Can Bitcoin Save America?: CoinDesk Spotlight with Senator Cynthia Lummis
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4.8 • 689 Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Insights into the past, present and future of the crypto industry with Senator Cynthia Lummis.
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Senator Cynthia Lummis joins "CoinDesk Spotlight" to discuss her enthusiasm for establishing a strategic bitcoin reserve and how it could alleviate the U.S. national debt. Plus, she details the potential of bitcoin's decentralized nature and why bipartisan cooperation in Congress is crucial for regulatory developments in the digital assets industry.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm so excited about a strategic Bitcoin Reserve. |
| 0:03.4 | I'm hopeful that when you're my age, that you can worry about other things. |
| 0:08.6 | You don't have to worry about a national debt. |
| 0:11.6 | You can have a healthy nation, a wealthy nation, the strongest nation in the world, |
| 0:16.1 | without worrying about that debt that my generation grew and that you can move this nation |
| 0:24.3 | forward the way that our founders designed it and have it be the most superlative government |
| 0:32.6 | that was ever conceived by mankind. |
| 0:45.1 | The content presented on this podcast does not in any way represent investment advice. |
| 0:49.2 | The information is provided for educational and entertainment purposes. |
| 0:52.2 | Crypto assets are considered risky investments. |
| 0:55.4 | You should always do your own research before investing. |
| 1:00.4 | The opinions expressed here do not represent those of CoinDesk's editorial staff. |
| 1:03.5 | Senator Cynthia Lummis, welcome to CoinDesk Spotlight. |
| 1:06.6 | Thank you. It's so nice to be with you again. |
| 1:16.8 | Of course, wonderful to have you here and really happy to have you on this show because this show is all about understanding some of the key figures who are pushing the space forward. |
| 1:18.6 | And so I have to start here. |
| 1:24.3 | You've been called the Bitcoin Senator in the past and I want to hear about some of your inspirations. |
| 1:26.9 | You know, who did you learn about crypto from? |
| 1:28.9 | Who do you continue to be inspired by? |
| 1:39.0 | Well, I first learned about it from my now son-in-law, and he described this asset. I had to listen to him, describe it several times before I finally decided to buy. And I bought just sort of as an |
| 1:47.8 | experiment because when you have skin in the game, you start to learn about something. And so I bought |
| 1:54.3 | three Bitcoin in that 2013, 2014 timeframe. But I really didn't take a deep dive in it until I was invited to the |
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