VP Kamala Harris promises to support crypto regulatory framework

• Vice
  President
  Kamala
  Harris
  continues
  to
  embrace
  crypto
  with
  “Opportunity
  Agenda”
  speech
• During
  her
  campaign
  trail,
  Harris
  hasn’t
  said
  much
  about
  crypto
• Harris
  said
  she
  wants
  black
  men
  “who
  hold
  digital
  assets
  to
  benefit
  from
  financial
  innovation”

US
Vice
President
and
Democratic
presidential
nominee
Kamala
Harris
has
announced
she
will
support
a
“regulatory
framework
for
cryptocurrency
and
other
digital
assets”
as
part
of
her
“Opportunity
Agenda.”

Speaking
to
a
group
of
black
entrepreneurs
in
Erie,
Pennsylvania
as
part
of
Harris’
campaign
trail,
her

agenda
forms
part
of
a
broader
speech
to
boost
voter
support
for
Harris
among
black
men.

In
her
agenda,
it
said
Harris
wants
black
men
“who
hold
digital
assets
to
benefit
from
financial
innovation,”
adding:

“Vice
President
Harris
knows
that
more
than
20%
of
Black
Americans
own
or
have
owned
cryptocurrency
assets,
which
is
why
her
plans
will
ensure
owners
of
and
investors
in
digital
assets
benefit
from
a
regulatory
framework
so
that
Black
men
and
others
who
participate
in
this
market
are
protected.”

This
agenda
from
the
Harris
presidential
team
adds
to
the
vice
president’s
latest
comments
on
crypto,
which
have
become
a
recurring
topic
during
the
2024
campaign
trail.

Increased
crypto
support

In
September,

Kamala
Harris
made,
what
are
believed
to
be,
her
first
crypto-positive
remarks
during
a
New
York
fundraiser.

During
her
comments
Harris
promised
that,
if
elected,
she
would
help

grow
investment
in
artificial
intelligence
and
crypto,
adding:

“We
will
encourage
innovative
technologies
like
AI
and
digital
assets,
while
protecting
our
consumers
and
investors.”

Harris’s
comments
come
as
presidential
rival

Donald
Trump
is
increasing
his
support
of
the
crypto
industry.

Earlier
in
September,
Trump
–
who
said
he
wants
to
make
America
the
“crypto
capital
of
the
planet”
–
became
the
first
US
president
to
use
the
Bitcoin
network
after

sending
a
Bitcoin
transaction
at
PubKey,
a
crypto-themed
bar
in
New
York
ahead
of
his
campaign
rally
in
Long
Island.