Tobin Harshaw, Columnist

Crypto Could Go Rogue in 2025

When Trump returns to the White House, digital currencies may either go mainstream or be brought down by a cast of villains.

January 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM UTC

By Tobin Harshaw

Tobin Harshaw is a Bloomberg Opinion senior editor and columnist on national security and military affairs. Previously, he was deputy editor at the op-ed page of the New York Times and the newspaper’s letters editor.

Would you buy a memecoin, or even a car, from this man?
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I am tempted to blame my job for my failure to buy crypto; for a (fake-ish) financial journalist that sort of speculation is out of bounds. But the truth is, I never would have bought Bitcoin anyway. Because I am dumb.