미 공화당의 상원 위원 후보인 오스틴 피터슨이 암호화폐를 통해 많은 기부금을 받았지만
그중 가장 높은 액수는 0.284 비트코인 (약 4500달러) 이라고 전했습니다.
피터슨 선거 운동 책임자는 비트코인 기부 질문에
암호화폐 기부를 통해 선거 자금을 조달하는 현상을 많이 겪게 될 것이며,
피터슨은 암호화폐 시장에서도 앞서 나갈것이라고 전했습니다.
피터슨은 지난해 통화 정책 완화와 연방 준비 제도를 폐지하고 싶다고 밝힌적이 있으며
암호화폐와 분권등의 내용의 인터뷰를 통해 젊은 유권자들에게 많이 알려져 있습니다.
This week the Republican Senate candidate Austin Petersen announced he accepted the largest federal election campaign contribution settled in digital currency. Petersen, a former Libertarian, has received a total of 24 cryptocurrency donations this year, and the largest was for 0.284 BTC ($4,500 USD).
The Largest Cryptocurrency Campaign Donation
Republican Senate Austin Petersen Accepts the Largest Campaign Contribution Paid in BTC
Austin Petersen’s AR-15 raffle.
The Republican Austin Petersen is looking for a Senate seat in Missouri and is accepting bitcoin donations to get there. Petersen was the runner-up back in 2016 for the Libertarian Party’s nomination for President of the United States. The Missouri candidate is well known throughout the younger crowd of voters for loving bitcoin and giving away an AR-15 rifle in a raffle. This past December, the 36-year old stated in an interview: “I am a big fan of the digital currency community because of what it represents, which is ultimately decentralization.”
This week the Federal Election Commission’s records reveal Petersen has received the largest digital currency donation in U.S. history — 0.284 BTC or $4,500 USD at the time of donation. Petersen has also garnered 24 total election contributions in BTC, and his campaign uses the Atlanta based processor Bitpay to facilitate donations.
When asked about the recent BTC donation, Jeff Carson, the campaign manager stated:
I think it goes without saying we’re going to see a lot more of this in terms of campaign contributions and campaign financing — Austin is personally a fan of competition in the marketplace, even when it comes to our currency — With the rise of cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, it was a no-brainer.
Austin Petersen Accepts the Largest Campaign Contribution Paid In BTC
Gold, Silver, Cryptocurrencies and Ending the Fed
Petersen detailed last September that he would like to see “deregulation on monetary policy.” Further, the candidate added he would like to see the abolition of the private banking system the U.S. Federal Reserve.
“But barring that, at a minimum, I would like to introduce legislation that would decentralize the monetary unit, the dollar, in such a way as to legalize competition: Gold, silver, and cryptocurrencies, so that they can compete — That would cause a spike in the prices,” Petersen explains.
The contender follows other U.S. bureaucrats who’ve accepted bitcoin donations in the past. Back in 2014, the Coloradan Democrat Jared Polis received BTC for his campaign. The libertarian-leaning Republican Senator from Kentucky, Rand Paul, accepted crypto for his presidential run in 2016.
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