{"id":16743,"date":"2024-11-30T07:37:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T06:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/30\/its-almost-dirty-money-the-older-generation-of-crypto-investors-benefiting-from-the-trump-pump\/"},"modified":"2024-11-30T07:37:53","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T06:37:53","slug":"its-almost-dirty-money-the-older-generation-of-crypto-investors-benefiting-from-the-trump-pump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/30\/its-almost-dirty-money-the-older-generation-of-crypto-investors-benefiting-from-the-trump-pump\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s almost dirty money\u2019: the older generation of crypto investors benefiting from the \u2018Trump pump\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some say they used bitcoin or Dogecoin to help reach goals such as affording to have a child or buy a house<\/p>\n<p>Miles, a 37-year-old NHS doctor from London, has been trying to persuade friends to buy cryptocurrencies for years. In recent weeks, the \u201cTrump pump\u201d to crypto prices has left them envious. \u201cThey have watched in frustration as my gamble paid off,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Miles\u2019s crypto portfolio is now worth \u00a32.3m, despite having cashed out about \u00a3600,000 earlier this year to buy a house.<strong> <\/strong>\u201cIt\u2019s set me up for life,\u201d says Miles, who invested \u00a34,000 in bitcoin in 2012. \u201cMy pot fluctuates by hundreds of thousands each day, but I\u2019ve been through years of volatile periods.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2024\/nov\/30\/crypto-investors-trump-pump-bitcoin-dogecoin\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/fa5e8762f7afd6866b7f0834006863a373c82543\/0_0_3500_2100\/master\/3500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=525e10b20ec26a194dd906dd74514c6a\" title=\"\u2018It\u2019s almost dirty money\u2019: the older generation of crypto investors benefiting from the \u2018Trump pump\u2019\" \/>Some say they used bitcoin or Dogecoin to help reach goals such as affording to have a child or buy a house<br \/>\nMiles, a 37-year-old NHS doctor from London, has been trying to persuade friends to buy cryptocurrencies for years. In recent weeks, the \u201cTrump pump\u201d to crypto prices has left them envious. \u201cThey have watched in frustration as my gamble paid off,\u201d he says.<br \/>\nMiles\u2019s crypto portfolio is now worth \u00a32.3m, despite having cashed out about \u00a3600,000 earlier this year to buy a house. \u201cIt\u2019s set me up for life,\u201d says Miles, who invested \u00a34,000 in bitcoin in 2012. \u201cMy pot fluctuates by hundreds of thousands each day, but I\u2019ve been through years of volatile periods.\u201d Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some say they used bitcoin or Dogecoin to help reach goals such as affording to have a child or buy a house Miles, a 37-year-old NHS doctor from London, has been trying to persuade friends to buy cryptocurrencies for years. In recent weeks, the \u201cTrump pump\u201d to crypto prices has left them envious. \u201cThey have &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/30\/its-almost-dirty-money-the-older-generation-of-crypto-investors-benefiting-from-the-trump-pump\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018It\u2019s almost dirty money\u2019: the older generation of crypto investors benefiting from the \u2018Trump pump\u2019<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":16744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16743"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}