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2024 US Election Live Blog: Tracking Election Results, Extremism and Disinformation
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2024 US Election Live Blog: Tracking Election Results, Extremism and Disinformation

More reactions are coming from the tech industry as the US wakes up.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos congratulated Trump on “an extraordinary political comeback and decisive victory.”

“No nation has greater opportunities,” he said. “I wish @realDonaldTrump all the best in leading and uniting the America we all love.”

Bezos, who also owns the Washington Post, faced criticism last week after it appear the paper’s decision not to endorse a Presidential candidate this year.

Cameron Winklevoss, co-founder of the exchange Twinsreflected the upbeat mood within the crypto industry this morning. In his campaign, Trump described his plan to accelerate crypto growth and turn the US into a crypto mining powerhouse.

“Imagine how much we will accomplish in the next 4 years, now that the crypto industry will no longer be hemorrhaging billions of dollars in legal fees to fight the SEC and will instead invest that money in building the future of money,” he said he. “Amazing awaits you.”

The CEO of betting platform Polymarket described the result as a vindication of its business model. “Polymarket single-handedly called the election before anything else,” Shayne Coplan said. He claimed that the Trump team found out they were winning from Polymarket.

Marc Andreessen, general partner at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, also expressed optimism. “It’s time to build,” he saidechoing an earlier statement made by Elon Musk.