According to a recent report by FT, Kamala Harris will meet with digital asset giants Ripple, Coinbase and Circle, and multiple sources indicate that the Harris campaign is reconsidering the issue of cryptocurrency.
Meanwhile, Silicon Valley is reconsidering its stance on it. While many tech figures abandoned the Democratic Party during Biden's presidential campaign, about 100 venture capitalists and founders have pledged to support Harris, including some cryptocurrency figures. Among the more than 100 venture capital investors, founders and technology leaders who signed their pledge to support Harris on Wednesday are the following crypto industry figures:
1. Ron Conway: Managing partner and founder of SV Angel. The fund is an investor in at least 10 crypto companies, including Coinbase, Uniswap and OpenSea;
2. Ryan Morrison: Partner of Founders Circle Capital, which has invested in Robinhood, a retail investment app that provides crypto services, and FalconX, a digital asset brokerage;
3. Rebecca Kaden: USV's first female managing partner. USV has 24 crypto companies in its portfolio, including Coinbase, Blackbird Labs, Dapper Labs and Polychain Capital. Kaden donated $4,000 to Democratic candidates and committees last year;
4. Mark Cuban: Investor in 20 blockchain companies, including Arbitrum, Polygon and DeepSea. Cuban is a staunch critic of Trump;
5. Reid Hoffman: Co-founder of LinkedIn and partner of Greylock, has invested in six crypto companies including Coinbase. On Wednesday, he called supporting Harris "an investment in the future of our democracy." (Fortune)