The rise of the bitcoin voter
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage The cryptocurrency sector is continuously attempting to sell us new products. This election season, a new political group allegedly eager to support all things pro-crypto is emerging: the bitcoin voter. Coinbase, a cryptocurrency trading platform with more than 100 million users worldwide, has launched its own voter registration initiative and is ranking candidates on their friendliness toward crypto issues. The Crypto Council for Innovation, a pro-crypto trade group that represents platforms like Fidelity and Gemini, purportedly published data last Wednesday purporting to indicate that one in seven voters “hold crypto and say that they are ready to vote for pro-crypto candidates.” In an effort to prove their expertise in the cryptocurrency space, a small but rising number of political campaigns have begun accepting bitcoin donations. All of this is done to support the idea that there might one...