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In the recent Presidential election in Poland, (https://coingape.com/poland-elects-pro-crypto-president-is-bitcoin-treasury-announcement-coming/) pro-crypto Karol Nawrocki, has emerged victorious with a 51% vote share. Ahead of this tightly contested election, Nawrocki had vowed to support the crypto industry and stated that it would curb any regulations that prevent the “freedom of investing”. Poland’s crypto industry has high hopes from Nawrocki to improve the country’s crypto landscape.


Currently leading the polls is Lee Jae-myung of the center-left Democratic Party, who is up against staunch conservative and People Power Party nominee Kim Moon-soo. Lee has proposed legalizing spot crypto exchange-traded funds and wants to allow
South Korea (http://cointelegraph.com/news/south-korea-presidential-election-crypto-industry-gains)’s $884 billion national pension fund to invest in cryptocurrency. Kim also supports legalizing spot crypto ETFs and backed Lee’s proposal, showing rare bipartisan alignment. He has also pledged to ease regulations and expand crypto adoption.

Back then, we only had Bukele (president of El salvador) as the national leader that was actively and loudly pushing for crypto adaption. Then Trump followed and now we have so many candidates for presidency and already presidents pushing for bitcoin. I think that this is a testament to how much bitcoin has grown that not only your average citizens know and use bitcoin but also presidents. Bitcoin mass adaption might come a lot sooner than everyone initially thought.

Every good thing takes time and that the best thing a country has to do is getting involve in what other presidents are doing to tackle the economic struggle or setting up a firm that can win over inflation. No president would ever have to be called a chaotic name if he cant deliver the citizen out of dept and bring them up to the luminous light of the latest technological system bringing liberations to the entire nation. No president would never feel left behind especially when the process of acquiring bitcoin is straight forward and no hindrance from any agency and the same time its self controllable.

Wishing the polish the best in their crypto journey.

Sometimes, crypto is used as a tool to win votes, there’s a growing part of the population involved in crypto, and they’d naturally support a president who pushes for fair regulation and protection for the space.

That’s actually good for us, especially if more leaders start making crypto-friendly policies. It could help the market grow overall.

We all know how strong the U.S. influence is. Now that Trump is showing support for crypto, it’s expected that others will follow. It’s starting to become the trend, it seems.

Never trust politicians that easily mate. No one of the guys has yet done what Bukele did... approving that bitcoin is a legal tender in their respective countries. Until then, I am not getting moved by the cheap political tricks. Those politicians can change their stance any time, especially after getting elected into power.

Mass adoption will naturally happen over time.

I don’t know politicians to always have the masses at heart for their best interest. It’s good to see some of them sail the course they had begun in the campaigns but, it’s always really a step to political office and how to hold power.

It is true that we have a couple of them politicians looking towards Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies but, you don’t really find them actively buying with fiat money. They rather rely on seizures and payment for mineral resources to build a Bitcoin portfolio.

Used to be unthinkable that there would be "bitcoin presidents" now it's a reality. Heads of state of some of the most well known countries are championing Bitcoin. Once more countries start adopting Bitcoin as legal tender that's when we'll see the real change and then in time Bitcoin will become reserve currency of the world and replace the US dollar. We're getting closer and closer to that dream.

Politicians and their crypto stance should be taken with a bag of salt. Throughout history politicians have been trying to use methods to increase their own pockets instead of using that to develop their countries. So when someone jumps on the bitcoin bandwagon, I see it with a lot of skepticism. The Trump administration of US is defenitely making an example but whether common bitcoin users are going to get ease of use or less problems on exchanges is debatable.

Still seeing someone join into the crypto band does incite some glimmer of hope among us bitcoiners.

It's bound to happen eventually. Bitcoin and crypto cannot be stopped and countries have learned to embrace it and find ways to utilize it effectively. The first step in this direction was when ETFs and big funds started including it in their portfolio. Since Bitcoin is woven into some of the biggest economies in the world, it'll be dumb to not try to find ways to utilize it as well.

yes as we have seen with trump, bitcoiners has now become a growing and popular demographic that could give a politician huge amount of support but what happens if all politicians are into crypto now? it doesn't just become an edge, it benefits the country already because whoever wins crypto will surely be supported

Its all very positive news.

