Sections of the crypto community are accusing Democratic leaders of paying lip service to the sector while failing to deliver any actual support.<\/p>\n
This follows Kamala Harris\u2019s policy priorities, which omitted cryptocurrency, and Chuck Schumer\u2019s letter to senators outlining key bipartisan legislation that also excluded it.<\/p>\n
This morning, Vice President Kamala Harris released her official policy statement<\/a>. Despite speculation that she might adopt<\/a> a pro-crypto stance, her priorities centered on topics such as artificial intelligence (AI) and notably didn\u2019t acknowledge the digital asset industry.<\/p>\n Alexander Grieve, Vice President of Government Affairs at Paradigm, pointed it out in a September 9 post<\/a> on X, stating, \u201cVP Harris just released her official policy priorities. AI mentioned\u2014but again, no crypto.\u201d<\/p>\n In a follow-up post referencing a line from Harris\u2019s statement about \u201cother cutting-edge industries of the future,\u201d Grieve noted that some might argue this is a placeholder for crypto.<\/p>\n However, he added that it\u2019s difficult to \u201ccontinue to support\u201d an industry when the current administration, of which Harris is a part, has shown nothing positive.<\/p>\n Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is also facing criticism for not including digital assets in his latest bipartisan legislative agenda.\u00a0In a recent \u201cDear Colleague\u201d letter, Schumer outlined <\/a>key areas of focus for the Senate in the coming months, including rail safety, insulin pricing, and AI, similarly failing to mention crypto.\u00a0Fox News journalist Eleanor Terrett pointed this out on X, where she said the following:<\/p>\n Sen. Schumer sent a letter to his Senate colleagues where he mentioned priorities for passing bipartisan legislation in the remaining months of Congress. Cryptocurrency legislation was not mentioned, but artificial intelligence was.<\/p>\n This is particularly notable given his previous statements at the \u201cCrypto4Harris\u201d town hall, an event aimed at gaining support from the community ahead of the November elections. During the event, the senator spoke on the importance of passing bipartisan crypto legislation by the end of 2024.<\/p>\n He argued that the U.S. could not afford to \u201csit on the sidelines\u201d and risk losing digital asset innovation to other countries, expressing confidence that such legislation could be passed with a balanced approach that would encourage development while implementing reasonable regulatory guidelines.<\/p>\n The lack of follow-through from the Democrats has led to criticism within the community. One user on X commented<\/a>, \u201cAnyone who thinks that Kamala is crypto-friendly deserves to stay poor. She literally hasn\u2019t said a word about it.\u201d Another noted<\/a> that they \u201cjust give lip service.\u201d<\/p>\n The post Community Reacts as Democrats Fail to Mention Crypto Legislative Policy<\/a> appeared first on CryptoPotato<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sections of the crypto community are accusing Democratic leaders of paying lip service to the sector while failing to deliver any actual support. This follows Kamala Harris\u2019s policy priorities, which omitted cryptocurrency, and Chuck Schumer\u2019s letter to senators outlining key bipartisan legislation that also excluded it. Harris\u2019s Policy Fails to Mention Crypto This morning, Vice […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5016"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Chuck Schumer Faces Backlash<\/h2>\n