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Undated: Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency, a form of electronic cash.[8] It is the world's first decentralized digital currency, and it was designed to work without a central bank or single administrator.[8]:1[9]:3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin
Undated: What is Blockchain Technology? A Step-by-Step Guide For Beginners
“The blockchain is an incorruptible digital ledger of economic transactions that can be programmed to record not just financial transactions but virtually everything of value.”
https://blockgeeks.com/guides/what-is-blockchain-technology/
Undated: DCLeaks (also known as DC Leaks) is a website that was established in June 2016. Since its creation, it has been responsible for publishing leaks of emails belonging to multiple prominent figures in the United States government and military. Cybersecurity research firms say the site is a front for the Russian cyber-espionage group Fancy Bear. On July 13, 2018, an indictment was made against 12 Russian GRU military officers; it alleges that DC Leaks is part of a Russian military operation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DCLeaks
Undated: "Guccifer 2.0" is a persona operated by Russian military intelligence (GRU)[1] which claimed to be the hacker(s) that hacked into the Democratic National Committee (DNC) computer network and then leaked its documents to the media,[2][3] the website WikiLeaks,[4][5][6][7][8] and a conference event.[9] Some of the documents Guccifer 2.0 released to the media appear to be forgeries cobbled together from public information and previous hacks, which had been salted with disinformation.[10][11][12] On July 13, 2018, Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 12 GRU agents for allegedly perpetrating the cyberattacks.[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guccifer_2.0
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October 6: DC Leaks Website Releases Hacked Clinton State Department Documents
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/10/dc-leaks-website-releases-hacked-clinton-state-department-documents/
November 9: Bitcoin price jumps as investors flock to safety after Donald Trump election victory
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/11/09/bitcoin-price-jumps-as-investors-flock-to-safety-after-trump-vic/
December 7: Bitcoin Is Expected to Surge 165% Thanks to Donald Trump
http://fortune.com/2016/12/07/donald-trump-bitcoin/
-- 2017 --
January 26: Trump Considering Bitcoin Entrepreneur to Head FDA
https://www.investopedia.com/news/trump-considering-bitcoin-entrepreneur-head-fda/
February 21: Has Trump Made Mexico the Next Hotspot for Bitcoin? - Nasdaq.com
As part of an effort to get Mexico to pay for [his] wall, Trump targeted the money they send back to their home country.
“Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s proposal to block money transfers sent home by Mexicans working in the U.S. [was] an attempt to compel Mexico to pay for a border wall,” reported RT. “With the prospect of losing more than $20 billion in remittances, Mexico would then choose to pay as much as $10 million for a wall, Trump said.”
This threat prompted many to turn to Bitcoin as a way to continue remittance payments under the radar.
https://www.nasdaq.com/article/has-trump-made-mexico-the-next-hotspot-for-bitcoin-cm750695
May 22: Bitcoin prices are soaring under Trump
Digital currency bitcoin is more popular than ever. Prices surged to a record high above $2,000 over the weekend and were trading above $2,100 on Monday.
Just in 2017, bitcoin prices have soared 125%.
https://money.cnn.com/2017/05/22/investing/bitcoin-record-high-trump/
May 22: Trump and Bitcoin: Two Peas in a Pod
... both bitcoin and the president are iconoclasts and outsiders, gaining much of their support from people who openly question the competency of government institutions like the Federal Reserve.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/trump-and-bitcoin-two-peas-in-a-pod-1495491752
September 1: How Trump Helped Push Bitcoin to Record Highs (It’s Not for Good Reasons)
Unpredictable U.S. leadership drives growing demand for cryptocurrency, investment expert tells TheWrap
https://www.thewrap.com/trump-bitcoin-record-highs/
September 21: Despite Bitcoin And Trump, Gold Regains Lost Luster
North Korea's test of a hydrogen bomb early this month was the kind of event that sends investors scrambling for safe havens, such as U.S. Treasuries and gold ...
