Why Trump may have an incentive to leverage crypto into Silicon Valley's political downfall

Kalyanpur, Nikhil ORCID: 0000-0001-6200-1509 (2025) Why Trump may have an incentive to leverage crypto into Silicon Valley's political downfall. USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog (23 Jul 2025). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Corporate power in America often means that politicians, including presidents, have difficulty in confronting business elites. Nikhil Kalyanpur writes that Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s recent falling out is an unusual example of a president taking on one of their former corporate backers. He suggests that Trump could use his and his family’s stake in cryptocurrency to turn his conflict with Silicon Valley elites into profit, a fight that he may be guaranteed to win.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/
Additional Information:	© 2025 The Author(s)
Divisions:	International Relations
Subjects:	J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States) H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Date Deposited:	21 Aug 2025 11:00
Last Modified:	21 Aug 2025 11:01
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/129225

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