In a digital sculpture version, the company MARA Holdings (formerly known as Marathon Digital Holdings) etched the portrait of US President Donald Trump into the Bitcoin network. The action taken today marks the politician’s return to the presidency of the United States, but this time as the first president of that nation to publicly express his support for the most popular digital currency in the world.
The Bitcoin mining company, one of the largest in the world, sculpted the work in Bitcoin block 879613, mined hours before the publication of this note. In his tribute to the American leader, MARA invested 1.2 BTC ($126,000) in commission fee to materialize its support to what the administration of Trump promises, who assumes the presidency of the United States next Monday, January 20.
With its gesture, MARA is demarcating the beginning of a new era in which Bitcoin gains strength in contemporary political discourse, at least this has been made clear with the orange trilogy, as the conjunction of three figures, made up of the Presidents Nayib Bukele of El Salvador, Javier Milei of Argentina and Donald Trump, who redefine how monetary sovereignty is understood in the 21st century.
Now, Bitcoin block 879613 highlights how The digital currency is gaining a crucial place in the global geopolitical landscape. This milestone occurs a few days after the commemoration of the 16th anniversary of the Bitcoin Genesis Block, making a direct nod to the action that Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin, took on January 3, 2009.
At that time, Nakamoto used the front page of the British newspaper The Times on that same day to express the moment and reasons for the birth of Bitcoin. In that first block, Nakmoto wrote the headline: “Chancellor, on the verge of the second bailout for the banks”, which was the result of the 2008 banking crisis. Today, more than a decade after that event, changes are expected to occur in the traditional financial systemnow with the integration of Bitcoin technology.