The tide is slowly turning from one of scepticism and negativity to one of positivity. I think
leaders are identifying and realising that "Crypto" can and will in the future play an important
role in a countries innovation and job creation.

I think I would like to see more of a clear definition between Crypto and Bitcoin because they
are different.

Crypto start up's and projects can do their own thing and be centralised entities with a disruptive
project in various areas but Bitcoin is obviously different and in the OP's quote snippets
Bitcoin is not specifically mentioned but I assume it will be built into any "Crypto" financial approach
from the Poland and South Korea.

I'll agree with otu that the El Salvador government is the legend that other governments has now been attracted to follow.
What I know about the individuals currently emerging to hold the staff of leadership such as the presidencies is that they've watched the world future from a distance and had sighted the geopolitical sentiments on stock regulations and manipulations has tendencies of crippling the world economy While decentralized blockchains like bitcoin as it maybe, it should be questionable why U.S would bargain on adopting bitcoin for federal reserve. That intuition specifically entaiks that there's going to be trouble in the Centralized markets.

It is a wake up call for other leaders that they also need to dive into Bitcoin. If they can't just invest on it quickly, they have to study on how it goes. Like these people, they've come to understand how it can impact their economies and there is no doubt that they've found a big thing about it. Now, they cannot ignore it anymore, the market capitalization has been increasing largely and this can contribute to their economies and as well as each of their citizens. There will be other known names to add to the few.

Don't enjoy this early yet, I feel uncomfortable when politicians get involved with Bitcoin.

First this is politics and its dirty, many politicians are too good to be true in their promise during the election but after they win it seems they have forgotten what promised they laid during their campaign.
Second, if the government is into Bitcoin heavily, should we worry about Bitcoin decentralization?  We know centralized authority does do not goes well with decentralized structure.

For now, i won't celebrate yet, and observe what would this politician do with Bitcoin and their promises if they won the election.

Not long ago crypto was seen as this fringe tech thing and now it’s part of presidential campaigns and national policy plans. When you see countries like Poland and South Korea seriously considering crypto friendly reforms, it really shows how mainstream the idea has become leaders. now realize that supporting crypto can be a strategic move both economically and politically maybe mass adoption isn’t that far off after all

It's good on the one hand and bad on the other - more and more people will only use crypto as a lever to get more influence / votes.

My prayer is that Trump's support for bitcoin should be in good faith and for the actual development of the crypto space and world and not just motivated by political campaigns, cheap popularity and political scorecards. Because if that is the case, we will not feel the real impact in the long run. Like you rightly say, the US economy will play a pivotal role in the crypto space once they embark on crypto friendly policies that will strengthen crypto adoption over the country, it will bolster the value of the digital currencies across the world especially the Bitcoin will see a significant rise.

Regarding this, i still believe that Nayib Bukele still stand as the leader of them all, because he first move for the adoption of bitcoin and there is no other country that has been progressive with bitcoin adoption and legal tender as they have achieved, though the impact of Trump and the likes of bitcoin ETF have also helped in the market pump and push for more adoption, but El-Salvador still remained a unique significance to the entire world to follow their footsteps when it comes to bitcoin adoption.


I think this is already happening except we are not aware of it, if you look into the bitcoin network and how its adoption rate has increased from the previous, then you will observed that many things have led to the massive increase and this still continues.

I do think it's mostly about the profit and potential in question, not a good nature or a desire to make something toward the space just because it's the future - it's an opportunity for prestige to be brought upon the US once again.

Trump did mention he wanted to be the crypto capital of the world and I believe that the US really has the potential to be that. I do believe it may have started for him to win votes but now with many other countries coming and wanting to get into bitcoin, Trump ma have to rethink his approach to bitcoin lest he wants to be surpassed by other countries in terms of innovation and whatnot.

The Bitcoin loyal community has been promoting Bitcoin since the beginning with all its advantages and disadvantages and maintaining Bitcoin as a valuable asset in the future without expecting anything in return.

Bitcoin as a revolutionary currency system has recently become popular and the number of supporters is increasing every day because they are starting to realize what benefits are obtained on Bitcoin so it is not surprising that politicians are also not silent to take advantage of this situation to politics. Only a few politicians really care about Bitcoin. Others they think more about their personalities.

