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Former US President and Republican nominee Donald Trump did not mention Bitcoin and crypto once during a recent interview on X with Elon Musk.
The 2-hour interview on Monday evening covered a broad range of topics, including the economy, illegal immigration, AI and global warming. More than 1 million people listened in on the <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1823218454369124491" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">interview</a>.
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<h2 id="span-style-font-weight-400-trump-interview-delayed-by-supposed-ddos-attack-span">Trump Interview Delayed By Supposed DDoS Attack</h2>
The interview was delayed for more than 45 minutes. Musk said this was due to a “massive DDOS attack on X.” At the beginning of the X Space once it finally went live, Musk added that the attack illustrates “there’s a lot of opposition to people just hearing what President Trump has to say.”&nbsp;
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 There appears to be a massive DDOS attack on 𝕏. Working on shutting it down.
 Worst case, we will proceed with a smaller number of live listeners and post the conversation later.
 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1823152153445404990?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">August 13, 2024</a>
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Cybersecurity watchdog organization Netblocks confirmed in an Aug. 13 <a href="https://x.com/netblocks/status/1823150683400318988" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">post</a> that X Spaces experienced an international outage. However, it did not confirm whether the technical difficulties were the result of a DDoS attack.
Throughout the interview, both <a href="https://insidebitcoins.com/news/strump-surges-15-as-donald-trump-jr-announces-new-crypto-platform-to-take-on-banks" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Trump</a> and Musk decided not to mention Bitcoin and crypto in the discussion. This was the opposite of what Polymarket bettors thought would happen, with users of the platform <a href="https://polymarket.com/event/what-will-trump-say-during-elon-interview?tid=1723514103927" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">predicting</a> a 65% chance that digital assets would be talked about during the session. Odds of a “Bitcoin” mention peaked at 69% prior to the interview.
After the interview with Trump, Musk <a href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1823217769229566251" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">posted</a> that he would be happy to host Harris on X Spaces as well.&nbsp;
<h2 id="span-style-font-weight-400-harris-leads-in-polymarket-bets-span">Harris Leads In Polymarket Bets</h2>
Since current US President Joe Biden announced he will not run for a second term, Harris’ popularity on Polymarket has skyrocketed.
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 Kamala Harris has opened up a 6% lead over Trump. <a href="https://t.co/ZAiszaxC7n" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">pic.twitter.com/ZAiszaxC7n</a>
 — Polymarket (@Polymarket) <a href="https://twitter.com/Polymarket/status/1822326158282666150?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">August 10, 2024</a>
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In the past couple of days, odds that the Vice President will take the White House this election have <a href="https://insidebitcoins.com/news/the-kamala-horris-price-soars-16-as-polymarket-election-odds-flip-in-favor-of-the-vice-president-and-trump-agrees-to-september-debate" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">surpassed</a> that in favor of Trump. <a href="https://polymarket.com/elections" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Polymarket</a> bettors see a 62% chance that Harris will win, with bets of a Trump victory standing at 46%.
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