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Half of US Voters Reportedly Support Pro- Bitcoin and Crypto Policies

Half of all US voters support “pro-crypto” policies according to a research report released by ConsenSys. Consensys, and global market research and data analytics technology group, HarrisX, unveiled a research study on US voters’ views on the current blockchain and crypto landscape as it “relates… Read More

VP Kamala Harris Must Add Substance to Platitudes to Woo Crypto Voters: Kravchunovsky

Vice President Kamala Harris needs to add some meat to the bones if she wants to woo cryptocurrency adherents with her words, Chirp founder and CEO Tim Kravchunovsky said this week. Chirp is a decentralized telecommunications network. Kravchunovsky made the comments after a speech the… Read More

Democrat Platform Does Not Support Digital Asset Innovation, Crypto. No Mention of Fintech but Heavy on Higher Taxes

Perhaps it was a head fake? Recently, it was reported that the Democrat Party was attempting to repair the bridges destroyed by the Biden Administration regarding digital asset innovation and the entrepreneurs in this industry. President Joe Biden has been determinably anti-crypto, thus driving this sector… Read More

Trump’s Crypto Stance Has Harris Playing Defense: deVere Group CEO Green

deVere Group CEO Nigel Green said this week that Donald Trump’s keynote address at the 2024 Nashville Bitcoin Conference could force Kamala Harris to finally embrace the crypto industry or risk her campaign’s failure. Green made the comments following Trump’s speech at a Nashville cryptocurrency… Read More

Vice President Kamala Harris Aims to Improve Crypto Relations as Trump Gains Backing of Digital Asset Innovators

Digital asset firms have vocally supported the candidacy of former President Donald Trump. The Biden Administration has long been hostile towards crypto, with SEC Chairman Gary Gensler leading the charge of undermining this sector of Fintech, choosing to regulate crypto by enforcement. This means that… Read More

Donald Trump, Republicans Expected to Chase Votes and Funding from Crypto Firms at Bitcoin 2024 Conference

Republican nominee and ex- U.S. President Donald Trump had once referred to cryptocurrencies as a “scam.” But now, Donald Trump will be speaking at an event on Saturday, the last day of the three-day Bitcoin 2024 convention in Nashville. Republican former candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, Senator… Read More

Senator JD Vance is an Investor in Bitcoin

Senator JD Vance is an investor in crypto, specifically Bitcoin. This week, Vance was announced as former President Donald Trump’s running mate, so he could potentially become the Vice President of the US if Trump wins the election. According to a report in Barrons, Vance… Read More

McHenry Slams President Biden for Vetoing Congressional Resolution Challenging the SEC’s Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121

Congressman Patrick McHenry took to the floor of the House today to criticize the actions of President Joe Biden regarding his veto of HJ Res. 109 as well as the inability of FIT21 – digital asset legislation – to become law. McHenry noted that HJ… Read More

GOP Platform: Trump to Support Crypto, Halt CBDCs, Champion AI Innovation

Beyond some of the most vocal policies currently being promoted by former President Donald Trump, the 2024 GOP platform promises to “Make America Great Again” while supporting innovation in the US. As part of the innovation initiative, crypto gets a shout-out—something diametrically opposed to the… Read More

Crypto Bro Tyler Winklevoss Donates $1 Million in Bitcoin to Donald Trump

Tyler Winklevoss, founder of crypto platform Gemini, stated on X this week that he was supporting former President Donald Trump in his run for the White House. Winklevoss donated $1 million in Bitcoin to the Trump campaign as the “Biden Administration has openly declared war… Read More

Former President Donald Trump No Fan of a CBDC

Donald Trump touched on the topic of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDCs) recently, and he is no fan of the concept. A digital dollar is being discussed at the US Federal Reserve and on  Capitol Hill in general. The Fed has been partnering with MIT… Read More

Stripe Reportedly Will No Longer Process Payments for the President Trump’s Campaign Website Following Capitol Building Incident

  Following the tragic event at the Capitol Building last Wednesday, U.S.-based fintech Stripe has reportedly stopped processing payments for President Donald Trump’s campaign website. According to WSJ, a source close to the situation stated that Stripe is cutting off the campaign account for violating… Read More

President Trump Signs Executive Order to Ban US Transactions with Chinese Fintech Apps like Alipay, Tencent’s Digital Wallets

US President Donald Trump has signed an order that aims to place a ban on US transactions with eight major Chinese apps – which reportedly includes Ant Group’s Alipay and Tencent Holdings’ online wallets. Notably, this order has arrived just days before the Trump administration… Read More

Former President Trump Advisor Jason Greenblatt Joins OurCrowd as a Partner, Aims to Build Ties in Middle East Region

Following a well-received presentation at the OurCrowd Global Investor Summit held earlier this month, Jason Greenblatt, a former advisor to President Donald Trump, is joining the crowdfunding platform as a Partner building ties in the Middle East region. Greenblatt was previously an Assistant to the… Read More

Comments on President Trump’s Tweets on Bitcoin & Libra: “Mr. Trump appears confused by what a currency is”

Crowdfund Insider has received multiple comments on President Trump’s latest policy by Twitter approach to governing the US and his thoughts on cryptocurrency. As was previously reported, President Trump is no fan of Facebook’s Libra, as well as other cryptos. Trump believes that Facebook needs… Read More

President Trump Tweets About Bitcoin & Facebook’s Libra: “We only have one real currency in the USA … It is called the United States Dollar!”

President Trump has shared his perspective on crypto, and, more specifically, Bitcoin and Facebook’s stablecoin Libra. In a series of tweets yesterday, Trump professed his commitment to a strong US dollar and his disdain for the virtual currencies. Trump said we only have one real… Read More

What Does Control of the House by Democrats Mean for Fintech Innovation & Small Business in General?

Washington DC Capitol At Night Red Light

Yesterday, mid-term elections took place in the US and while the Republicans maintained control of the Senate, the House of Representatives moved over to the Democrats. This split government means that an already divisive, and at times excessively acrimonious, political environment will get even more… Read More

President Trump: It’s High Time for a few More Tweets to SEC Chairman Jay Clayton

President Trump:  It’s High Time for a few More Tweets to SEC Chairman Jay Clayton Any good litigator can tell you that the difference between success and failure is often the ability to ask the right questions – at the right times – and asking… Read More

SEC Chair Jay Clayton Comments on New Presidential Task Force on Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud, Points to Risk of Initial Coin Offerings

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Jay Clayton has posted remarks on the establishment of the “Task Force on Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud.” The Task Force was announced today as an Executive Action by President Donald Trump. Clayton said he believes “cyber threats present some of… Read More

Cambridge Analytica Director Visited Julian Assange, Donated Crypto to Wikileaks

The Guardian Newspaper has reported that Brittany Kaiser, a director at Cambridge Analytica, a data firm tied to election interference across the globe, told friends that she visited Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in February 2017 to discuss the outcome of the 2016 US… Read More

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