🇺🇸 Front page of the Wall Street Journal today: Bitcoin 'teams up' with MAGA, moving away from classical libertarianism
Headline: "Bitcoin Goes All In on MAGA, Shedding Its Libertarian Slant" – which can be understood as the Bitcoin community in the U.S. gradually shifting to support President Trump's MAGA (Make America Great Again) movement, rather than maintaining a stance of personal liberty and non-governmental principles as before.
The appearance on the front page of the Wall Street Journal is not coincidental – this is an extremely costly position, indicating that someone is behind it pushing a new message. No longer the old attacks calling Bitcoin worthless, a scam, or a waste of energy, this time they are targeting the internal community of Bitcoin, which has many differing opinions.
The article's headline wants to emphasize that the Bitcoin community is 'teaming up' with politics and abandoning the idea of 'non-governmental'. But the truth is that the Bitcoin community has always been ready to collaborate with all parties: from individuals, businesses, organizations to governments, as long as it helps Bitcoin grow, become widely used, and people have the right to freely own their assets.
Working with the government does not mean losing one's stance, but is a strategy to advance Bitcoin further in a real world full of legal and policy constraints.