Entrepreneur-turned-politician and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has been a robust supporter of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and argued against treating it as a rival to the U.S. monetary system.
What happened: Ramaswamy used support for Bitcoin and the cryptocurrency industry in general as one of the key rallying points during his bid for the presidency.
The Republican candidate even started accepting Bitcoin payments for campaign donations in May 2023, a practice later embraced by Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, the final presidential candidates.
Ramaswamy made the announcement while speaking at the widely popular Bitcoin 2023 conference in Miami, Florida.
During his address, …
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