Coinbase announces crypto-themed US presidential platform
The “Stand With Crypto” campaign launched by cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase plans to bring together candidates for the 2024 United States presidential election to discuss blockchain technology and digital assets.
According to its website as of December 4, Stand With Crypto has confirmed that Republican candidates Asa Hutchinson and Vivek Ramaswamy, as well as Democratic candidate Dean Phillips, will appear in New Hampshire on December 11 on issues related to digital assets. The invited candidates include former President Donald Trump, independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Republicans Doug Bergham, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis and Chris Christie.
“This unique opportunity allows you to hear from each presidential candidate and gives the candidates a place to speak to the crypto and blockchain community in New Hampshire,” said Stand With Crypto. “The topics are not limited to crypto-specific issues. Instead, this forum is designed to allow candidates to engage the crypto and blockchain community on various policies ahead of the New Hampshire primary.
We are excited to announce the first ever Crypto Presidential Forum!
Join us in New Hampshire to hear directly from the candidates about their positions on crypto policy and many other topics. Audience members can submit questions.
Local leaders will also be… pic.twitter.com/B5fqd5TlfE
— Stand With Crypto️ (@standwithcrypto) December 1, 2023
On January 23, New Hampshire will hold one of the first primaries for the 2024 US presidential election, giving many voters and political pundits a first look at how the election will play out in November. US President Joe Biden, who is not listed as “confirmed” or “invited” on the event's website, is expected to be the Democratic Party nominee. To date, Trump has never appeared in any Republican Party debate before the 2024 election.
At the time of publication, polls indicated that President Biden was more likely to face Trump in 2024, with the former president leading by double digits over DeSantis, Haley and Ramaswamy — roughly 58% to 5%-13%. In the year A November 1 Quinnipiac poll showed Kennedy Jr. — once widely considered the front-runner for the Democratic nomination — at 22 percent in a three-way race against Trump and President Biden.
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It's unclear whether the Dec. 11 forum, nearly a month before the primary, will shift voters' attention to crypto. Candidates including Kennedy Jr. and Ramaswamy have made digital assets one of the key issues in their campaigns, but frontrunners Biden and Trump have not spoken publicly on crypto and blockchain.
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