Crypto Is Being Politicized Which Should Not Be Surprising
Today’s letter is brought to you by Consensus 2024!Consensus 2024 is happening May 29-31 in Austin, Texas. This year marks the tenth annual Consensus, making it the largest and longest-running event dedicated to all sides of crypto, blockchain and Web3. Don’t miss Bitcoin: We Are So Back, where Anthony Pompliano will discuss what the next bull market will look like, how it will differ from previous run-ups and the broad macro investment thesis for bitcoin and crypto more broadly. Consensus has tailored programming for Bitcoin maxis and multi-chain mavericks alike, covering everything from post-halving strategies to mining and more. Plus, you absolutely won’t want to miss the epic BTC (Nic Carter) vs ETH (David Hoffman) battle at Karate Combat. That’s just a taste of what's to come at crypto’s only big-tent event. Join Consensus in Austin alongside 15,000+ investors, founders, brands and more to take in all that blockchain has to offer. Get your pass today and use code POMP to save 20%. To investors, The bitcoin and crypto industry has finally become big enough to enter the political arena. In the last week, we saw President Biden and his administration continue their war path against the growing industry. Within days, President Trump held an event where he not only came out in strong support of crypto, but featured a number of crypto speakers as well. The politicians are picking sides. It appears that the left sees their abrasive stance against bitcoin and crypto as something that will have no negative repercussions. The right appears to believe that embracing the new technology could help them gain voters in November. Regardless of what side you are on, this is a fascinating development. I thought it may be helpful to share the commentary from a few folks related to these political decisions. First, here is Castle Island’s Nic Carter:
Balaji Srinivasan followed Nic’s comments with the following statement:
Unchained’s Laura Shin shared this:
These comments came after massive blowback for an op-ed that was written in Blockworks by Molly Jane Zuckerman titled “Only a fool would vote on crypto alone.” In the piece, Molly writes:
Obviously politics has been a controversial subject at any point in history. Add in the tribalism of crypto and you have a cocktail for chaos on the internet. There seemed to be one thing missing in the conversation all weekend long though…people have been voting for their wallets for decades. This is not new. The current president has the lowest approval rating in American history. A big part of that is because majority of Americans are living paycheck-to-paycheck and inflation is more than 50% higher than the central bank’s target of 2% annually. There are many topics and positions to consider when voting for a candidate, but if you can’t afford to live a relatively normal lifestyle in America then people are going to seek out ways to change leadership. Bitcoin and crypto are presented as new things. They are from a technology standpoint. But the idea that people are suddenly going to use different criteria to vote doesn’t make any sense to me. Citizens vote for who will put them in a better economic position. This is why you see incumbent presidents trying to implement various changes during election years, regardless of how bad of an idea the changes are. Many of you know that I believe the free market is the single greatest referee in the world. This is true in economics, but also true in politics. Just as the economy and market should be allowed to operate without intervention, the political process should be left untouched. Screaming at people because you don’t like their voting inclination is about as helpful as screaming at a wall. Everyone’s time is better spent on more productive things. Hopefully this will be the last time I will have to write about crypto and politics before the November election. Have a great start to your week. I’ll talk to everyone tomorrow. -Anthony Pompliano Reader Note: Today is a free email available to everyone. If you would like to receive these letters each morning, please subscribe to become a paying member of The Pomp Letter by clicking here. Jihan Bowes-Little is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Bracket Capital, an investment firm focused on special situation opportunities in growth / late-stage private companies. In this conversation, we talk about the similarities and differences investing in Coinbase, SpaceX, Stripe, landscape of private markets, financialization of venture capital, investing trends & sectors, cross-over investment example, market liquidity, bitcoin, and more. Listen on iTunes: Click here Listen on Spotify: Click here Bracket Capital’s Jihan Bowes-Little on Coinbase, SpaceX, Stripe, Bitcoin, and morePodcast Sponsors
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