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What's Up With the Golden Trump Bitcoin Statue That Was in Washington DC?
Washington got a new monument this week: A 12-foot golden tribute to President Donald Trump, clutching a Bitcoin like a holy relic, glowed outside the Capitol Wednesday just as the Fed trimmed interest rates, turning a monetary policy day into a mash-up of political theater and crypto spectacle. Launched by the team behind a Solana meme coin called DJTGST—which briefly pumped to a peak market cap of about $2.4 million on Wednesday—the statue reinforced how deeply intertwined Trump has become with Bitcoin over the last year, particularly since his White House return in January. The creators described the statue as ... (full story)
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