President Donald Trump was once a cryptocurrency critic but had a change of heart ahead of Election Day 2024.

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and other digital assets enjoyed a massive surge in the weeks that followed.

A year and a half later, cryptocurrency is trading lower than it was when Trump won the 2024 election.

The Crypto President In 2019, Trump spoke out about Bitcoin and cryptocurrency.

"I am not a fan of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, which are not money, and whose value is highly volatile and based on thin air," Trump tweeted on July 11, 2019.