Donald Trump plans to make America “the crypto capital of the planet”. Will he?
In the hours since Donald Trump was announced as the 47th President of the United States, the post-mortem has begun, and what remains to be clearly understood is exactly what role social media platforms played in swinging voters one way or the other.
Multiple social media platforms have blown up in a maelstrom of celebratory posts, conspiracy theories and finger pointing, and financial markets are reacting to the election news with cryptocurrency shares skyrocketing and the price of bitcoin hitting a new high.
President-elect Donald Trump has said he plans to make America “the crypto capital of the planet” and “bitcoin superpower” once he takes office next year.
GUEST: Paul Mozur, Global Tech Correspondent, New York Times
