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U.S. presidential candidate Ron DeSantis promised to protect bitcoin when announcing his candidacy this week.
DeSantis announced his presidential run on Wednesday in a Twitter space hosted by billionaire Elon Musk.
“As president, we will defend the ability to do things like Bitcoin,” DeSantis said. “I think they are sophisticated, decision-making people.
Regulators such as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission have been pursuing enforcement actions against cryptocurrency companies for the past year, and lawmakers are working on legislation to regulate the sector.
“I think the current administration is clearly going after Bitcoin,” DeSantis said.
DeSantis is also working on issues such as border closures for immigrants, “unconstitutional COVID-19 vaccination mandates” and “an awakened ideology,” he said. website.
Not a fan of CBDC
Notably, the governor of Florida is not the biggest fan of central bank digital currencies.
DeSantis is Specification Earlier this month, the state banned the use of CBDC in what he called a “national first.”
It also bans the use of CBDCs issued by other governments and calls on other states to use commercial law to create similar bans.
“Biden’s central bank digital currency is intended to give the government more control over the finances of its citizens, and we will not allow it. We will not allow the elite to whittle away at our freedom,” DeSantis said. statement May 12.
The Fed is investigating the benefits and risks of a CBDC, but central bank officials said there were no benefits or risks of a CBDC. decision still made.
“If I were president, I would say that we are not developing a central bank digital currency. told Wednesday.
