The 2024 Bitcoin conference in Nashville is drawing in tens of thousands of crypto enthusiasts and big-name political figures from across the nation.
This event is drawing people from very different walks of life, from presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. to actor Russell Brand.
With lots of people here looking forward to hearing from former President Donald Trump tomorrow and with tens of thousands of people here, the message was clear today – the Bitcoin community is ready to make its voice heard in the political arena.
With 35 thousand plus people coming in from across the country – they all have one thing in common; Bitcoin.
Bob Bodily, with Bionix says, “Bitcoin is the most decentralized censorship-resistant cryptocurrency. It enables you to have true ownership of your assets “
Bob Bodily believes there’s a growing political awakening within the Bitcoin community in the last 18 months.
Bodily says , “I think this is the first instance that we’ve seen where people are kind of waking up to the fact that we have a huge crypto user base in the U.S. that has never been catered to by politicians, so President Trump taking advantage of this is very strategic. “
Vanderbilt professor Yesha Yaday sent a lengthy statement to Fox17 News saying this election season crypto has become an “overtly political issue” and candidates are under pressure to expressly set out their position on the cryptocurrency industry and its regulation.
Bodily says, “There’s clearly a lot of donations coming in from the crypto side and a lot of people really interested in seeing a more favorable regulatory environment. “
And people here believe former President Trump can do that. One crypto advocate we spoke to at the conference says, “He’s for the people and Bitcoin is people’s money – he is a money man. He knows how the system operates and he probably sees what’s happening with the inflation of the current currency and how it’s hurting the average person. “
This crypto advocate is hoping to bring more Republican candidates into the Bitcoin space.