Shrina Kurani, a Democrat running for a House seat in California, and Morgan Harper, a Democratic candidate running to represent Ohio in the US Senate, explain why they are running pro-crypto campaigns. They discuss how crypto will affect the 2022 midterms, justify being both pro-crypto and pro-environment, and talk about the importance of educating regulators about Web3. On this episode of Unchained, they highlight:
- how Morgan’s work at the American Economic Liberties Project and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau led her to run for Senate on a pro-crypto platform
- why Shrina chose to mint NFTs on Solana to help fundraise for her campaign
- what issues Morgan and Shrina have with the current financial system (and how they believe crypto could help solve such issues)
- why both Shrina and Morgan stress that education is the key to making effective crypto policy in the US
- what message Shrina and Morgan want to send to fellow Democrats about the crypto industry
- why Morgan believes that single-issue voting for crypto candidates could be dangerous
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Morgan Harper
- Campaign Website: https://morganharper.org/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/mh4oh
Shrina Kurani
- Campaign Website: https://www.shrinakurani.com/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/shrinakurani
Additional Reading
- Information on Shrina’s NFT drop
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- https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2021/12/16/congressional-candidate-kurani-dropping-2022-solana-nfts-as-part-of-campaign/
- Why Shrina is advocating for web3
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- https://medium.com/@shrinakuraniforcongress/im-running-for-congress-here-s-why-i-m-advocating-for-web3-50409ffdd11
- Morgan’s thoughts on web3 versus traditional finance
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- https://twitter.com/mh4oh/status/1463219384776806402?s=21
- 9 pro-crypto congressional candidates
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- https://laurashin.bulletin.com/want-to-support-a-pro-crypto-congressional-candidate-check-out-these-9