Bitcoin Surges 1% as Donald Trump and Joe Biden Skip Crypto Discussions in Their First 2024 Presidential Debate

Bitcoin has surged more than one percent and is trying to reclaim the $62k levels. The price briefly surged beyond the $62k levels.

The first 2024 presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump took place today, and it was a heated affair. The candidates clashed over a wide range of topics, including abortion policies, inflation, and the global conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza. At one point, both sides hurled nasty accusations at each other.

However, despite the high stakes of the debate, there was no mention of cryptocurrency by either candidate. This absence of discussion disappointed some crypto enthusiasts, who had been hoping for a mention of Bitcoin or other digital assets.

But to everyone’s surprise, the market has painted a green picture and Bitcoin and most altcoins have drifted into the green zones. Bitcoin has surged more than one percent and is trying to reclaim the $62k levels. The price briefly surged beyond the $62k levels. Talking about altcoins, Solana emerged as the biggest winner with more than seven percent gains. Avalanche and Polkadot also registered similar gains. Kaspa has surged more than 24 percent in the last 24 hours. Ethereum has also shown some upward trajectory and is trading close to the $3500 levels.

Social media platform X was flooded with opinions about the debate, and some analysts were already predicting what would happen next. According to Satoshi Flipper, “A Trump victory would send the SP500 to 6000 and $BTC to $250k IMO and it’s going to happen. America will never forgive the Biden administration for the terror their border polices have caused American families. And the crypto population of 100M will never forgive Gary Gensler for shitting on us for 4 years. Biden doesn’t have a prayer vs Trump.”

However, MAGA (Trump) coin is down by more than 14 percent in the last 24 hours.

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