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RFK Jr., a pro-crypto US presidential candidate, will appear at Consensus 2024
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the independent US presidential candidate who promoted a pro-cryptocurrency stance during his campaign, will speak later this month at the Consensus 2024 crypto conference in Austin, Texas.
“As an environmental lawyer, scion of a Democratic political dynasty, and now an independent presidential candidate, Kennedy will explain his support for cryptocurrency and self-custody,” according to a Press release from CoinDesk, which hosts the annual event.
Kennedy is well behind the presumptive Republican and Democratic candidates in the presidential elections, Donald Trump and incumbent Joe Biden, respectively. He is running as an independent after failing to make progress in the Democratic primary.
Cryptography has become increasingly politicized in the US, with many pro-crypto Republicans and Democrats opposed or, at best, skeptical. Kennedy is a member of a famous Democratic family (which supported Biden). His uncle, John F. Kennedy, served as U.S. president in the 1960s, and his father served as U.S. attorney general during that administration before running for president.
On the issue of encryption, he is breaking with his Democratic roots.