The Trump campaign is betting JD Vance can win over millions of voters who own digital currency to vote for them, sources told The Post.
Serious investors in crypto see Ohio senator 39-year old Vance, who has become a prominent figure in Silicon Valley, as someone who will look after their interests and promote digital currency, whereas the Biden administration has taken a more cautious approach, with more proposed regulation of the industry.
“Vance sealed the deal with voters who own crypto,” one source, who asked to remain anonymous, told The Post. “It shows how important the campaign thinks that constituency is.
Vance is the first person on a presidential ticket to own Bitcoin — a fact the campaign believes could mobilize the millions of Americans who own cryptocurrency to vote for the Republican ticket. ALLISON DINNER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
A study by the Pew Research Center published in April concluded 17% of US adults have bought cryptocurrency and the majority of that figure, equivalent to around 40 million people, still own it.
“I think this is the group that decides the election — we drove that home in our conversations with the Trump campaign,” Brandon Green, who plans the Bitcoin 2024 Conference, which Trump will be speaking at later this month said. “This is a no brainer.”
In recent weeks representatives from Bitcoin conference parent company BTC have been speaking with the Trump campaign several times a week, ahead of his appearance at the event later this month in Nashville.
Vance has also expressed interest in speaking at the conference but sources note campaign duties may prevent him from joining.
It’s not just Vance, pictured with Mike Johnson, who has embraced cryptocurrency. The Republican Party updated its platform to say “Republicans Will End Democrats’ Unlawful and unAmerican Crypto Crackdown.” JUSTIN LANE/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Vance is the first candidate on a presidential ticket to own Bitcoin and his past pro-crypto comments help give Trump the ultimate credibility in the crypto…
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