Individuals are coverage, and Trump surrounds himself with an orange-pilled group. VP-elect JD Vance owns Bitcoin, and has a protracted observe of engagement with crypto, even authoring a market construction invoice as a senator. Vivek Ramaswamy, the brand new co-lead of the Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE), has been a crypto bull for a while. Trump’s transition group co-chair Howard Lutnick is a bitcoin and stablecoin megabull (his firm Cantor Fitzgerald custodies for Tether). Musk himself, who’s changing into a right-side Soros of types, has dabbled in crypto for years.