Donald ***** promised to halt the anti-crypto policies of US President Joe ***** and SEC chair Gary Gensler within an hour of taking office if he is re-elected, Reuters said on June 7.
Palantir adviser Jacob Helberg recounted *****’s statements during a June 6 San Francisco fundraiser, referring to *****’s target as the “*****-Gensler crusade against crypto.”
***** also described himself as a “crypto president” at the event, according to tech executive and former ***** ambassador to Austria Trevor Traina.
Republican National Committeewoman Harmeet Dhillon said that ***** called crypto important and declared his support for the sector but did not outline a specific crypto policy.
He also spoke about Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren’s campaign against crypto.
Venture capitalists David Sacks and Chamath Palihapitiya hosted the ***** fundraiser, which raised $12 million. Gemini co-founders Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss and unidentified Coinbase executives reportedly attended the event as well.
***** and crypto
***** has long held a critical stance on crypto but recently began to warm to it. In February, he acknowledged the need for regulation but noted that people are embracing Bitcoin and using it in payments. He conceded that he can “live with it one way or the other.”
In March, ***** said that he does not intend to stop people from using crypto.
He began to express an even stronger pro-crypto stance at a May 8 Mar-a-Lago event, where he criticized the ***** administration’s policies and said that anyone in favor of crypto had “better vote” for him. *****’s campaign began to accept crypto donations on May 21, fulfilling a promise from the event.
The shift in *****’s stance is reflected across the US political landscape as crypto becomes an increasingly important issue among voters. Recent surveys found that more than 20% of Americans have owned crypto and consider it a key issue.
The ***** administration reportedly began to create a crypto outreach effort around the time of *****’s crypto push. The SEC’s stance on spot Ethereum ETFs also began to shift last month, reversing previously expected denials and culminating in May 23 approvals.
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