Former United States President Donald Trump and the leading Republican candidate for November’s election said he has "fun" with crypto but doesn’t trade it.

“Well, it's taken [on] its own life,” Trump said in an interview on CNBC this morning when asked about his thoughts on crypto. “You know, I do little things sometimes for fun and, you know, make money with it and have fun with it, too.”

Trump went on to say he sometimes lets people pay him in bitcoin, adding that it’s “an additional form of currency.”  

The presidential candidate appears to be softening his stance on bitcoin and the broader crypto market, having previously declared that "it just seems like a scam" in 2021. His latest remarks also echoed comments at a town hall event on Fox News in February, where Trump …