Cathie Wood, CEO of Ark Invest, an American investment company, announced that she plans to vote for former US President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican Party candidate, in this presidential election.
“As I tell my kids, ‘Look, I’m going to vote for who’s going to do best for our economy.’ “I am a voter when it comes to the economy.” wood said over the weekend at a conference in Las Vegas hosted by financial content creator Kevin Paffrath. “And on that basis, Trump.”
In his next remarks, Wood quoted economist Arthur Laffer as saying that the first three years of the Trump administration before the COVID-19 pandemic were “the best in American economic history.” The rapper was an economic advisor to President Trump’s 2016 campaign.
The Ark Invest CEO has long been a cryptocurrency advocate, and Trump recently expressed strong support For the cryptocurrency industry.
Ark Invest presentation In 2015, the ARK Web x.0 ETF became the first ETF to invest in Bitcoin. Afterwards, the company expanded its investment by purchasing stocks of cryptocurrency-related companies such as Coinbase.
Meanwhile, Trump has been accepting cryptocurrency donations since last month and has given speeches advocating cryptocurrencies, non-fungible tokens, and Bitcoin mining. Last week, Gemini founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss donation $2 million worth of Bitcoin given to Trump campaign
Earlier this month, The Block reported: President Joe Biden’s Campaign We were also in discussions with cryptocurrency industry insiders about accepting cryptocurrency donations through Coinbase Commerce.
broadcast US presidential debate The match between Biden and Trump is scheduled to be broadcast live on June 27.
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Danny Park is The Block’s East Asia reporter, writing about topics including Web3 development and cryptocurrency regulation in the region. He previously worked as a reporter for Forkast.News, where he actively covered the fall of Terra-Luna and FTX. Based in Seoul, Danny previously produced written and video content for media companies in Korea, Hong Kong and China. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Business Marketing from the University of Hong Kong.