Donald Trump


Finance

Trump-Linked Firm Looks to Bitcoin Programmability to Build BTC Treasury, ETF Platform

American Ventures LLC, of which Dominari is a member, made an undisclosed investment in the Hemispheres Foundation, the principal stewards of the Hemi project.

Eric Trump speaks at Consensus 2025 in Toronto (CoinDesk)

Policy

Survey Says: Crypto Voters May Skew Liberal But Favor What Trump's Done for Industry

The diverse, young crowd of crypto investors may remain one of the few electoral sweet spots for President Donald Trump, according to an industry-funded poll.

Donald Trump (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Polymarket Bettors Say U.S. Government Shutdown Will be Long But Won't Break Records

Bettors predict it will last longer than Oct. 15, but won't break the record set by the first Trump administration in 2018-2019.

U.S. Congress (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

White House Weighing Candidates for Multiple CFTC Spots: Former Chairman Giancarlo

President Donald Trump's administration is reportedly poised to name a nominee to swap in for the earlier pick of former Commissioner Brian Quintenz.

J. Christopher Giancarlo, Former Chairman, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Willkie Farr & Gallagher (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Policy

Trump Makes Travis Hill Pick Official as Choice to Run FDIC

Travis Hill has already been leading the FDIC, but President Donald Trump's nomination puts him up for the banking regulator's chairmanship.

Incoming FDIC chairman Travis Hill

Policy

Democrats in Congress Call Foul on Status of Trump's Crypto Czar David Sacks

Senator Elizabeth Warren and others say they're probing whether Sacks has improperly outstayed his "special government employee" status.

Crypto and Artificial Intelligence Czar David Sacks speaks at the White House (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

New White House Crypto Adviser Patrick Witt Calls Market Structure Bill Top Priority

The executive director of the President's Council of Advisers on Digital Assets told CoinDesk it's "pedal to the metal" time on legislation and the bitcoin reserve.

Patrick Witt, executive director of the President's Council of Advisers on Digital Assets

Finance

Trump Media Closes on Purchase of $105M in Cronos Tokens in Crypto.com Deal

The company added CRO to its balance sheet and will integrate token rewards into its services as part of partnership with the crypto exchange.

President Donald Trump and Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek

Policy

U.S. SEC, CFTC Combine Forces to Clear Registered Firms' Trading of Spot Crypto

The markets agencies said in a joint statement they're OK with certain crypto assets trading on registered entities now, before Congress' market structure bill.

SEC Chairman Paul Atkins (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Trump-Linked World Liberty Team Floats Buyback-and-Burn Plan as WLFI Sinks

The Trump-linked DeFi project proposes using all liquidity fees to permanently reduce supply, as steep early losses highlight investor skepticism.

Eric Trump speaks at Consensus 2025 in Toronto (CoinDesk)