In 2022, when Pierre Poilievre was a Conservative leadership candidate, he said he’d make Canada the crypto capital of the world. According to him, the Bank of Canada was “ruining” the Canadian dollar, printing money and ramping up inflation to fund COVID-19 relief. His solution? Give Canadians crypto as an alternative currency. This wasn’t his only pitch to crypto believers: he appeared on crypto podcasts and even paid for shawarma with bitcoin in London, Ontario.

Then came the crypto winter of 2022. Cryptocurrency values tanked, and Poilievre’s public enthusiasm waned. But industry and political insiders believe that his private enthusiasm remains strong.

After all, a lot has changed since the crypto winter. The value of cryptocurrency has rebounded. Donald Trump recently signed an executive........

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