Donald Trump met with executives of Bitcoin mining companies CleanSpark and Riot Platforms!
Former US president Donald Trump met with crypto miners in the country as part of his election campaign and pledged his support. Former President Trump attended an important meeting held at Mar-a-Lago yesterday, attended by important names in the crypto mining industry.
It was reported that Donald Trump was enthusiastic about promoting Bitcoin mining during the meeting, and he promised to be an advocate for miners in the White House if elected.
Trump, a former Bitcoin opponent, changed his mind as he began his election campaign to seek support from the burgeoning crypto industry. The former president, who also accepted crypto donations during his election campaign, has attracted attention with his moderate attitudes towards the crypto industry in recent months.
Finally, Trump, who also put Bitcoin mining on his radar, said that crypto miners have an important role in balancing energy networks.
“I want all remaining Bitcoins to be produced in the USA”
Trump, who had previously openly stated that he did not support Bitcoin, seeing it as a threat to dollar dominance, continued to enthusiastically express that he would be a pro-crypto president, saying, "We want all the remaining Bitcoins to be produced in the USA. This will help us be dominant in energy," at yesterday's meeting. did.
On the other hand, Trump said that his rival Biden was anti-crypto and also criticized his policies towards the sector. Trump even claimed that Joe Biden did not understand cryptocurrencies.
Meanwhile, earlier this year the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) began collecting data on how much electricity crypto mining uses. However, while this initiative attracted reaction, data collection activity was stopped by court order.