlement took place in wholesale CBDCs,

which are digital tokens designed for use by financial institutions rather than consumers.

And Wazzo-X continues to face heat from the crypto industry after suffering a $230 million hack earlier this month. The exchange issued a poll on July 27th, asking customers to vote on two different options.

Access 55% of your funds without withdrawals and get first priority when potential recovery proceeds come,

or access 55% of your funds with withdrawals with second priority to potential recovery proceeds.

Co-founder Nishal Shetty wrote on X that the poll was, quote, not legally binding, and it was a

preliminary step to understand customer opinions, but that clarification came after rival

exchanges and customers criticized the poll.

Coin DCX co-founder, Samit Gupta, said that Wazer X is handling of the situation, quote,

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