Kamala Harris Did Not Include Crypto Regulatory Framework in Her Speech Last Night

Vice President Kamala Harris announced the “opportunity agenda” during her campaign speech last night, which is unknown what it will mean for digital assets.

As in her previous speeches, Harris did not make any mention of crypto, blockchain and digital assets.

“We will build a future that we define as an economy of opportunity, where everyone can compete and where people have a real chance not only to get by, but also to get ahead,” the presidential candidate said in the press release published earlier:

“Vice President Harris recognizes that more than 20% of black Americans own cryptocurrency. Therefore, the Opportunity Agenda plan will provide a regulatory framework to protect digital asset owners and investors, people of color and everyone involved in the market.”

“Vice President Harris welcomes new technologies to expand access to banking and financial services.”

Contrary to Harris’ silence on the issue, former president Donald Trump revealed that he has many plans for the crypto industry. Promising a crypto-friendly regulator, Trump said he would appoint a “bitcoin and crypto advisory council” at the Bitcoin Conference in Nashville.

Trump, who visited PubKey, a bitcoin bar in New York last month, bought a burger using BTC.

Crypto industry participants have commissioned many surveys to gauge voters’ interest in the industry. A Harris Poll unrelated to the vice president but funded by crypto asset manager Grayscale shows that 77% of likely voters want candidates to be informed about crypto, and 21% of respondents own at least some cryptocurrency.