Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic candidate for the upcoming presidential election in November, recently spoke at a Wall Street fundraiser where she addressed the cryptocurrency industry for the first time.
She incorporated AI and digital assets into her vision of an ‘opportunity economy.’
Harris shared her plan to foster this economy by uniting labor, small businesses, entrepreneurs, and large corporations. Her goal is to boost U.S. competitiveness by supporting technologies like AI and crypto, while ensuring safeguards for consumers and investors. “We will create a business environment with transparent and consistent regulations,” she said, according to a Bloomberg reporter.
The Manhattan fundraiser, described as Harris’ last public appearance in New York before the election, had ticket prices ranging from $500 to $1 million. Celebrities such as Anne Hathaway, Whoopi Goldberg, and Billy Porter were among those in attendance.
Reuters reported that Harris intends to unveil new economic policies aimed at wealth-building and offering incentives to businesses, though further details remain limited.
Following a recent debate against former President Donald Trump, Harris’ odds have risen in several key swing states, with prediction markets giving her a 52% chance of victory over Trump’s 47%. Meanwhile, Trump has continued his outreach to the crypto community, making appearances at New York’s Bitcoin-themed bar PubKey and promoting his family’s World Liberty Financial project, which has received mixed reactions from the industry.
According to crypto analytics firm Santiment, the decentralized oracle network Chainlink (LINK) leads all ERC-20 projects in development activity.
Donors from Wall Street, Silicon Valley, and Hollywood played a key role in helping Vice President Kamala Harris’ fundraising efforts in August, giving Democrats a financial advantage over Donald Trump on the cusp of the run-off election.
Pro-XRP attorney John Deaton, who has secured the Republican nomination for a Massachusetts Senate seat, will face off against Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren in a highly anticipated debate on October 15, 2024.
Ripple Chairman Chris Larsen has recently moved 20 million XRP as part of a larger shuffle involving 50 million tokens.