NASHVILLE – Former President Donald Trump spoke on the Bitcoin 2024 convention in Nashville on Saturday and promised to make the US the world’s cryptocurrency superpower.
Individuals lined the streets of Tennessee’s capital to greet the president’s motorcade whereas extra individuals waited in line inside Music Metropolis Middle to listen to the previous president converse.
“This afternoon, I am laying out my plan to make sure that the US would be the crypto capital of the planet,” he stated, including, “Bitcoin stands for freedom, sovereignty and independence from authorities.”
Trump additionally blasted Democrats’ unfair “focusing on” of cryptocurrencies and vowed to fireside Securities and Alternate Fee Chairman Gary Gensler “on day one.” Gensler has criticized bitcoin, saying the cryptocurrency is “rife with fraud” and that police have cracked down extra on cryptocurrencies.
Trump has promised to nominate a Bitcoin and Crypto Advisory Council on the primary day of his new time period.
The Bitcoin 2024 convention drew an estimated 20,000 individuals over the weekend, together with many Trump supporters as impartial presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Kennedy spoke on the convention on Friday.
Vice President Kamala Harris, who’s the Democratic nominee, was additionally stated to be talking on the conference, however didn’t. The Harris marketing campaign has reportedly reached out to billionaire Mark Cuban with questions on cryptocurrencies as he prepares for his presidential marketing campaign.
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“I am getting a number of questions from his camp about crypto,” Cuban stated. “So I take that as a very good signal.”
Different political figures additionally spoke on the convention, together with Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.
A number of bitcoin lovers on the convention instructed The Every day Wire they have been excited to listen to Trump’s speech and hope he pushes for a strategic reserve of bitcoin if elected president.
Saturday’s speech was Trump’s strongest assertion but in help of cryptocurrency. Earlier this yr, his marketing campaign started accepting donations in cryptocurrency.
