The latest episode of the long-running comedy series “South Park” depicts US President Donald Trump taking gifts of Bitcoin from state officials and tech leaders.
Jesse Coghlan
Jesse Coghlan is a Sydney-based journalist and joined Coinpectra’s Asia-Pacific newsdesk as its deputy editor in 2022. He mainly covers court cases and government policy from around the world that focuses on crypto and aims to translate the complex legal language into something more accessible. He previously co-hosted and produced a podcast covering crypto news and reported on crime and civil unrest with his early work as a freelance reporter. Jesse has no crypto holdings above Coinpectra’s disclosure threshold of $1,000.
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