Coin Telegraph

Residents of Silicon Valley have been boarding the Trump train, and Trump's speech at the RNC illustrated some of the reasons.

Former President Donald Trump’s speech before the Republican National Convention (RNC) gave a subtle hint of his potential openness to embracing the tech industry. It was brief — just a few words in the middle of his 90-minute speech. If you blinked, you missed it. But they were important. “America,” Trump said, “is on the cusp of a new golden age, but we will have the courage to seize it.”

Those in the “e/acc” community, a tech-focused movement embraced by Marc Andreessen and Gary Tan, took notice. One of the movement’s founders, an anonymous social-media user called "@BasedBeffJezos," shared a clip of Trump’s remarks and asked his followers, “Can you feel the acceleration anon?”

One thing is for sure. The GOP is down with Bitcoin (BTC). Earlier this summer, after meeting with industry representatives, Trump said he wants all future Bitcoin to be mined in the U.S. The official Republican platform states that the party “will end Democrats’ unlawful and unAmerican Crypto crackdown and oppose the creation of a Central Bank Digital Currency. We will defend the right to mine Bitcoin, and ensure every American has the right to self-custody of their Digital Assets, and transact free from Government Surveillance and Control.”

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