{"id":241278,"date":"2024-07-09T15:09:27","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T15:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/09\/senator-marsha-blackburn-now-accepts-bitcoin-and-crypto-donations\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:15:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:15:04","slug":"senator-marsha-blackburn-now-accepts-bitcoin-and-crypto-donations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/09\/senator-marsha-blackburn-now-accepts-bitcoin-and-crypto-donations\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Marsha Blackburn Now Accepts Bitcoin And Crypto Donations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/.image\/c_fit%2Ch_800%2Cw_1200\/MjA3NzA4OTIwMTEyNzUyMjgx\/screenshot-2024-07-08-at-124659pm.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) has announced, in a press release sent to Bitcoin Magazine, that her re-election campaign now accepts\u00a0cryptocurrency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshablackburn.com\/donate-with-crypto\/\">donations<\/a>. This move comes as Blackburn&#8217;s campaign recently launched a page dedicated to Bitcoin <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.anedot.com\/blackburn\/marsha-blackburn-website-bitcoin\">donations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur campaign is committed to meeting supporters where they are,\u201d said Senator Blackburn. \u201cAs a growing number of Americans utilize digital currencies for everyday transactions, we are excited to take this next step and stay on the cutting edge of the 21st-century digital world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This announcement follows a recent trend of Bitcoin adoption among U.S. politicians. Just yesterday, Blackburn chaired the RNC Platform Committee that <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/markets\/republican-national-committee-endorses-pro-bitcoin-platform-in-party-draft\">passed<\/a>\u00a0their 2024 platform draft, committing to defend the right to mine and\u00a0self-custody Bitcoin. Congressman Matt Gaetz recently <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/markets\/congressman-matt-gaetz-introduces-bill-to-allow-federal-income-tax-payments-in-bitcoin\">introduced<\/a> a bill allowing federal income tax payments in Bitcoin. Additionally, former President Donald Trump also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/markets\/trump-becomes-first-president-to-accept-bitcoin-lightning-payments-for-campaign-donations\">started accepting<\/a> Bitcoin Lightning payments for campaign donations.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Senator Blackburn told Bitcoin Magazine that the freedom and privacy aspects of Bitcoin are a &#8220;very good thing&#8221;, while advocating strongly against central bank digital currencies (CBDC), saying they are spy tools for the government to use against their citizens.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW \u2013\u00a0US Senator Marsha Blackburn: CBDCs are a &quot;spy tool&quot; for government control.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bitcoin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bitcoin<\/a> is a &quot;very good thing.&quot; \ud83d\udc4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A7ahH4tMfn\">pic.twitter.com\/A7ahH4tMfn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BitcoinMagazine\/status\/1780200794492387380?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Senator Blackburn is also set to speak at the <a href=\"https:\/\/b.tc\/conference\/2024\">Bitcoin 2024 Conference<\/a> in Nashville at the end of the month, further signaling her support for Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ANNOUNCEMENT: United States Senator <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarshaBlackburn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MarshaBlackburn<\/a> will be speaking at Bitcoin 2024! \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udfdb <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/twABgJMyGh\">pic.twitter.com\/twABgJMyGh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Bitcoin Conference (@TheBitcoinConf) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheBitcoinConf\/status\/1796269500104372706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinmagazine.com\/business\/senator-marsha-blackburn-now-accepts-bitcoin-and-crypto-donations\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) has announced, in a press release sent to Bitcoin Magazine, that her re-election campaign now accepts\u00a0cryptocurrency donations. 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