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U.S. Presidential Candidates Chat About Crypto, Target Federal Regulators

The three aspiring presidents touched on many of the same pro-crypto points at a Coinbase-linked crypto advocacy event.

A former politician speaks at a crypto industry event run by the Coinbase-backed Stand with Crypto Alliance on Dec. 11. (NIK de / CoinDesk)

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Vivek Ramaswamy Discusses Crypto Policy Changes If Elected President

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy joins the first bipartisan crypto presidential forum organized by the Stand with Crypto Alliance at St. Anselm College in Manchester, NH. Ramaswamy shares insights on what he would do differently if elected as U.S. president when it comes to policies that would shape the digital asset sector.

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Binance, SBF, ETH and Gensler Get Mentions at Republican Presidential Debate

Republican leadership contender Vivek Ramaswamy got the first crypto question.

Vivek Ramaswamy co-founded Strive Asset Management (Frederick Munawa)

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Why Presidential Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy Is So Pro-Crypto

The GOP presidential candidate also talks about how pegging the dollar to a basket of commodities that could eventually include Bitcoin would help the U.S. economy, and why he hates the idea of a CBDC.

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BlackRock Files Ether ETF Prospectus; Vivek Ramaswamy Proposes New Crypto Rules

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the hottest crypto headlines today, including BlackRock filing an S-1 form with the SEC for its iShares Ethereum Trust, a spot ether ETF. Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy discusses his new crypto policy framework with CoinDesk South Korean pension fund National Pension Service (NPS) bought nearly $20 million worth of Coinbase (COIN) shares. And, Dogecoin heads to the moon.

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Vivek Ramaswamy Explains Why Current Crypto Rules Are a 'Failure'

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy joins CoinDesk TV to discuss his crypto policy framework, along with his thoughts on the current state of crypto regulation in the U.S. Ramaswamy weighs in on whether the Howey Test, which helps determine if a crypto asset is a commodity or a security, is the right tool to be using. "My view is that most forms of cryptocurrency should be in the category of commodities, not securities," Ramaswamy said.

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Vivek Ramaswamy Wants to Address the 'Toxic Regulation Enforcement Action' in Crypto

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy discusses his new crypto policy framework called the "Three Freedoms of Crypto" and what would change if he is elected President. "The wet blanket on American innovation isn't even Congress, it's the regulatory state that's making up its own rules," Ramaswamy said. "We'll rescind all of those unconstitutional federal regulations."

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Ramaswamy Shares Crypto Plan, Making Him the Only GOP Candidate Who Has One

The 2024 U.S. presidential candidate would fire most of the SEC, direct the government to back off crypto software developers and ease a path for digital assets as commodities.

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has shared his plan for how he'd deal with crypto. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

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Republican Presidential Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy Reveals Crypto Policy Framework

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy joins CoinDesk TV to discuss his crypto policy framework called the "Three Freedoms of Crypto." The political newcomer, who is a former biotech executive, says the new proposals will unshackle American innovators from the administrative state. The plan focuses on objectives including developers not being prosecuted for their code, self-hosted wallets not being banned and projects having freedom from regulatory overreach.

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Opinion

Vote if You Want, but Remember 'Cypherpunks Write Code'

Presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy's unfinished crypto mandate shows the hollowness of crypto as a political concern.

The New York Department of Financial Services is concerned about token delistings disrupting markets. (Gilbert Ortega/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)