Crypto for Kamala: $100K fundraiser planned for VP amid friendlier stance
Although many expect the current United States Vice President and presidential hopeful Kamala Harris to continue the anti-cryptocurrency stance of the incumbent President, Joe Biden, it seems that animosities are going down, as evident in the planned fundraiser by certain members of the crypto community. Specifically, crypto investors and industry executives calling on Harris to pursue a softer regulatory stance on the crypto sector are planning to raise over $100,000 for her at a September 13 Washington fundraiser, according to a Reuters report published on August 30. Why (some) crypto execs support Harris As Cleve Mesidor, executive director of the Blockchain Foundation and one of the fundraiser organizers alongside Tiffany Smith, co-chair of the Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Working Group at law firm WilmerHale, and Rahilla Zafar, a crypto founder with experience in artificial intelligence (AI), explained: ...