Bukele we know as a pro-Bitcoin president and Bukele has proven by making the country he leads the first country to legally tender Bitcoin without ruling out fiat currency.
Trump has yet to show any real evidence as he is more likely to issue his own coin.
Argentina is also included as a country with a president that we know is pro-crypto.

Prestige is where the target lies.

The bigger it would get from getting crypto onto your country's belt - the better, so to speak.

There will always be those trying to "be the first" in any league, and crypto is such a thing too.

It's true that the president in South Korea has very big powers, but Bukele is still some kind of dictator (that's what he calls himself) who does whatever comes to his mind and obviously has no one to whom he must answer. The Polish president does not have such authority and can say whatever he wants, but it is not of much use if he does not have the support of the parliament.

I don't know why people continue to call the US president someone who supports BTC, when on the other hand he obviously prefers altcoins, which he has already shown many times. What people should know is that most politicians are focused on their positions and profits, and they don't really care how they will achieve it.

Bitcoin is a hot thing right now, but that doesn't mean they love it or care about it.

Alts can be controlled, whereas BTC is only affected to some degree by third parties, countries and companies alike.

It can only be halted on its track to proper adoption.

A president does not need to be a dictator to make a difference. A president can implement laws or pull some strings to make crypto more welcomed in their country and that would be enough. No need for him to dictate his citizens. Just make bitcoin more accessible in the country.
True but it is enough for them to want to incorporate crypto in their country. They can simply be neutral about it but still push for its adaption.

Adoption is increasing and it will increase more because El Salvador also adopted it when BTC was breaking its boundaries and setting some new ATH, the same way all these countries are accepting it but what they don't understand is that the timing is wrong, if they will invest that $884 billion which is a massive amount and the amount that relates to pension which obviously be paid to the Pensioner.

If that amount is invested now at the wrong time, those pensioner will suffer the most therefore this is a wrong step although I am surprised to see they have such a huge amount of money for their pensioners but they should not invest all or some part of that money into BTC even if that's in favor of us because if BTC drops which it will those pensioners will suffer the most.

You forgot to include the presidents of Venezuela and the Central African Republic — and let’s not leave out the King of Nepal. With the exception of the U.S., this “crypto leadership club” mostly consists of broke countries in economic free fall, run by regimes that are either desperate or delusional.

Trump only jumped on the Bitcoin bandwagon to make a quick buck — and now people call him TACO, which honestly feels fitting.
As for Poland and South Korea, we’ll see how it plays out, but let’s not pretend the current list of crypto-loving leaders inspires much global confidence.

Whether a country's government or president accepts Bitcoin will have a positive or negative impact on Bitcoin depends entirely on the type of government or president that country accepts Bitcoin and how effective it will be in reality.
Investors find confidence in Bitcoin when it is recognized by different countries and presidents or large institutions. However, the heads of government or presidents of most countries cannot actually implement their promises.

Many presidents often make such promises to win elections. Sometimes, their election promises cannot be kept due to the instability and risk in Bitcoin.

Bigger countries don't need BTC as much as smaller ones.

Because BTC allows doing what smaller countries can't do, having such an alternative doesn't interest bigger countries as much ;)

Currently, I only know Bukele as the pro-bitcoin president. Trump is not very supportive to crypto we can see that through his actions in creating a trade war and how IMF based in the US is against Pakistan Bitcoin mining with 2000 megawatt of electricity to mine bitcoin.

I feel Trump only loves crypto because of his shitcoin that he created for business and nothing more. He only used cryptocurrency as a means to win his vote. I will be happy to see  these presidents that you mentioned in the OP are real about their love for crypto, and show it out to the public like what El Salvador president Bukele is doing.

Trump does it to bring so-called "prestige" to the US itself - after all, more than anything, he would love to se the news sparkling with how much BTC the state has and how much they did to become the 1-st there (just like in many other areas).

