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The currency of Trump's techno-authoritarian populism

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Dialogues in Digital Society

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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...

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Published in: Dialogues in Digital Society
Published: 2025
Online Access: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/29768640251386628
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title The currency of Trump's techno-authoritarian populism
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description 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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