‘Perfect Vehicle to Funnel Money’: John Oliver Slams Trump’s Crypto Foray on HBO
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On a show averaging 4.1 million viewers, comedian John Oliver highlighted Trump’s crypto ties, saying crypto now outpaces real estate for the family and noting Trump’s shift from calling Bitcoin a scam to dubbing himself the 'first crypto president'. Financial filings show over $2.2 billion in personal income in his first year back in office, with $1.2 billion attributed to crypto, a major funding and adoption milestone that could amplify political influence and market impact in the crypto space.
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On a show that averages 4.1 million viewers across TV and online channels, a prominent comedian and political commentator didn’t hold back in laying out the Trump connections to digital assets. Oliver painted crypto as being the family’s main business concern, outpacing real estate.
Whereas Trump initially called Bitcoin a scam and flagged crypto as a ‘disaster waiting to happen,’ he has reinvented himself now as the ‘first crypto president.’ His recent financial filings show his personal income exceeds $2.2 billion in his first year back in office, $1.2 billion of which is from crypto.
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