Cryptocurrencies
Trump has made billions from his coin. But it is tearing the crypto world apart
Trump has never been afraid to cash in on his power and fame, but his shock decision to launch a new cryptocurrency has sparked fury.
- David Yaffe-Bellany and Eric Lipton
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Trump’s ridiculous ‘meme coin’ lays bare crypto’s rotten underbelly
What if I told you about a great investment opportunity that involves putting your hard-earned savings into a product that, two weeks ago, didn’t exist?
- Victoria Devine
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- Henry Samuel
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$Trump meme coin gives new meaning to ‘creating money out of thin air’
The surge in Donald Trump’s meme coin, which didn’t exist a week ago and has no intrinsic value, takes speculative investment to a head-exploding level.
- Elizabeth Knight
Trump crypto meme coin creates billions from thin air before his DC return
The coin’s market value has surged to about $9 billion, meaning a massive possible windfall for Trump-linked entities that own most of it.
- Annie Massa
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- Jim Chalmers
Bitcoin, ether, dogecoin – Chalmers says the future may be crypto
Derided by critics as a waste of electricity, cryptocurrencies are the way of the future, its backers say. Australia’s treasurer believes they will have a role.
- Shane Wright
Crypto cool, ‘El Loco’ and a 2900 per cent gain in 20 seconds
The booming crypto-investment complex left traditional finance in the dust, Argentina’s libertarian president proved his naysayers wrong, and Tesla’s share rally. Here are the 11 wild trades of 2024.
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Trump picks Silicon Valley venture capitalist for ‘AI and Crypto Tsar’
David Sacks, the millionaire founder of Yammer and friend of Elon Musk, was key in attracting financial support from other entrepreneurs for Trump’s campaign.
- Stephanie Lai and Hadriana Lowenkron
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- Organised crime
Australians turned into money mules chasing crypto cash
Australia has the third-largest number of cryptocurrency ATMs in the world. They are being used to launder money for organised criminals.
- Shane Wright
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