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Crypto’s Big Bet Is Paying Off

Since Donald J. Trump won the 2024 election, cryptocurrency has surged to its highest level ever. David Yaffe-Bellany, a technology reporter for The Times, explains how a small, renegade industry that began as a challenge to the financial system ended up on top of it. Guest: David Yaffe-Bellany, a technology reporter for The New York Times.
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37m
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19 Dec 2024
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Since Donald J. Trump won the 2024 election, cryptocurrency has surged to its highest level ever. 

David Yaffe-Bellany, a technology reporter for The Times, explains how a small, renegade industry that began as a challenge to the financial system ended up on top of it.

Guest: David Yaffe-Bellany, a technology reporter for The New York Times.

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It's Thursday, December 19th. So, David, you and I have been talking for years now about the ups and downs and ups again of this thing that never really seems quite real or solid and that is crypto. And now, crypto has exploded in value. Is this just another twist in the rollercoaster or is it something bigger? Is this a pivotal moment? So, obviously, it's impossible to protect the future, especially where cryptocurrency is concerned. But it's certainly the case that this new surge in the crypto world is different from ones that we've seen in the past. And let me put this into perspective for you for a second. Bitcoin was created about 15, 16 years ago, essentially out of thin air. It was worth nothing. You know, famously, there was this early experiment to kind of prove how Bitcoin could be used, where a guy went on to an internet forum and said, "I'll send 10,000 Bitcoin to somebody in an exchange,

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Since Donald J. Trump won the 2024 election, cryptocurrency has surged to its highest level ever. David Yaffe-Bellany, a technology reporter for The Times, explains how a small, renegade industry that began as a challenge to the financial system ended up on top of it. Guest: David Yaffe-Bellany, a technology reporter for The New York Times.