# Trump's Crypto Switch-Up

*Author: Bankless*
*Published: Sep 17, 2024*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/fr/trumps-crypto-switch-up*

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Trump's Crypto Switch-Up
    
  

  
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Trump's Switch-Up
  

  

 

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/2024/09/Group-14---2024-09-17T173000.563.png)](https://www.bankless.com/dashboard)- 🌍 **Trump Credits NFT Sales with Shifting Position on Bitcoin.** The WLFI 'Chief Crypto Advocate' said his about-face on Bitcoin [came from buyers flocking to his NFT projects](https://www.bankless.com/trump-nfts-sales).
- 🗳️** Wintermute to Launch New U.S. Election Prediction Market. **The trading firm is [taking on Polymarket](https://www.bankless.com/wintermute-to-launch-new-u-s-election-prediction-market) and leveraging Chaos Labs’ Edge Proofs Oracle for data accuracy.
- 🍽️ **SEC's $750K Flyfish Club Settlement Sparks NFT Debate. **The SEC's Hester Peirce and Mark Uyeda [have had enough](https://www.bankless.com/secs-750k-flyfish-club-settlement-sparks-nft-debate).

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**📸 Daily Market Snapshot: **Bitcoin pumped 5%, climbing above $61K briefly, on Tuesday as investors bet on odds that a potential quarter-point or half-point rate cut would move investors back into risk-on assets like crypto. 

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  **Crypto**
   
          $2.09T
       

  
    
    ↗ 3.4%
    
  

   
    
    ↗ 3.5%
    
  

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  **BTC**
   
          $60,209
       

  
    
    ↗ 3.9%
    
  

   
    
    ↗ 4.8%
    
  

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  **ETH**
   
          $2,345
       

  
    
    ↗ 2.6%
    
  

   
    
    ↘ 1.2%
  

       ![](https://s2.coinmarketcap.com/static/img/coins/64x64/22691.png)
    

  **STRK**
   
          $0.379
       

  
    
    ↗ 3.1%
    
  

   
    
    ↘ 5.0%

    
  

  

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What We Know about Trump's World Liberty Financial
  
  
   
     
     Bankless Author: 
     
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        Jack Inabinet](https://x.com/JackInabinet)
     
    
 

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e4/b7/e4b77544-5a37-4f0b-8824-8440aa348476/content/images/2024/09/image---2024-09-17T175005.473.png)](https://www.bankless.com/what-we-know-about-trumps-world-liberty-financial-wlfi)U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump [appeared](https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1835754983259558260) live on X last night where he aimed to both lock in the crypto vote and launch his latest onchain foray, World Liberty Financial (WLFI).

Although he may have occasionally promoted anti-crypto sentiment while largely failing to implement beneficial policies for the industry during his prior stint as POTUS, Trump’s collection of NFT trading cards, big-picture promises to promote crypto-aligned interests, and now endorsement of WLFI have galvanized support for the controversial candidate among Americans within the crypto community.

*Today, we’re unpacking everything you need to know about the Trump-associated WLFI *👇

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