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What's going on, guys? It is Tuesday, October 15th, and today we are talking about Kamala Harris's

latest crypto push. Before we get into that, however, if you are enjoying the breakdown,

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notes or go to bit.ly slash breakdown pod. Just a month out from the election, Kamala Harris is attempting to brush up her crypto credentials,

and her campaign's latest comment on crypto policy comes in the context of a push to win

black male voters. On Monday, they released a new proposal called the Opportunity Agenda for Black

Men. The policy is centered around $20,000 for

givable loans to black entrepreneurs. It also features a promise to legalize marijuana

at the federal level, down payment assistance for black homeowners, and a health equity

initiative targeted at black men. For the crypto policy, the Harris campaign said that they

would be, quote, supporting a regulatory framework for cryptocurrency and other digital assets,

so black men who invest in and own these assets are protected. The platform announcement

recognized that 20% of black Americans own or have owned cryptocurrency assets. Interestingly,

this was the first time the Harris campaign actually referred directly to cryptocurrency,

rather than using some other term like digital assets. The announcement stated,

Vice President Harris appreciates the ways in which new technologies can broaden access to banking

and financial services. She will make sure 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 framing of crypto policy has a lot of people surprised.

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