Actually when national leaders are openly supporting crypto and making it part of their policy platforms it shows how deeply crypto has entered the mainstream. It used to be a fringe idea now it's something that can influence elections and national financial strategies, If this trend continues we might see real global crypto adoption much faster than expected

Yes, brother, it's not bad at all to hear that even presidents are talking about Bitcoin, but it's good. But I'm a little worried.
I think all this crypto friendly talk is just to get more votes. Even though Nawrocki won in vote counts, he only got 51% and the policy is stuck with a small deficit. Remember the MICA law in Europe? They said it would be crypto friendly, but later they made the regs so complicated that users struggled so much.

But in Korea, two parties supporting crypto together is a huge deal fr. Even pension funds are thinking to deposits in Bitcoin.

Mass adoption is coming. But will user freedom survive this journey? Let's see what waits for us

Words go far, actions - not so much, but we await them most.

Even though it's good that many speak about crypto as it is, it doesn't mean that its adoption is going to go on a whole different level, not before one would define an example of such transformations..

I seems more Bitcoin friendly presidents are emerging nowadays so I am wondering who will be the next? Which country and who do you think is the next leader to emerge in the coming months or years guys? Here in my country I have no idea since the current administration is busy dealing with external and internal threats. Hopefully in the long run the world will be full of leaders who legitimately embrace Bitcoin and that should be everybody's advantage.

I'd disagree. What is USA doing with bitcoin then?

Big country or not, bitcoin will serve to be a benefit to any country. It has shown in time that you can absolutely make profit in bitcoin if only you hit a good point and you know how to really maximize your holdings. Other countries are using bitcoin in different plenty of ways. Like said by how the korean president would wish to make bitcoin legalized

One person should never make decisions that affect the entire nation, that's why there are powers for the president, prime minister, and government - to balance the power they have. Didn't Bukele declare BTC to be a legal tender and thereby force sellers to accept it? In the end, he received a red card from his citizens and the IMF.

Bitcoin was created to function without approval, politics and central banks - and today some people are looking for all this in the context of Bitcoin, paradoxical, isn't it?

It is looking like many countries are thinking in the direction of Bitcoin as evident in the election of pro-Bitcoin presidents in many countries. Does that mean that a time will come where Bitcoin may become a factor in determining the fate of politicians in elections? It's really interesting seeing that Bitcoin is making huge progress and at the way things are going, we may see more countries legalize Bitcoin in the near future. They just have to see the success of the Bitcoin reserve being pushed by some countries such as the United States.

Just like I said in another thread, we will have more presidents who are in support of bitcoins from most countries soon. The political landscape is shifting, old politicians being replaced by younger ones who surely hold a different opinion on bitcoins.

In the coming years, we will see more policies from different countries in support of bitcoin.

Crypto currency has become a thing of political off recent because it's now becoming the basis upon which elections are going to be decided this is a welcome development as it speaks volume of how Bitcoin has become especially in making critical decisions like election but my fear is that politicians are one set of people who has double mouths so they can be pretending all what matters to them is how they can get into office and if it means supporting Bitcoin for that to happen they would do that.



I believe that bitcoin is going to be a deciding factor in this very elections the president of eventually elected should keep to his word by creating the enabling environment for crypto currency to be legalized as it will have a tremendous economic impact on the citizens of the country like others countries who have already made crypto currency legal settings up a Bitcoin reserves should be one of his agenda's

Good. In the future there will be other names from different countries that will make us discuss this. I just hope that the president who moves to push Bitcoin adoption is not just grabbing supporters in targeting vote banks during elections, but actually has a strong foundation like Nayib Bukele.
Pakistan is also trying to become a country that is discussing how to implement Bitcoin adoption. All of these countries should be prepared for criticism from others who don't want it to happen.

Indeed this is great news, and reading this makes me want to say "what a day to be alive 😁", massive adoption will indeed happen sooner than we think, and it's going to be very massive, I can't wait..

And with all this great news, one may be wondering why the price of Bitcoin and the entire crypto market isn't responding or reacting positively, and my answer would be that this is just the calm before the storm hits, when it's time for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to react to all of this good news, it's going to be massive, we will likely see a price surge like nothing we've never seen before, and I will be hodling to witness this happen.

Congratulations to bitcoin and the cryptocurrency community, this is a another win for the ecosystem.

