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During Monday’s Republican National Convention, Donald Trump announced his vice president running mate, JD Vance. After ‘lengthy deliberation and thought,’ the Republican senator and bitcoin investor beat a large number of contenders including Greg Abbott, Tim Scott, Doug Burgum, Tom Cotton, Marco Rubio, Elise Stefanik, and Vivek Ramaswamy. Vance won his 2022 Ohio state primary on a pro-crypto platform and has maintained a pro-crypto stance for years.  He has also owned and supported Bitcoin while opposing heightened surveillance and tax reporting requirements from crypto companies. Specifically, he disclosed owning between $100,001-250,000 worth of bitcoin on Coinbase during the 2022 calendar year. Moreover, Politico recently reported that he was working on a crypto legislative overhaul similar to the House of Representatives’ FIT21 bill . While Vance has been supportive of Bitcoin , he’s been equally critical of the Gary Gensler-led US Securities and Exchange C...

Reform UK candidate David White, who claimed to be the ‘co-founder’ of a scheme later described as a ​​’Dubai-based crypto Ponzi,’ has failed in his bid to win the South Barnsley seat in the UK’s general election. White failed to become an MP for his constituency after only gaining 11,651 votes. Labour candidate Stephanie Peacock won the constituency with 16,399 votes. White did, however, finish ahead of the other candidates by around 8,000 votes. The South Barnsley councilor had previously endorsed the BuddyX crypto marketing scheme at a conference in Thailand. He was filmed claiming to be the head of business for the UK and EU and introduced as BuddyX’s co-founder. He also featured in several YouTube videos promoting the project. Reform UK candidate David White presenting at the ‘Buddy Achievers Conclave,’ conference in August 2023. Reform UK denies he held any such roles at the BuddyX scheme, claiming, “[BuddyX] paid for him to go present in Thailand… He had ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. currently holds between $100,000 and $250,000 in bitcoin , according to financial records . America’s next potential president is a bitcoiner  Kennedy, who is running as a Democratic candidate for president of the United States, has been a vocal supporter of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology and has gone as far as accepting campaign donations in bitcoin (BTC).  The 69-year-old politician and environmental lawyer has publicly stated that despite his positive sentiment toward blockchain, he is “not an investor” in the crypto market. However, his claims appear to contradict the information from a financial disclosure report he filed on June 30. You might also like: Senators Lummis and Gillibrand set to present crypto bill in Congress, again According to the filing, RFK Jr. owns between $100,000 to $250,000 of bitcoin in a brokerage account. The report did not specify when it was purchased or how much was initially spent on...