On the 20th of January, 2025, Donald Trump took office as the 47th President of the United States and was simultaneously crowned the “crypto president.”

His second term was an unapologetic shift from being a critic to an enthusiast. Infamously, in 2021, Trump had dismissed Bitcoin [BTC] against the USD in an interview with Fox Business, saying that it –

Seems like a scam.

Fast forward to today, President Trump is now known for his crypto ventures, including World Liberty Financial, the WLFI token, and the TRUMP memecoin. This unexpected transition has raised a critical question: Is Trump’s crypto vision a wise masterstroke or just a politically calculated mirage?

The masterstroke argument 

To begin with, Trump did open the…