Finally, the long-awaited meeting took place. The two main candidates for the presidency of the United States, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, staged a debate on September 10 to confront their ideas, in a meeting in which bitcoin (BTC) was once again left out of the discussion, provoking reactions from the community that revolves around digital assets.
Despite expectations, Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies were not mentioned during the two hours that lasted the meeting in which both candidates addressed issues related to the economy, immigration, abortion and foreign policy, among others.
It is worth noting that, although the meeting did not focus on cryptocurrencies, it did provide a glimpse into the two politicians’ vision of the country, marked by clear contrasts. Harris made an effort to show that she can present the Democratic arguments against Trump better than Biden did.
Thus, while Harris’s focus is on an economy of opportunity, with an emphasis on home ownership and price controls to manage inflation, Trump’s plan aims to “make America rich again.”
He claims he did it the first time he was in the White House and promises he will do it again. He also blames Harris and Biden from an increase in inflation under his government and of “destroying the economy.”
In order to face the economic crisis, Trump underlines his intention to impose new taxes on imported products —of all the countries the United States trades with— in an attempt to force more companies to manufacture their products in the country. The debt crisis would be confronted by using bitcoin as a strategic reserve.
Harris, for his part, seeks large tax increases for companies and high-income earners, to fund aid to low-income and middle-class workers.
It offers large tax breaks to companies engaged in what it considers to be “high economic benefits,” such as manufacturing technologies needed to combat global warming or building housing. It pledges to provide aid for the purchase of real estate.
This is the only scheduled meeting between the two candidates and comes at a critical time, as Polls show a very close race just eight weeks before the elections.
The fundamental question that remains in the air is whether any of them can transmit a compelling message to undecided voters and reinforce the confidence of its bases. This, in a scenario in which the role of bitcoin is considered to be decisive in these elections.
Candidates’ message forces us to think about Bitcoin
Members of the community took to social media to react to the debate between the candidates for the presidency of the United States. Some of them were not convinced by the speech they gave, although if you believe that BTC price will rise either because of the poor monetary policy that Harris implements if she wins the elections, or because of the pro-cryptocurrency policies that may arise from a government led by Trump.
Others believe that there are no politicians capable of fixing the US economy and therefore They believe that It’s a better time to take refuge in bitcoin. Likewise, from the account Valid_signa of Xa user says that whether Trump or Harris wins, what will happen is that both will print more money and therefore, he believes it is time to buy bitcoin.
Cryptocurrency punters have also sounded a note, as after their first debate without mention of digital assets, Trump’s chances of winning the election fell by 3% on Polymarket.
Following a new Trump debate with no mention of digital assets, his chances of winning the election fell by 3% on Polymarket.
Just before the debate, Trump was leading the odds of winning the US presidential election with 52%, compared to Harris’s 46%, but after the duel between the two, the numbers changed for reflect a tie with 49% for both.
This article was written with the collaboration of Marianella Vanci (Editor)
