US Senator Ted Cruz has officially started accepting bitcoin for his Senate campaign donations, according to his official.websitewith bitcoin payment company Open node facilitating transactions. Payments to the campaign can be made on-chain or through Lightning Network transactions.
Cruz has been a strong supporter of bitcoin in the Senate over the past few years, especially on the energy front, where he says the bitcoin industry “is generating enormous benefits for Texas, for the country.”
The senator apparently wants to help lead an initiative to educate and raise more awareness about bitcoin at his universities in office, warning that he has “a real concern when it comes to Congress” because he serves “in the US Senate.” ., an organism where I am”. “I’m not sure we have five senators who can tell you what the hell a bitcoin is.”
Last April, the sitting senator attempted to raise more awareness about btc in DC when he appeared at a fireside chat at the bitcoin Policy Summitrevealing that he owns “a little over 2 bitcoins, and every Monday I have a little more… I’m incredibly bullish on bitcoin specifically.”
Cruz joins a growing list of American politicians beginning to accept bitcoin for campaign donations in 2023. Earlier this year, presidential candidates Robert F. Kennedy Jr. andVivek Ramaswamy Both also started accepting btc through OpenNode for campaign donations.
