According to Washington Post, every fifth candidate nominated by Donald Trump to his administration owns a cryptocurrency or is associated with a crypto business. This is especially true now, when the US Congress has adopted laws that facilitate the regulation of digital assets.
Trump himself reports that he owns a cryptocurrency in the amount of at least $ 51 million, including the memmaker $ TRUMP. His election partner Jay Di Wence also indicated from $ 250,000 to $ 500,000 in bitcoin. The Minister of Health Robert Kennedy Jr.-from $ 1 to $ 5 million in crypto actures.
Other high -ranking officials, including the Minister of Defense of Pete Hegset and the head of intelligence Tulsey Gabbard, also had digital assets, although some sold them before taking office. The head of the housing financing agency Bill Pult holds from $ 1 to $ 2 million in cryptocurrency, and the head of the Council of the Council of City Council Scrap – almost $ 10 million.