Donald Trump becomes the first former United States president to use crypto in a transaction, Arthur Hayes thoughts on rate cut: Hodler’s Digest
The U.S. Republican Party presidential nominee Donald Trump appeared at Pubkey, a New York City bar and restaurant famous for accepting Bitcoin, becoming the first former United States president to use the cryptocurrency in a transaction.
According to a Sept. 18 post on X by Pubkey, Trump used Bitcoin to purchase hamburgers at the NYC bar. BTC advocate and Professional Capital Management CEO Anthony Pompliano was in attendance at the campaign stop, which was also reported on Trumps Truth Social account.
The event came less than two days after the Republican nominee announced the launch of a token through the World Liberty Financial crypto platform, which is run by members of his family. Despite once calling Bitcoin a scam and crypto based on thin air, Trump has advocated for BTC miners as part of his 2024 campaign and spoke at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, Tennessee.
