Crypto Industry Lobbies Trump and His Allies After Election Wins NYT | Top Stories By: David Yaffe-Bellany, Theodore Schleifer and Erin Griffith 13 November 2024 at 18:02 As Bitcoin soars to record highs, cryptocurrency executives are maneuvering to influence Donald J. Trump’s transition and secure their policy goals. © Doug Mills/The New York TimesDonald J. Trump, at the Bitcoin Conference in Nashville in July, has promised to end the Security and Exchange Commission’s crackdown on the cryptocurrency industry.