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RFK Jr., a pro-Crypto US presidential candidate, will appear at Consensus 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the independent candidate for US president who promoted a pro-cryptocurrency stance during his campaign, will speak later this month at the Consensus 2024 cryptocurrency conference in Austin, Texas.
“As an environmental lawyer, scion of a Democratic political dynasty, and now maverick presidential candidate, Kennedy will explain his support for cryptocurrency and self-custody,” according to a Press release from CoinDesk, which organizes the annual event.
Kennedy ranks well behind the presumptive Republican and Democratic presidential candidates, Donald Trump and current President Joe Biden, respectively. He is running as an independent after failing to make progress in the Democratic primaries.
In the United States, cryptocurrencies have become increasingly politicized, with many Republicans supportive of cryptocurrencies and Democrats opposed or, at best, skeptical. Kennedy is a member of a famous Democratic family (which supported Biden). His uncle, John F. Kennedy, was president of the United States in the 1960s, and his father served as U.S. attorney general during that administration before running for president.
On the issue of cryptocurrencies, he is moving away from those democratic roots.