2024

Donald Trump

Elon Musk

<h2 id="key-points">Key Points</h2> 
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 <li>Donald Trump is the first US President to accept Bitcoin Lightning Network payments for campaign donations.</li> 
 <li>His Presidential campaign saw donations pouring in following the recent guilty verdict.</li> 
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<p>Donald Trump made an important move and became the first American President to accept Bitcoin Lightning Network payments for campaign donations.</p> 
<p>This announcement marks an important step in integrating Bitcoin into mainstream politics, highlighting the former US President’s <a href="https://crypto.ro/en/news/trump-vows-to-aid-silk-road-founder-ross-ulbricht-shows-huge-crypto-support/">strong commitment</a> to crypto.</p> 
<h2 id="trump-s-campaign-teams-up-with-opennode">Trump’s campaign teams up with OpenNode</h2> 
<p>According to the latest reports, <a href="https://secure.anedot.com/trump-47-committee/crypto47" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Trump’s campaign</a> has teamed up with OpenNode, a leading Bitcoin and Lightning Network infrastructure provider in order to facilitate these donations.</p> 
<p>Now, supporters can contribute to Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign using Bitcoin via the Lightning Network. This is a technology that’s designed to enable fast and low-cost transactions.</p> 
<p>OpenNode recently said that they are proud to team up with Anedot to bring Bitcoin into the political donation process. They noted that this is a perfect marriage of OpenNode’s leading Bitcoin tech stack and Anedot’s robust platform for political and nonprofit organizations.</p> 
<p>They also noted that Trump’s campaigns and nonprofits across the country can seamlessly accept Bitcoin donations.</p> 
<h2 id="donations-poured-into-trump-s-campaign-following-the-verdict">Donations poured into Trump’s campaign following the verdict</h2> 
<p>A few days ago, on May 31, Trump became the first former American President to be convicted of felony crimes yesterday, May 30.</p> 
<p>A New York jury found him guilty of all 34 charges in a scheme regarding his alleged influence on the 2016 election.</p> 
<p>As&nbsp;APNews&nbsp;reported, Trump said after the trial that this was a “rigged, disgraceful trial”. Trump also said that the real verdict will be on November 5 by the people.</p> 
<p>However, it has been<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/30/trump-trial-over-his-campaign-fundraising-can-begins.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> reported</a> that the verdict energized Trump’s base, leading to millions of dollars fueled in new campaign contributions during the past days.</p> 
<p>The Presidential campaign announced last Friday that the amount was $52.8 million after 24 hours following the verdict. As noted by<a href="https://www.fox7austin.com/news/donald-trump-donations-campaign-fundraising-guilty-convicted" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"> Fox</a>, the campaign touted that the fundraising was nearly double the biggest day ever recorded for the Trump campaign.</p> 
<p>It was reported that the verdict has awakened the MAGA movement like never before.</p> 
<p><a href="https://crypto.ro/en/news/trump-says-real-verdict-will-be-on-election-day-elon-musk-shows-support/">Elon Musk</a> was one of the prominent voices who showed support for Trump following the latest verdict.</p>

Trump’s 2024 Campaign Accepts Bitcoin Lightning Network Payments

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