The battleground, at least for the foreseeable future, is pretty clear, and it’s clear that accumulating political power is not just a side project but an existential mission for the crypto industry. “We decided that we needed to influence the electoral component of politics,” said Justin Slaughter, policy director at Blockchain. paradigmLecture Reboot 2024“Because it’s not a policy issue, it’s a politics issue,” he said in a politically focused speech at a technology conference in San Francisco.
“Silicon Valley is politically awake, recognizes the stakes, and is fighting to win,” the conference website states, and speakers include: Gary Tan And Kevin Roberts of the Heritage Foundation has pledged to implement “Project 2028” if Harris wins.
“An ideological element connects the crypto industry and its founders to the party itself: we support freedom and liberty, and we fully support the option to use money to gain independence and freedom,” Anderson said. Speaking on the panel “The New Politics of Cryptocurrency” “So I think the origins of this industry align very well with the Republican Party, and in a lot of ways, that’s been common cause this year.”