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From 'not money' to 'staggeringly great': what US Presidents have said about crypto and blockchain

Published 02/15/2021, 03:30 PM
Updated 02/15/2021, 05:00 PM
From 'not money' to 'staggeringly great': what US Presidents have said about crypto and blockchain
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In recognition of Presidents’ Day, Cointelegraph is taking a look at the remarks of current and former leaders of the United States regarding crypto and blockchain.

One of the earliest presidential adopters, Bill Clinton reportedly received his first Bitcoin (BTC) in 2016 — more than fifteen years after his two terms in office. Though the Democratic U.S. President accepted the crypto asset gift from venture capitalist Matthew Roszak, seemingly with a smile on his face, he has been largely silent on the ecosystem. However, Clinton gave a keynote speech at Ripple’s Swell conference in 2018, calling blockchain a technology for which the “permutations and possibilities are staggeringly great."

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