‘We Reject Regulators’: JD Vance Goes All In on Crypto at a Bitcoin Conference

The vice president championed cryptocurrencies in a keynote speech to a Bitcoin conference.

JD Vance
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Vice President JD Vance laid out explicit White House support for the cryptocurrency industry in a keynote speech Wednesday at a Bitcoin conference.

“After four years of mistreatment and outright hostility led by Democrat regulators, lawmakers in this country have a choice: Will we lead our nation into a future of financial sovereignty, of innovation and of prosperity, or will we let unelected bureaucrats and our competitors write the rules for us?” Vance said to the audience at the Bitcoin 2025 Conference in Las Vegas.

“I’m here today to say loud and clear: With President Trump, crypto finally has a champion and an ally in the White House,” he continued.