The Bitcoin Conference 2024 will be held in Tennessee, USA from July 25th to 27th. US presidential candidate Donald Trump will deliver a 30-minute speech on the last day of the summit, which is July 27th. speech. Other heavyweights include Cathie Wood, CEO of Ark Investments, and Michael Saylor, founder of MicroStrategy.
Trump uses roundtable as fundraiser?
According to a report by The Block, Trump is asking attendees of an upcoming Bitcoin conference to pay $844,600 to attend a roundtable. The roundtable appears to be a private fundraiser during the conference, where Trump will speak.
In addition to paying nearly a million dollars for the roundtable, individuals can pay $60,000 and couples can pay $100,000 to take photos with Trump. Trump's vice presidential nominee, Ohio Republican Sen. J.D. Vance, will also attend the fundraiser. Only 150 donors will be able to attend the event, after which attendees will receive front-row seats to Trump's Bitcoin speech at the conference.
(Trump chose crypto-friendly Vice President J.D. Vance, who also personally holds Bitcoin)
Crypto industry players are counting on Trump
Since expressing support for Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency industry this year, Trump has continued to strengthen Bitcoin-related rhetoric, in sharp contrast to the Biden team.
Including Gemini founders the Winklevoss brothers, Ark founder Cathie Wood, and Tesla CEO Musk have publicly expressed support for Trump.
Relevant sources said that this conference will attract a large number of cryptocurrency enthusiasts and industry leaders. They are very excited about what specific cryptocurrency policies Trump will mention in his speech. Although Trump has previously been conservative on cryptocurrency, Even criticized many times.
However, Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, is skeptical. He believes that politicians’ “support of cryptocurrency” does not mean that they are “always friendly” and illustrates the phenomenon of politicians changing their stance for the sake of elections. At the same time, I also hope that people can reflect on the original intention of supporting cryptocurrency.
(Profit-seeking currency positions are so easy to get? Vitalik calls on people not to choose a political stance because of their support for cryptocurrencies)
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