What we watch: Polymarket
According to the world’s largest prediction market, Polymarket, the pro-Bitcoin candidate for the upcoming presidential election, Donald Trump has a 13% lead over Kamala Harris.
There are huge risks at stake here in this election regarding Bitcoin. Trump promises very favorable regulations, compared to Harris, who has set no regulations and has a nearly four-year track record of attacking the industry.
But I think from Makes great a point here. When it comes to Bitcoin, this election means something more regulated. This is our best chance to free Ross Ulbricht, one of the early Bitcoin pioneers and founder of the Silk Road Bitcoin market.
Taking into account all the public information regarding Harris, there is absolutely no evidence to suggest that she would support the Bitcoin industry, let alone release Ross.
Bitcoin users have been desperate to get Ross out of prison for as long as possible. This has always been a focal point of every conference I have attended over the past four years. I’ll never forget sitting outside the hotel at the BitBlockBoom conference in 2021 and talking to him Francis BeaulieuAnd hearing him talk passionately about how much he wanted to free Ross from prison. For many, Ross’s release could mean everything.
“I got out of the cell yesterday long enough to shower, call home and say hello to a few friends here.” He said Ross through his X account, which is managed by his fiancée today. “It was really nice to get out between those 8-by-10-foot walls and the locked door and connect to the free world.”
Ross wrongly and cruelly spent more than 12 years in prison. Now forty years old, he will have plenty of time to live a wonderful life with his fiancée, family and friends, and pursue any projects she might be interested in. It’s time to bring him home. But to make this a reality, we will still have to fight to win this election as if we are 13% behind.
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