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Why Trump is Pro-Crypto | David Bailey

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4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

How in the world did Trump pivot to Pro-Crypto?

David Bailey is the CEO and Cofounder of Bitcoin Media, which you might also know as Bitcoin Magazine He has just finished throwing the Bitcoin 2024 Conference, he’s been in Bitcoin since it’s inception and he’s now at the forefront of the world of politics where Bitcoin has been meaningfully intersecting with the Trump Administration.

We talk mostly about Trump and his crypto policies. We then contrast it with Kamala Harris and the Democrats. And we finish with why David is so bullish on Bitcoin and why he has fallen in love with the idea of Bitcoin.

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro
6:51 Bitcoin 2024
10:43 Donald Trump
31:42 Trump’s Crypto Policies
47:44 Kamala Harris
54:26 Trump vs Kamala
1:01:15 The Bitcoin Idea
1:06:14 Closing & Disclaimers

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Transcript

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0:00.0

I thought politics is where you go up and you figure out what the voters want and then you make

0:05.2

promises to the voters that if you elect me I'm going to achieve these things for you and if you

0:09.7

talk to the right part of the population and they make up a large enough percentage of the

0:13.5

voter base, then you get elected.

0:15.1

I thought that was like the whole point of an election.

0:16.9

I don't know what We're going to Bankless. We're going to

0:27.4

to Bankless. Today on the show we are hosting David Bailey of Bitcoin Media,

0:34.8

Bitcoin magazine fame.

0:36.4

This is the organization that just finished throwing the

0:39.2

Bitcoin 2024 conference.

0:41.6

David has been with Bitcoin Media since his inception, so he knows a

0:45.1

thing or two about everything in the world of Bitcoin, and he's also been at the forefront

0:48.9

of the world of politics where Bitcoin has been meaningfully intersecting with the Trump administration.

0:54.5

I think David Bailey is one of the closest individuals to the Trump administration

0:58.8

and watch that relationship blossom into Donald Trump speaking at the

1:02.8

Bitcoin Conference 2024 for a solid 45 minutes. Before we get into the

1:06.7

episode with David Bailey a moment to talk about our friends and sponsors

1:09.5

over at Puffer who are introducing Puffer Unify.

1:13.6

Unify is Puffer's based roll-up design

1:15.9

that is tackling Ethereum's fragmentation

1:18.1

and enhances user experience

1:19.6

with synchronous composability

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