
Author: Danny Park, The Block; Compilation: Baishui, Bitchain Vision
Casey, CEO of American investment firm Ark InvestWood said she plans to vote for Republican candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump in this year’s presidential election.
“Like I said to my kids…like I said to them, ‘Listen,I want to vote for the people who can do the best for our economy.“I am a voter when it comes to economics,” Wood said at a conference in Las Vegas over the weekend. The conference was organized by financial content creator Kevin Pavlas.”On this basis, Trump will be elected.”
Wood quoted economist Arthur Laver in his subsequent speech as saying that before the pandemic, the first three years of the Trump administration were “the best in the history of the American economy.”Laver was an economic adviser to Trump’s 2016 campaign.
The Ark Invest CEO has long been a supporter of cryptocurrencies, and Trump has recently expressed strong support for the cryptocurrency industry.
Ark Invest announced in 2015 that its Ark Web x.0 ETF became the first ETF to invest in Bitcoin.The company has since expanded its investment by purchasing stocks in crypto-related companies such as Coinbase.
Meanwhile, Trump has been accepting cryptocurrency donations since last month and has delivered a speech advocating for cryptocurrencies, irreplaceable tokens and Bitcoin mining.Last week, Gemini founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss donated $2 million worth of Bitcoin to the Trump campaign.
Earlier this month, The Block reported that President Joe Biden’s campaign was also discussing with cryptocurrency industry participants about accepting cryptocurrency donations through Coinbase Commerce.
US television broadcasts the presidential debate between Biden and Trump is scheduled to be broadcast live on June 27.