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US Congresswoman Reveals She Bought Ether and Litecoin Last Year
Hawaiian Representative Tulsi Gabbard bought more than $1,000 each of ethereum and litecoin last December, according to a public filing.
By Nikhilesh De
Updated Sep 13, 2021, 8:18 a.m. Published Aug 22, 2018, 5:48 p.m.
U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii bought litecoin and ether late last year, a recently-published financial disclosure shows.
In a Financial Disclosure Report filed on August 14, Gabbard revealed that she bought more than $1,000 in ethereum and litecoin last December. The specific amounts of each token that she bought were not disclosed, though the form noted that her holdings for each are between $1,001 and $15,000 under the "Assets and 'Unearned' Income" category.
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Both ethereum and litecoin also appeared under the "Transactions" category, confirming that she bought the tokens on Dec. 12, 2017. Ethereum's price reached a high of $659 and a low of $526 on that day, according to data from CoinMarketCap. At press time, it was trading at roughly $278.
Similarly, litecoin traded at a low of $230 and a high of $339 on that day, while trading at $55 as of press time.
Gabbard's disclosure noted that she did not make capital gains greater than $200 on either token.
She joins Virginia Representative Robert Goodlatte in owning cryptocurrencies, who revealed in a similar filing that he had bought bitcoin, bitcoin cash and ethereum. In his filing, Goodlatte stated that he bought between $1,001 and $15,000 in bitcoin cash and ethereum, and more than $15,000 in bitcoin.
Goodlatte declared no income from his cryptocurrency holdings.
A request for comment to Gabbard's office was not immediately returned.
Hat tip Neeraj Agrawal
Tulsi Gabbard image via Lorie Shaull / Flickr
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