Bitcoin Conference: Trump and RFK Both Take Strong Pro-Coiner Positions

Trump has previously denounced Bitcoin.

But he’ll take your support.

Maybe he changed his mind.

He does that a lot.

New York Post:

Donald Trump headlined the world’s largest cryptocurrency conference Saturday, a strategic move aimed at positioning himself as the presidential candidate who will help the embattled industry avoid overreaching federal scrutiny.

While speaking to more than 10,000 people at the 2024 Bitcoin Conference in Nashville, the Republican presidential nominee vowed the “United States will be the crypto capital of the planet and the Bitcoin superpower of the world” if he’s elected to a second White House term.

“If Bitcoin is going to the Moon — as we say — it’s going to the Moon, I want America to be the nation that leads the way,” said Trump, insisting the digital currency’s value could surpass that of gold under his leadership.

Trump also promised to end what he called President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ “war on crypto” — and to fire Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler, who’s leading a regulatory crackdown on digital currency.

Trump also pledged to appoint a Bitcoin and crypto presidential advisory council to regulate the industry — but under new rules written by people “who love the industry” and want to help it grow.

RFK has always been big on coins.

Was never a no-coiner, that Kennedy lad.

New York Post:

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. received a warm welcome Friday as he courted voters at the Bitcoin Conference, the cryptocurrency industry’s prime event — the day before former President Donald Trump gives the keynote address.

I will end the Biden administration’s war on Bitcoin,” the former Democratic candidate declared. He earned more cheers from the crowd when he pitched policies: He wants America to build a Bitcoin reserve and make transactions involving the US dollar and Bitcoin non-reportable and not subject to Internal Revenue Service taxes.

Kennedy also took aim at Trump — while he likes the Republican presidential candidate’s current stance on Bitcoin, he notes Trump hasn’t always been supportive and says he’s only “a few weeks into the Bitcoin dialogue.” Kennedy noted he’s invested a good portion of his own personal wealth in cryptocurrency.

I don’t care about elections.

I do care about Bitcoins.

Maybe the one good thing Trump will do, in between starting wars for the Jews, is fix the regulatory mess around Bitcoin.

I kinda doubt it.

But maybe?