The Bitcoin boom persists.
The price has not dipped since Donald Trump was elected,
skyrocketing 40 percent in just the past two weeks.
The president-elect vowing to turn the United States into the crypto capital of the planet.
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin have been around for a while now.
And headlines about crypto always have a boom and bust quality.
Overnight billionaires and tech entrepreneurs, scams and collapses on absurd scales.
And it wasn't clear which way the crypto story was headed
because Trump opposed it in his first term.
But now he's made a big turnaround.
Trump has become very pro-crypto,
pushing to change regulations and create a world where crypto plays a much bigger role in Wall Street and in Washington.
All while he and his family stand to profit from crypto investments of their own.
I'm Hannah Rosen, and this week on Radio Atlantic, crypto in the new Trump era.
With so many high-stakes changes coming from the administration,
it's easy to push the crypto story aside.
It's just so many things going on right now,
and people are so excited about some things and so upset by other things.
That's Atlantic staff writer Annie Lowry, who writes about the economy and politics.
And she's here to tell us why we shouldn't lose sight of this one.