https://www.investors.com/research/industry-snapshot/despite-bitcoin-and-trump-gold-regains-lost-luster/
-- 2018 --
February 8: Scammers Are Impersonating Elon Musk And Donald Trump To Take Your Bitcoin
And they're using automated networks of bot accounts to do it.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanmac/scammers-are-impersonating-elon-musk-and-donald-trump-steal?utm_term=.nlddwn7qO#.yxRgZ0lP6
February 20: Bitcoin Scam? Venezuela Launches Own Cryptocurrency in Effort to Dodge Trump Administration Sanctions
https://www.newsweek.com/venezuela-launches-its-own-bitcoin-desperate-attempt-save-failing-economy-813782
March 5: Trump’s tariffs and bitcoin’s boom share the same unexpected source: Cheap Chinese electricity
https://www.washingtonpost.com/
March 16: Trump to target Venezuelan ‘bitcoin’ as U.S. tightens pressure on Maduro government
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article205625204.html
March 19: Trump bans purchases of Venezuela’s new national cryptocurrency
https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/19/17139892/trump-bans-venezuela-nicolas-maduro-national-cryptocurrency-bitcoin-petro
May 8: Ex-Trump Advisor Predicts 'Global Cryptocurrency'
Gary Cohn, the former Goldman Sachs executive who led Donald Trump's National Economic Council until last month, weighed in on bitcoin and blockchain technology on Tuesday.
"I'm not a big believer in bitcoin," Cohn told CNBC's Bob Pisani in an interview. "I am a believer in blockchain technology."
He then made a bold prediction about the future of the tech
https://www.coindesk.com/former-trump-advisor-will-global-cryptocurrency/
May 21: Iranians Buy $2.5 Billion in Bitcoin to Head Off Restrictions After Trump Nixes Nuclear Deal
https://realdaily.com/iranians-buy-2-5b-in-bitcoin-to-head-off-banking-restrictions-after-trump-nixes-iran-deal/
July 13: How Russian Spies Hid Behind Bitcoin in Hacking Campaign
In early 2016, Russian intelligence officers obtained a new pool of the virtual currency Bitcoin. They quickly put the digital money to work.
The Russian spies used some of the Bitcoins to pay for the registration of a website, dcleaks.com, where they would later post emails that had been stolen from Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. When the operatives needed a computer server to host the dcleaks site, they paid for that with Bitcoins as well.
The transactions were detailed in an indictment on Friday from the Justice Department, in which prosecutors accused 12 Russian operatives of interfering in the 2016 presidential campaign through a sophisticated hacking scheme.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/13/technology/bitcoin-russian-hacking.html
July 13: President Donald Trump has assigned an official task force to investigate the pervasive fraud within the cryptocurrency industry.
On Thursday, the president signed an executive order for a new task force within the Department of Justice with a mandate "to investigate and prosecute crimes of fraud committed against the U.S. Government or the American people, recover the proceeds of such crimes, and ensure just and effective punishment of those who perpetrate crimes of fraud."
http://www.businessinsider.com/president-donald-trump-task-force-cryptocurrency-fraud-2018-7
July 15: Special counsel Robert Mueller’s indictment of 12 Russian intelligence officials may be the most vivid illustration yet of how cryptocurrencies can be used for alleged criminal purposes.
The indictment includes charges of money laundering through the use of Bitcoin, the leading virtual currency, to mask the illegal activities of officers in the GRU, a Russian military intelligence agency.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/15/muellers-indictment-may-heighten-scrutiny-of-bitcoin-688155
July 15: Bitcoin Fraud Got Real for the US Govt., New Task Force Might Boost Investor Confidence
https://coingape.com/bitcoin-fraud-us-govt-new-task-force-boost-confidence/
November 20: Bitcoin prices keeps plunging. When will they hit bottom?
The recent plunge in the stock market is a cakewalk compared to what's going on with cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin prices are down more than 15% in just the past week and have plummeted nearly 70% so far this year.
Bitcoin hit a peak above $19,000 in December 2017. Its is now trading at around $4,600.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/20/investing/bitcoin-prices-plunging/index.html
December 7: Trump team eyes bitcoin, blockchain ascent
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-team-eyes-bitcoin-blockchain-ascent
December 16: Donald Trump Hires Prominent Bitcoin Supporter Mick Mulvaney to White House Staff
https://www.ccn.com/donald-trump-hires-prominent-bitcoin-supporter-mick-mulvaney-to-white-house-staff/
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