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Podcast: CoinDesk Podcast Network
Episode: Trump's Impact on Crypto Markets and the Search for a New Crypto Catalyst in 2026
Description: Le Shi of Auros discusses how global macro factors and US political headlines are driving the current crypto market regime.
Auros Hong Kong Managing Director, Le Shi, joins CoinDesk Live to discuss the tightening convergence between crypto and global macro factors. He breaks down how political headlines from Trump’s tariff threats to Fed chair nominations are now driving bitcoin. Shi suggests that as the US midterms approach, political incentives to cut rates and boost the economy could provide the necessary catalyst to pull the crypto market out of its current choppy regime.
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