The
presumptive
Republican
U.S.
presidential
nominee
will
be
speaking
at
the
upcoming
Bitcoin
conference
in
Nashville,
Tennessee,
later
this
month,
the
conference
organizer
announced
Wednesday.
Earlier
in
the
day,
speculation
of
a
Trump
appearance
increased
as
speakers
told
CoinDesk
their
slot
was
reassigned
to
make
room
for
what
an
email
described
as
“a
very
special
guest.”
Former
President
Trump
will
be
speaking
at
2
p.m.
CT
for
30
minutes
on
the
last
day
of
the
conference,
which
runs
from
July
25-27,
a
spokesman
for
the
conference
told
CoinDesk.
Trump
has
learned
into
Bitcoin
and
crypto
rhetoric
since
coming
out
in
favor
of
the
industry
at
his
NFT
gala
this
spring.
He’s
since
baked
pro-Bitcoin
policies
into
the
core
Republican
Party
platform,
casting
a
strong
contrast
with
the
Biden
administration.
Trump’s
upcoming
speech
is
likely
to
further
burnish
a
self-assigned
image
of
crypto
booster,
despite
previous
misgivings
of
the
tech
during
his
first
administration.
His
attendance
at
the
annual
Bitcoin
gathering
was
widely
expected.