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Cryptocurrency billionaires the Winklevoss twins on Thursday announced they are donating $1 million worth of bitcoin each to support Donald Trump, the latest billionaires to back the former president who has increasingly embraced cryptocurrencies on his 2024 campaign trail.announcing his 15.47 BTC donation, Tyler Winklevoss said he will be voting for Trump in November because he was “pro-Bitcoin, pro-crypto, and pro-business choice” and urged the “crypto army” to do the same.
In his lengthy post, the crypto billionaire attacked the Biden administration, saying it has “openly declared war against crypto” and accused it of weaponizing government agencies to “bully, harass, and sue the good actors in our industry.”he has donated 15.47 BTC to Trump and said “he will put an end to the Biden Administration's war on crypto.
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