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Kamala Harris wants the US to be ‘dominant’ in blockchain

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris made another public statement about digital assets during a Wednesday speech at the Economic Club of Pittsburgh.

Kamala Harris has made her first public statement in favor of protecting crypto, saying she wants the United States to “remain dominant” in blockchain, artificial intelligence, and other nascent technology industries.

“We will invest in biomanufacturing and aerospace, remain dominant in AI and quantum computing, blockchain and other emerging technologies, [and] expand our lead in clean energy innovation and manufacturing,” Harris said in a Sept. 25 speech at The Economic Club of Pittsburgh.

“The next generation of breakthroughs — from advanced batteries to geothermal to advanced nuclear —are not just invented, but built here in America by American workers,” she added.

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Senator Chuck Schumer pledges pro-crypto laws if Harris is president

Speaking at the Crypto4Harris event, the majority senate leader says he will make it his goal to introduce pro-crypto legislation by the end of this year if Kamala Harris is elected president.

Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer, the majority leader of the United States Senate, says he’s making it his goal to pass bipartisan pro-crypto legislation by the end of the year if Kamala Harris is elected president.

Speaking at the Crypto4Harris Town Hall meeting — a grassroots crypto advocacy group pushing for a crypto policy "reset" in the Harris campaign — Schumer said lawmakers could no longer “stick their heads in the sand” when it comes to fostering crypto innovation in the US, saying: 

Noting the growth and increasing influence of crypto over the last decade, Schumer suggested a Harris administration would not necessarily be opposed to crypto outright. He said that he would make it his goal to pass pro-crypto legislation in the United States by the end of the year if Harris were to be elected president. 

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