Trump hails crypto at largest bitcoin conference
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump promised to make America the world leader in bitcoin and other digital currencies if elected, likening the crypto-verse to “the steel industry of 100 years ago.”
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump promised to make America the world leader in bitcoin and other digital currencies if elected, likening the crypto-verse to “the steel industry of 100 years ago.”
Speaking at the annual Bitcoin Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, to a standing-room-only crowd, Trump promised to ensure America becomes “the crypto capital of the planet and bitcoin superpower of the world.”
Trump painted himself as a crypto advocate in contrast to the Biden administration and other Democrats, who he said had proven unfriendly to their cause.
Trump said — to rapturous applause from the Nashville crowd — that if elected, he would fire current Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler, whom the crypto world has come to view as its chief opponent in government due to his agency’s rulings on digital tokens and lawsuits against bitcoin exchanges.
“I will appoint an SEC chair who will build the future, not block the future,” Trump said.
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