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After a Rocky Year, What’s the Future of Cryptocurrency?

After a Rocky Year, What’s the Future of Cryptocurrency?

Update: 2025-12-16
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2025 was supposed to be crypto’s year. President Trump began his term by announcing a strategic Bitcoin reserve and promised to back the market for the currencies. But Bitcoin is down nearly 30% from its all time high and crypto companies and investors have been hammered in the market. All this while Trump’s crypto czar, David Sacks, operates under accusations of conflicts of interest, and the Trump family continues to enrich itself with crypto-related enterprises. We talk about the year in crypto.




Guests:


David Yaffe-Bellany, reporter, New York Times - who covers cryptocurrencies and fintech


Vicky Huang, reporter, Wall Street Journal - who covers the cryptocurrency industry

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After a Rocky Year, What’s the Future of Cryptocurrency?

After a Rocky Year, What’s the Future of Cryptocurrency?

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