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Independent US presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr spoke at the BTC 2024 conference, showing his support for the largest cryptocurrency. This ties into the crypto narrative taking center stage in the build-up to this year’s presidential election. “I am a huge supporter of Bitcoin. I have most of my wealth in Bitcoin. I am fully committed,” said RFK Jr in his speech. Donald Trump, the Republican candidate for this year’s election, has also shown tremendous support for the asset. He is...

The recent exit of President Joe Biden from the 2024 presidential race has sparked a significant rise in the value of a meme coin dedicated to Vice President Kamala Harris. The coin, known as KAMA, soared to an all-time high of $0.025 shortly after Biden’s announcement. Currently, KAMA is trading at $0.01741, with a market cap of $24 million. This increase has made KAMA nearly four times larger than BODEN, the meme coin initially inspired by Biden. On the other hand, BODEN has dropped nearly...

Data supplied by Coinglass, a globally renowned platform for crypto data analysis, has shown that the crypto liquidity surged by 150% since President Biden announced that he’s stepping down in the presidential race. Vice President Kamala Harris was chosen as the replacement, but that didn’t change anything as the crypto market experienced a small downward momentum. Statistics Show That Bitcoin Leads the Chart According to Coinglass, Bitcoin sat atop the charts with $49.5 million in...

US President Joe Biden has stepped down from the 2024 presidential race. Biden has endorsed his vice president, Kamala Harris, to step in and go head-to-head with the Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump. Although Biden did not mention the reasons behind his decision, he stated in a release, “While it is my intention to seek re-election, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for...

The FTX saga continues, and this time, Sam Bankman-Fried’s family is involved in committing crimes related to illegal political financing in the US. A WSJ exposé revealed that SBF’s entire family was in on misappropriating FTX customer funds, and their misdeeds are well-documented through email chains the family members were involved in. Those funds witnessed alleged use in influencing the 2022 elections. The legal implications can affect SBF’s father, Joe Bankman, his mother, Barbara Fried,...

Sam Bankman-Fried – crypto billionaire and head executive of FTX, one of the largest (and newest) digital currency platforms in the world – is spending millions of dollars on this year’s midterm elections. He has stated in recent interviews that he expects to spend more than $100 million, though people shouldn’t be surprised if he spends up to a billion. Sam Bankman-Fried: How Much Will He Spend? At the time of writing, Bankman-Fried has a net worth estimated to exceed...

Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas is the latest politician to enter the bitcoin space. Not long ago, Cruz bought the dip that bitcoin was experiencing and purchased roughly $50,000 worth of the world’s most popular digital currency. Ted Cruz Has Jumped on the BTC Train Cruz has long been a serious bitcoin advocate, and thus traders should consider him a friend and ally against Biden’s disastrous digital currency tactics and would-be regulations. Cruz was one of...

If anyone is interested in starting their own major crypto company somewhere, they should probably look at how Coinbase operates. The exchange is one of the largest trading platforms in the United States, and while that’s certainly important, the company appears to have its head on straight when it comes to all the distractions of the outside world.Brian Armstrong States How Coinbase Will Move in the FutureIn a blog post published on Sunday by CEO Brian Armstrong, Coinbase mentioned that it...

Many more congressional and political candidates have turned to accepting bitcoin as a means of support for their campaigns. While they’re always open to cash donations, bitcoin has become something of a norm for many people running for office. The reason: because bitcoin is not controlled by banks. It is not recognized as legitimate money by many financial institutions, and thus provides anonymity and other benefits to both the sender and the receiver.Running for Office? Considering Bitcoin...

According to a report out of The Logic, the Bank of Canada is preparing to run the gauntlet and potentially launch its own digital currency in the near future. Journalists secured access to a presentation dubbed “Central Bank Money: The Next Generation”. The paper was prepared for the central bank’s board of directors and its governor Stephen Poloz. If launched, the digital currency would work hand in hand with physical cash. The bank, however, plans to eventually scrap physical trading...