Deputy Secretary of Finance, Wally Adeyemo, Kamala Harris According to Fox News reporter Eleanor Terrett, former Chief of Staff Christine Lucius attended a cryptocurrency conference hosted by Rep. Ro Khanna on August 8.
White House counsel Anita Dunn, national economic adviser Lael Brainard and deputy chief of staff Bruce Reed were scheduled to attend, but Terrett said Dunn was absent despite having previously attended a similar meeting.
Billionaire investor Mark Cuban and Silicon Valley “super angel” investor Ron Conway attended the meeting, along with other unnamed industry leaders.
Further details of the meeting had not been released at the time of writing, and the reported participants have yet to make any official statements on the matter.
The meeting is part of a broader effort to make Harris' campaign more crypto-friendly. Democrats have launched a new advocacy group called “Crypto for Harris” to counter former President Donald Trump's growing influence in the industry.
The group plans to hold a virtual town hall meeting next week, with Cuba and Skybridge Capital Founder Anthony Scaramucci. Several Democratic lawmakers are also expected to attend.
Jonathan Padilla, CEO of Web3 marketing company Snickerdoodle and one of the organizers of Crypto for Harris, said:
“The United States must remain a leader in blockchain and cryptocurrency, and groups like Crypto for Harris are working hard to ensure the right policies and dialogue are in place to ensure that outcome.”
The event is aimed at presenting Harris as a pro-crypto candidate and countering Trump's efforts to garner support from the crypto community, including the addition of former crypto advisors David Plouffe and Gene Sperling to Harris' campaign.
Since May, President Trump has continued to speak out in support of cryptocurrencies. He opened Since then, US presidential candidates have solicited Bitcoin (BTC) donations for their campaigns. I vowed to end it The current administration's fight against cryptocurrencies Doubled Regarding these claims.
In addition, he promised If elected at this year's Bitcoin Conference in Nashville, he would fire SEC Chairman Gary Gensler on his first day and make the United States a Bitcoin “superpower.”
On July 16, the Polygon-based prediction market PolyMarket gave Trump a 72% chance of winning the election, but it has been trending downward since then. At the time of writing, Harris and Trump are both tied at 49% probability.
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