Bitcoin Back on the Ballot with Avik Roy - WBD819

Mr Obnoxious

Peter McCormack

Technology, News, Politics, Money, Investing, Finance, Bitcoin

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2024

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Avik Roy is president of the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity think tank and a policy Editor at Forbes. In this interview, we discuss why Trump is supporting Bitcoin & crypto, the power of the growing Bitcoin voter base, and the coming fight with regulators.

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Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/bitcoin-back-on-the-ballot

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0:00.0	If you can enlarge the constituency of people who really, really care about
0:08.8	Bitcoin have a real stake in and who are willing to fight really hard and will vote on that basis, then politicians
0:16.4	are going to realize that alienating or antagonizing that constituency has a greater
0:21.0	cost than going along with what they have to say.
0:24.0	Hello there from Austin, how are you all doing?
0:27.0	I just got a couple more days in and I'm going to be heading out to Oslo for the Oslo Freedom Forum,
0:32.0	big up to my buddy Alice Goldstein,
0:34.0	and it's going to be an amazing event.
0:36.0	Anyway, welcome to the What Bitcoin did podcast, which is brought you by the
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0:45.5	future of Bitcoin mining and AI using 100% renewable energy.
0:50.1	Iron remains the same business, with the same same goals now just with a different name.
0:54.4	Right, I'm your host Peter McCormack and today I've got my good buddy OVig Roy back on the show.
0:59.4	Now in this one we get into Trump's complete shift on crypto and Bitcoin and that is now
1:04.8	accepting donations for his campaign in Bitcoin, although only through coin base.
1:10.1	And that is going to ensure self-custody remains legal, all remains to be seen,
1:14.4	we know what politicians alike, but he has said if you vote for him he will release
1:18.6	Ross Albrick.
1:20.0	So if I was an American, I'll be voting for him for that alone.
1:23.0	So hopefully he comes into power.
1:25.0	Hopefully he releases Ross. Free Ross.
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