Markets Insider, September 2024
Presidential debates cover the issues that polling shows are most important – immigration, healthcare, the economy, climate change, and more. So why was crypto not mentioned even once? Neither the American public nor the two presidential candidates care very much about crypto, and the debate showed that. Despite the industry narrative becoming increasingly partisan, many voters are looking past the simple fact that those outside the fishbowl simply don’t care; and it’s blinding those inside it to a simple fact.
For the most part, politicians tend to care more about remaining in office than anything else – regardless of party – hopefully, most rational people can likely at least agree on that. It takes a certain type of person, and ego, to want to hold elected office, and that type of individual is often reluctant to give up the stage once they ascend onto it. Biden’s long refusal to recuse himself from this election cycle is a prime example.
