Krüpto-eelne kongresmen ladub, krüptovastane kongresmen saab TradFi käest 100 XNUMX dollarit

Sel nädalal ilmusid USA kongressi liikmed uudised kahest erinevast lähenemisviisist krüptotehnoloogiale.

Alabama Congressman Barry Moore has been loading up on cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum (ETH), Cardano (ADA), and Dogecoin (DOGE) over the past two months.

Meanwhile anti-crypto California Congressman Brad Sherman — whose stated aim is to shut crypto down — has reportedly received more than $100,000 in campaign donations from top financial firms.

Vastavalt 2. juuli kauplemise avalikustamisele viilimine with the clerk of the House of Representatives, Moore purchased ETH on May 5, he bought ADA on May 10, 11, 13, and bought DOGE on June 13.

The filing, which misspells Ethereum as “Etherium” and crypto as “cryto”, doesn’t specify the exact amounts Moore invested but does provide a range between $1,001 to $15,000 for each purchase.

The maximum amount Moore could have spent is $75,000, and he may have been forced into a hodl approach, as all of his investments have taken a hit amid the crypto downturn which began around May 12.

Ethereum was priced at around $3,400 on May 5 and has since declined by 32% to sit at $2,300 at the time of writing, according to andmed saidilt CoinGecko.

The Republican Congressman’s committee assignments include the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on Veteran’s affairs, and the 54-year-old hasn’t expressed his opinions towards crypto publicly. But actions speak louder than words.

Muu krüpto pooldajad vabariiklased include Senator Cynthia Lummis, who advocated for using Bitcoin osana mitmekesistamisstrateegiast for retirement plans last month.

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Brad Sherman

California Democrat Congressman Brad Sherman is one of the most vocally anti-crypto members of congress, he has called for krüpto keelustada in the past, and recently claimed that lotopiletite ostmine is more sensible than investing in crypto.

“Cryptocurrencies have the political support of the ‘patriotic’ anarchists who are rooting for tax evasion,” he said and added that “I hope we shut it down.”

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- Cameron (@BlevCam) Juuni 30, 2021

A recent article from the Foundation for Economic Education rõhutab data from OpenSecrets.org that shows eight financial firms rank amongst Sherman’s top 20 donors for his 2020 campaign committee, including Capital Group Companies with $18,400, Blackstone Group with $16,800, BlackRock Inc with $11,250, and American Bankers Association with $10,000. Make of that what you will.

Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/pro-crypto-congressman-stacks-anti-crypto-congressman-receives-100k-from-tradfi