The moment most crypto investors have eagirly awaited this past few weeks - Donald Trump's keynote speech during the 2024 Bitcoin conference in Nashville, USA. At the end of the article you can follow the live coverage!
This is Trump’s first appearance in a crypto conference and holds significance due to the probable impact that could have on the markets.
One of the most important things he said was that according to him US will be the crypto capital of the planet and the Bitcoin superpower of the world. Also he added that in the future Bitcoin could overtake gold and is going to the moon.
According to the former president Bitcoin stands for freedom and independence from government and control.
When it came to the regulation parts he promised that will fire Gary Gensler, SEC Chairman and will stop operation “Choke Point 2.0“
Trump said:
Bitcoin and crypto will skyrocket like never before… even beyond your expectations… we will stop the war with crypto and we are going to build our economy…
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