This is going to continue, countries and institutions will keep following in the footsteps of the U.S. and other countries that have adopted BTC in one way or another. Another thing is how presidents now use BTC for their campaigns, lol, it is not bad though, but it shows that BTC is becoming very very popular and crypto people now hold a large percentage of the population in many countries. It is an exciting and great time to be a bitcoiner with all of these developments happening.

It's like a new crypto movement's happening in all continents. There hasn't been a year from bitcoin's creation we've seen presidents & prime ministers accepting crypto in the same time. They're running countries so they'll make decisions to improve crypto use.

I think that currently many politicians are using Bitcoin as a tool for their campaigns, so it attracts the attention of many people, especially for Bitcoin or crypto activists. Just like in my country, some time ago before our president was elected, they were talking about Bitcoin, even it seemed like he would seriously focus on Bitcoin when he was elected president later, but in fact until now he has not realized anything related to Bitcoin in my country, even recently when the issue resurfaced there was still no certainty or response regarding the issue that Bitcoin would become a strategic reserve in my country, there was no response let alone a policy to realize it.

Therefore, I am skeptical of politicians lately, maybe if there are more who campaign while carrying the name of Bitcoin, then I think we need to see at least how much they know about Bitcoin, is it just a bluff, or do they really understand it.

El Salvador president was the first president that made bitcoin legal tender in his country, before other presidents begin to take the same step he took to summon courage to make bitcoin popular today, What we are seeing now in bitcoin is a small thing compare what is going to happen when the world adopt it and also make it legal tender all over the world, then you will know that bitcoin is the best coin presidents and citizens should allow in their various countries.

This is good news for Poland in particular and the Bitcoin community in general. The election of a president who supports Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies will have a positive impact on the country's openness to Bitcoin and this is generally good news.

I see things accelerating after Trump's victory and his fulfillment of his campaign promises regarding Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. America is a world leader and its openness to Bitcoin will encourage all countries to follow suit. We recently saw how it reversed its stance on Bitcoin from banning it to accepting it and launching mining projects.

Although the president of El Salvador is the first president to officially adopt Bitcoin, he does not have the influence of Trump and El Salvador does not have the influence of the United States.

I hope they do it for the betterment of crypto and its use by common people, just like how smartphones revolutionized the telecom sector.

Most politicians have some sort of agenda, I agree that it is not wrong to have one, but at least it should not hurt the common people, development of the country and the taxpayers money.

If they balance making money and crypto adoption, I think it will work out. Lets just hope these are not just political stunts but actual promises that get delivered.

More politicians are liking crypto so they'll make fresh laws which help ppl in their country use more crypto. It's going to be regulated but there's a new group of politicians who're saying they'll make crypto easy for ppl in their country.

You are 100% right about this sir, most of this politicians knows that the most active set's of people in cryptocurrency are the younger generation, so in other to easily buy their minds, is to be crypto friendly, and this is the exact strategy Donald trump used in winning the Us election convincingly.
It's just a matter of time before cryptocurrency is being generally accepted by all because by looking at most nations presently, they have started utilizing Bitcoin as part of their strategic reserve, and even the countries that was initially against it is are now following suit, so as it stands now, it's just a matter of time before it will be generally accepted around the world.

Do you think that politics and politicians will allow BTC to be a decentralized cryptocurrency that they will support at the expense of their national currencies? What the politicians are doing is just an attempt to divert BTC in the direction where their mentors want it, namely the banks and large corporations that protect fiat and central banks at all costs.

Step 1 - buy as much BTC as possible without attracting much attention while controlling the largest BTC mining farms.

Step 2 - force everyone who does business with BTC to do strict AML checks, which has the effect of discouraging people from paying with it, because any transaction can be marked as "dirty" if analyzed deeply enough.

Step 3 - implement a hard fork of BTC that will enable maximum control over BTC - which will not be a problem if they have millions of BTC in their possession and if they control all large mining farms.

It's really strange to see so many old members who think that BTC's success must come through politics - as if they've ever done any good for the world.

They will say many things - but as it was outlined, they would still think about the control most, definitely, more than anything else, be it BTC or CBDCs..

