{"id":8718,"date":"2025-01-20T18:50:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T18:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=8718"},"modified":"2025-01-20T18:50:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T18:50:09","slug":"trumps-crypto-silence-inauguration-omission-sparks-questions-after-history-of-mixed-signals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=8718","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s Crypto Silence: Inauguration Omission Sparks Questions After History Of Mixed Signals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>In a moment keenly watched by the global financial community, <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>\u2018s inauguration address on Monday notably <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/25\/01\/43065423\/donald-trump-to-mention-bitcoin-or-crypto-at-the-inauguration-polymarket-traders-say-theres-a-chance\">omitted any mention of cryptocurrency<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The speech was in contrast to Trump\u2019s often vocal, and at times contradictory, stance on the burgeoning digital asset class.<\/p>\n<p>Trump delivered a speech focusing on national issues such as immigration, economic policies, and energy production. Conspicuously absent was any reference to cryptocurrency, despite his recent support for digital assets.<\/p>\n<p>This silence has sparked questions and speculation, particularly given Trump\u2019s history of both criticizing and engaging with the crypto world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/25\/01\/43065531\/coinbase-launches-bitcoin-backed-loans-for-us-users\">Coinbase Launches Bitcoin-Backed Loans For US Users<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s relationship with cryptocurrency is a complex one. During his initial term as president, he was a vocal skeptic.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, he famously <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1149472282584072192\">tweeted <\/a>about his distaste for <strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> (CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>). The then-45th president called it \u201cbased on thin air\u201d and not \u201cmoney,\u201d expressing his preference for the U.S. dollar.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, at times, expressed concern that cryptocurrencies could potentially undermine the dollar. This skepticism led to policies that observers viewed as overly cautious in regulating the nascent industry.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s personal actions have sometimes painted a different picture.<\/p>\n<p>After leaving office in 2021, Trump embraced crypto to a degree that was not expected given his earlier criticisms. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/22\/12\/30135978\/trumps-nft-collection-accused-of-using-stock-and-copyrighted-images\">launched his own NFT<\/a> &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/25\/01\/43085738\/trumps-crypto-silence-inauguration-omission-sparks-questions-after-history-of-mixed-signal\" alt=\"Trump's\" crypto silence: inauguration omission sparks questions after history of mixed signals>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a moment keenly watched by the global financial community, Donald Trump\u2018s inauguration address on Monday notably omitted any mention of cryptocurrency. The speech was in contrast to Trump\u2019s often vocal, and at times contradictory, stance on the burgeoning digital asset class. Trump delivered a speech focusing on national issues such as immigration, economic policies, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-8718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8718\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}