# Why is Trump Pro-Crypto?

*Author: Bankless*
*Published: Aug 16, 2024*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/es/why-is-trump-pro-crypto*

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- 🛑 **MakerDAO Halts New WBTC-Backed Loans.** Concerns around new BitGo deal [prompt](https://www.bankless.com/makerdao-halts-new-wbtc-backed-loans) MakerDAO contributors to take action.
- ⛽️ **ETH Gas Fees Hit 5-Year Low.** ETH gas fees are [bottoming out](https://www.bankless.com/eth-gas-fees-hit-low); could this signal a coming boon in activity?

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Why is Trump Pro-Crypto?
  
  
 

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/2024/08/Group-17--22-.png)](https://www.bankless.com/why-trump-is-pro-crypto-david-bailey)**How in the world did Trump pivot to being pro-crypto?**

David Bailey is the CEO and co-founder 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 its 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 damn bullish on Bitcoin.

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