I am beginning to feel that, politicians will be using Bitcoin as the way to drum for support on their side because they know that each country has a good number of people in Bitcoin investment, if they should support Bitcoin, they have won the heart of many of their citizens that are into Bitcoin to vote for them.

You know that politicians can't be held to their words, they can promise heaven on earth, to later do what they please, not to go on with their plans. I just hope all those aspiring for president in their country won't turn around to have less regard for Bitcoin after their country's citizens have voted for them to win

And politicians continue to use Bitcoin as toilet paper during their campaigns, and as soon as they win the elections, Bitcoin is discarded as toilet paper is supposed to be after used. There is nothing admirable about it... It's pure opportunism which doesn't revert any good to Bitcoin on long run.

The only positive aspect is the fact Bitcoin price may rise temporarily, so it's a good opportunity to make profit, but besides this aspect, nothing else is good. If you compare 10 years ago to nowadays, you will see how bureaucratic and restrictive this industry has become. The simplicity we had back then just disappeared due to politicians and their regulations.

Therefore, the less interference we have from them, the better it's going to be for autonomous individuals who just want to escape from the abuses of governments through a more decentralized system.

At this point of time, we need to be very careful as to how we take all this politicians during campaign, because after the get the public support via the use of tools such as cryptocurrency a d Bitcoin to win the heart of they electrate.


If when they get to office, the throw away all the election promises, and face they business as if nothing happens, so for any politicians that need Bitcoin community support there is need for at least positive steps taken to show that really they are involved in the struggle instead using it to win elections just like most of them have done already.

The phrase "Bitcoin President" sound absurd to me honestly. I will take it as hype, because Bitcoin don't need, and shouldn't have any president.
It’s mostly symbolic or dramatic, to describe someone who is associated with Bitcoin adoption, not someone with actual power over it. I will go on with the flow since this is the case.

Politicians use everything to achieve their political goals, not just bitcoin. Just because we are bitcoin investors and it is what we care about the most, we think they only use bitcoin. But in reality, Bitcoin is just one tool among hundreds of different tools they are using. So don't be surprised or disappointed when politicians get elected, they forget about bitcoin or their promises.

But in my opinion, with the growth and popularity of bitcoin spreading globally. Even if politicians do not use it for political purposes, they still have to keep an eye on it if they do not want their country to become backward.
 

They'll make laws backing crypto because many politicians & their families have invested in crypto. They'll say things because they want to control it they don't want crypto to be independent from govt regulations.

At the end of the day it's all about crypto when elections happen as if they are pro crypto especially for bitcoin.
But reflecting on before, of course we realize that sometimes this condition should not be used as a reference, especially for us bitcoin lovers as if they are people who deserve to be supported because don't forget that we have felt this before for Trump so that things like this cannot be used as a reference.

I am not banning or not supporting because more precisely I don't really care about them whether they will be in bitcoin or not but in this context it would be better if we don't need to make this seem like something big or high expectations because after all crypto lovers are currently very large and they politicians will do everything possible to get votes so that their intentions are achieved so don't let this be a weakness for crypto lovers to be shaken just because they recognize themselves as pro-crypto and try to support all forms so that the politician's goals are achieved without much effort because they succeeded in overwriting most crypto lovers with their words.

I am already seeing that we Bitcoiners are giving these politicians the opportunity to be manipulative. They manipulate their way into office and still try to manipulate the price of Bitcoin once they get into office.

It is good to have pro-Bitcoin presidents, as some countries still need a favourable environment to mine, trade, and invest in Bitcoin. However, I still prefer that we see each presidential candidate for who they truly are, and not just because they claim to be pro-Bitcoin. We are talking about politicians and they can say or do anything just to win.

Well, he is there already. Let's see what policies he has for Bitcoin and how he will handle them. All fingers are still crossed.

Because most of the bitcoiners, especially those in the government who want to be led by these politicians, give considerable expectations if in the end they are elected so that it seems as if they can be the answer to a greater increase in value or policies that will be more profitable when they take office. As if they could be an answer to a greater increase in value or a policy that would be more profitable when he took office but in this condition of course we cannot fully trust politicians because it must be remembered that in the end they politicians are not too different from influencers who will indeed take personal advantage where by moving the mass they have they can get these greater benefits and obviously things like this are not too trustworthy later because it could be that their words today will be different from their words tomorrow.

