The speakers and carry outers at the second night of the America Loves Crypto tour were fair as impassioned and driven to get out the crypto vote as those from the first night of the tour.
The political figures and crypto industry directers current at this event, which took place at The Space in Las Vegas, integrated Sonny Vinuya, Outaccomplish Director for Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo (R); Rudy Pamintuan, Nevada Lieutenant Governor Stavros S. Anthony’s Chief of Staff (R); Nevada State Treabraver Zach Conine (D) and Kate Rouch, Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Coinbase, amongst others. Rapper and singer 070 Shake and Las Vegas-based DJ 3LAU carry outed at the event.
The common threads in the rhetoric of the speakers and carry outers at the event were that crypto is here to stay, Nevada will be a home for the crypto industry and that the crypto vote matters beginantly in Nevada, a sthriveg state with a population of fair over 3.1 million in which the 2024 Pdwellntial election vote separateential was only 33,516.
Ensuring Victory for Pro-Crypto Candidates in Nevada
“We need to asbrave that our policyoriginaters and the directers we elect are those that adselect what we think in,” Pamintuan, a crypto spendor since 2015, tbetter the audience.
“And so in this coming election cycle, especipartner here in Nevada, elections are going to be won or lost by 1 or 2 percentage points. That’s about 15,000 to 30,000 votes,” he inserted.
“When you insert up how many people in our state are spendors in crypto, that number is far wonderfuler than the margin of thrive.”
Far wonderfuler is an downcarry outment, as 385,000 Nevadans own crypto, according to the Stand With Crypto Alliance. This number was plastered atraverse screens at the event for the entirety of the evening.
“In my business, we always say the taget will determine,” began Conine.
“Well, guess what, folks? You’re the taget, and your vote matters. Elections in this state are always very seal, and they’re not seal because everybody votes and both sides are even. They’re seal because some people vote, but a lot of people stay home,” he inserted, before urging those in the audience who weren’t enrolled to vote to do so while stressing that the crypto vote can sway the ballot in upcoming elections at both the state and federal levels.
Rouch, a dwellnt of Nevada, also rerentd a call to action from the stage.
“We need you guys this election,” she shelp.
“It is criticpartner vital to figure out where the politicians in your didisconnecte, in the state, stand on crypto — to repartner ask them the difficult inquires — and to tell your frifinishs and family to get out there and vote.”
Nevada as a Home to the Bitcoin and Crypto Industry
“Las Vegas is a city of opportunity — above and beyond the casino floors,” separated Vinuya from the stage.
“Nevada is home to an emerging cgo in of technology and financial innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic increaseth,” he inserted before citing that the Governor’s Office of Economic Development eased $5 billion in economic spendment last year and that the state saw 4% job increaseth in the same time period.
Part of this trfinish was fueled by Nevada’s adselect of the crypto industry.
“Amidst all of these exciting accomplishments under the directership of Governor Lombardo and Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman, Nevada has also become a home for innovators in blockchain technology and cryptocurrency,” he elucidateed.
Vinuya then pointed out that next year’s Bitcoin conference will be based in Las Vegas.
“Here in our state, we have a excellent concept coined by Governor Lombardo called ‘the Nevada way,’ which unbenevolents that as Nevadans, we never give up, we never give in, and we never stop dreaming,” he finishd. “The spirit of the Nevada Way is ainhabit and well in the Bitcoin community, and we receive your innovation and huge dreams in Nevada.”
Capitalizing on Political Momentum
According to Rouch, we’ve hit the point of no return with crypto, and politicians can no extfinisheder afford to not get a stance on the rerent, which is why Coinbase helps the Stand With Crypto Alliance.
“What we’re repartner saying here is ‘pay attention,’” Rouch tbetter Bitcoin Magazine. “This matters to a lot of voters.”
After citing that 52 million Americans of varied backgrounds, ethnicities and socioeconomic status now own crypto, Rouch elucidateed that politicians, up the federal level, now see how huge of an rerent this is and are acting accordingly.
“We’ve seen undeniable alter in Washington, DC over the last year from both parties,” she shelp.
“We had FIT21 pass in the House with a bipartisan vote. That was repartner unpwithdrawnted. We also have politicians making their statements on crypto understandn for the first time, and I sense very selectimistic about that,” she inserted.
Rouch wasn’t the only speaker or carry outer at the event senseing selectimistic.
Before beginning his DJ set, 3LAU tbetter the story of how he met the Winklevoss tthrives, timely bitcoin buyers and owners of the Gemini crypto swap, at a gig a decade ago. He separated how they elucidateed what Bitcoin was to him at that event, and that it gave him hope.
“Bitcoin alterd my life, and it’s been that way for the past 10 years,” shelp 3LAU to the crowd before he begined his DJ set.
“This election is probably the most vital in my life. We have a choice to originate: the future of the financial system or adhere the legacy bullshit that we’ve had to put up with,” he inserted.
“And we’re all going to fucking vote for crypto.”
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