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VanEck Research Director: Scott Bessent Could Be the First Crypto-Friendly U.S. Treasury Secretary

Matthew Sigel, head of digital asset research at VanEck, said on the X platform that Scott Bessent, Trump's economic advisor on Polymarket, has a 55% chance of being elected as the Trump administration's Treasury secretary, making him the first U.S. Treasury secretary to support cryptocurrencies.