Indeed, on the one hand it would be quite good to have a leader who is pro bitcoin but on the other hand this can also be a double-edged knife where this can be overused just to achieve what they want (in this case the affairs of office in a country) we certainly already know what happened to the US with Trump where when he was hailed but now not a few people do not respect and may not even care and it is likely that something like this will also happen to other politicians with the same goals and intentions when elections occur in their respective countries where initially they are pro bitcoin but when in office the treatment will be different. Politics is hard even more leading to disgusting and actually unethical if it involves linking bitcoin with something like this.

I think being a pro-crypto and a politician will give you a spot in the government nowadays. I mean, we all want to make a country with good regulation on the crypto market, but sometimes it isn’t a good basis to vote. You really need to evaluate first if his/her environment is traditional or likely to pose a risk to Bitcoin too, because these kinds of claims that they will support crypto are not enough. Some politicians use crypto as a buzzword to gain attention without truly understanding or committing to its principles. It’s important to look at their past decisions, affiliations, and the actual structure behind their promises before putting trust in their leadership.

Also, sometimes crypto people just want a pro-crypto politician so they can benefit from it also but other sectors of the economy are forgotten.

Yea, Bitcoin has indeed grown so much that the fear of strict government regulations is gradually fading away. The political leaders coming in now seem to be more enlightened and more accommodating of the whole crypto idea, including the likes of Donald Trump, who was way too strict during his first tenure.

On second thought, their sudden interest brings me to ask: why the sudden interest by politicians, especially those seeking political positions during elections? Are they just being politicians who have found a better way to market themselves, knowing fully well that this is the new trend?

With their interest and involvement, I also show concern that these pro-Bitcoin presidents might try to make Bitcoin a bit centralized by introducing regulations that could give them partial control. There are both advantages and disadvantages to having pro-Bitcoin presidents.

That’s something I had hoped to highlight in this thread, politicians in nations around the world have seemingly come to the acknowledgment of the popularity of Bitcoin amongst youths as they constitute a larger population of adopters of Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies in our world. With the youths also making a large part of world’s population identifying with Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies in the campaigns simply means identifying with the youths and that could be all it takes to get some guarantee at the seat but, is that what we should be seeing from these guys… they seem to be using Bitcoiners or cryptocurrency enthusiasts real good in this way.

That's the price we need to pay for bitcoin to become legitimate, more popular, and more valuable. Also, this is inevitable as they cannot ignore bitcoin and cryptocurrencies forever, while they are getting bigger and bigger. There will come a time when governments will also take an interest in bitcoin and intervene with regulations, laws...This world is theirs and nothing can escape them, bitcoin is no exception regardless of whether it is decentralized or not.

But we don't need to worry too much, as long as the bitcoin network remains decentralized, bitcoin will remain a decentralized asset, no matter how many regulations, or governments and organizations hold bitcoin.

More is not always good. I believe in quality over quantity first before increasing quantity.

So it would be a challenge over the years to see these politicians deliver promises - something that politicians have earned poor marks in over the last quite a few decades and thus I am skeptical but supportive of them.

If even a single politician does something revolutionary in crypto they will become an example that would be quality.

Less crypto happy politicians isn't good the more we've got it's better. If there's one or two crypto friendly politicians it doesn't help crypto's cause but if there's more politicians who promote crypto it's going to help.

Whatever we are going to say now is mere assumption from our own end. We can only hope and pray that the policies these presidents who claim to be pro-Bitcoin will make are favourable to us all, as we cannot really do anything. Here we are still observing Trump's tenure and how it has affected the market over the past few months since he was declared winner. Quite a lot has happened, and it has been both exciting and disappointing too.

We shouldn't get too excited when these guys come out claiming to be into crypto. Rather, we should prepare our minds for anything their involvement might bring. Definitely, there will be increased adoption and some other things we can't figure out yet.

There is a big difference between now and many years ago, bitcoin has become more popular, many countries, organizations, and companies are investing in bitcoin...that signals bitcoin is inevitable. So even if politicians don't like BTC and just pretend, they still have to accept it if they don't want their country to become backward. That is why even countries hostile to bitcoin like Pakistan are slowly changing their stance.

