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Bitcoin and Crypto Voters Make Their Voices Heard at America Loves Crypto Stop in Wisconsin
- The America Loves Crypto tour rolled into Wisconsin on Friday, September 13, where local Bitcoin and crypto voters in the state rallied in support of pro-crypto candidates for the upcoming US elections.
- With 840,000 Wisconsinites owning some form of cryptocurrency, the narrow 2020 electoral margin of just 20,000 votes could easily be disrupted by the undecided crypto vote in 2024.
- More than 200 people including founders, politicians, and technology enthusiasts congregated to ask the question: How can we support Bitcoin and crypto on Capitol Hill?
- The Wisconsin State Pension fund invested USD 162 million dollars in Bitcoin ETFs in May this year, becoming the first US state pension fund to invest in the asset class.
- The event saw talks by politicians from both sides of the aisle, including Bitcoin and crypto industry representatives.
- Bitcoin's sideways price action, following the meteoric 2021 bull run, has led to clearer conversations amongst Wisconsin legislators.
- Wisconsin has seen a unique blend of poly-partisanship on display, where Republicans, Democrats, and even Independents saw value in courting the crypto voter.
- The next America Loves Crypto event is in Philadelphia, PA on September 16, followed by a 600-person event in Washington, D.C., culminating in a featured performance by The Chainsmokers to close out the tour.
- U.S. Senate candidate Phil Anderson sees Bitcoin and crypto as both a technological and electoral priority for representative democracy.
- The Bitcoin and crypto industry has seen what many view as unwarranted, or at least unwelcome, attacks from the national regulatory apparatus in the last few years, and because of this, the industry is not backing down.
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