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The currency of Trump's techno-authoritarian populism
Dialogues on Digital Society, Volume: 1, Issue: 3, Pages: 327 - 332
Swansea University Author:
Christopher Muellerleile
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DOI (Published version): 10.1177/29768640251386628
Abstract
The speed at which the cryptocurrency sector has become entangled with the new Trump administration is astonishing. As journalists have pointed out, the degree of conflict of interest(s) - if not self-evident graft - in the Trump family's crypto dealings is unprecedented in the U.S. This commen...
| Published in: | Dialogues on Digital Society |
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| ISSN: | 2976-8640 2976-8640 |
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SAGE Publications
2025
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa70515 |
| Abstract: |
The speed at which the cryptocurrency sector has become entangled with the new Trump administration is astonishing. As journalists have pointed out, the degree of conflict of interest(s) - if not self-evident graft - in the Trump family's crypto dealings is unprecedented in the U.S. This commentary explores the ways Trump and his family lean into a mixture of techno-libertarian and authoritarian-populist rhetoric, along with a celebration of financial innovation, to mask what appears to be an effort to enrich their family and friends, which now includes a network of Silicon Valley investors. |
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| Item Description: |
Article Commentary |
| Keywords: |
Cryptocurrency, financial markets, financial regulation, stablecoin, corruption, World Liberty Financial, trump, authoritarianism, blockchain |
| College: |
Faculty of Science and Engineering |
| Funders: |
Swansea University |
| Issue: |
3 |
| Start Page: |
327 |
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332 |