Summary

  • President Donald Trump’s new media company could buy $2.5bn of bitcoin, Trump Media announced.
  • The company, which operates Truth Social, is working with 50 institutional investors to issue 1bn in convertible debt.
  • Crypto.com and the crypto banking platform Anchorage Digital will provide custody services for the bitcoin.
  • This latest move deepens Trump’s ties with the cryptocurrency industry.
  • His administration has also softened the US government’s stance on industry misconduct, dropping several regulatory lawsuits and investigations involving crypto firms including Coinbase, Kraken and Robinhood.
  • Trump also invited the largest buyers of his $TRUMP memecoin to dinner last week.

By Emma Roth

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