We don't need to worry about anything, because basically, whether we like it or not, we can't stop the government. The only thing we can do is accept whatever happens and adapt.

Surely, the more, the better, because fewer people would try to limit crypto and regulate it to the brim (though it still will happen eventually).

True we should not be too overwhelmed and joyful without looking at it from another point of view because these people could be playing politics with the mindset of the public standards since Bitcoin is one that that has followership supporting it will be getting sympathy from the Bitcoin followers and that means getting votes from the masses.


We should wait for these president to come up with his proposed plan concerning Bitcoin in the country before jumping to conclusions because currently in the United States we are hearing rumors about trump and must having some differences but before Trump second tenure elections these two people where the best of friends but now politics has step in

I'm going to be one of the spoiler alert on this El Salvador Bitcoin influence. Bukele did aloy I must say and I was really impressed with his mandate trying to make everyone use Bitcoin but people were all in for the money, they all sold their airdrop Bitcoin and the wallet were abandoned like no airdrop ever happened, in fact Bitcoin dump that very day the airdrop was sent out, people were really after the money the can spend immediately than holding it.

Trump gave us another meme coin instead of making Bitcoin a personal investment, like how it was going to look like if he made Bitcoin as part of US investment but who knows it's for the best for making Bitcoin his normal talk and never involved it with his politics, the tarrif war has seen enough and the impact on the Bitcoin price. These men just have one thing in common, and that's how it's going to favour's them, they don't really care like the way an ordinary claim to be.

There aren't enough crypto friendly presidents we need more because it's true the more the better. It's better with more. If we're getting more presidents who're crypto ppl we don't know how the world's going to be for our kids & future gens.

I think it does not really matter for Bitcoin who the President of the United States is or who their friends are. If you look at previous cycles, Bitcoin always grew during the toughest times when people called it a scam and a bubble. It went through all the bear markets and still came out into a bull run. Sure, right now there is a bit of positive sentiment because Trump seems to be more loyal to Bitcoin, but in reality, he has not done anything major for Bitcoin.

He signed an order about a Bitcoin reserve, and that is where it ended. The United States is not actually buying Bitcoin or adding to any reserve. And yet, Bitcoin keeps growing and setting new all time highs. So Bitcoin simply goes through its own cycles regardless of the political situation in any country.

That would be looking too far ahead of ourselves, - we need to remember that politicians are the masters of words, sweet or not.

But, yeah, the trend of people becoming more friendly to crypto on a higher level is truly there.

Presidents & leaders can change the course of crypto history because they're making laws. If they want crypto to be used like serious currencies they're going to make laws which help ppl trade crypto with out facing problems.

Many people who wanted to use Bitcoin have been using it in their daily lives for a long time, regardless of the status of this asset in their jurisdiction. We have all seen how presidential candidates in different countries attract voters with completely different promises during election campaigns. Many promises are not fulfilled, so I would not advise trusting people who seek power, as many of them act in their own interests rather than those of the people who elect them.

I hope these political people who are running for the leadership are really enlighten and not see Bitcoin as stepping stone to be elected.

Obviously they have seen what happened to President Trump when he supported Bitcoin in his campaign.  It is possible that a politician who is running for a seat in the government thinks that involving crypto community and having a friendly stance towards it would cater to larger support.


It is highly possible that regulation will be implemented to third party crypto process and exchanges.  They might implement a mandatory KYC for Bitcoin users on these platform.

A country needs a good leader for its development who can predict the future and lead the country accordingly. In this era of technology, those who can easily adopt themselves will be ahead from others. And those who delay in taking decisions will see the success of others. We have already seen the interest of several presidents in Bitcoin. Not only ordinary people but also big leaders of the world are now thinking about saving Bitcoin at the national level. There is a great possibility that the demand for Bitcoin will increase several times in the next few years. Despite various adversities, the President of El Salvador took the decision to invest in Bitcoin and today he is seeing the success of that investment. Many more are now following him, which is why a competition to reserve Bitcoin may also be created among the presidents of various countries.

Yep.

You either don't look at news feed and buzz about it and use BTC anyways, or you are too attached to the opinions presented to you..