The Gemini co-founder expressed his disappointment with the event.
Late on Wednesday, Gemini co-founder Tyler Winklevoss expressed his dissatisfaction with this week’s Crypto For Harris town hall, which backed Kamala Harris’s bid for the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
Tyler Winklevoss Shares His Thoughts On Crypto For Harris Event
Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, billionaire Mark Cuban, and former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci were among the prominent speakers at the inaugural event of the newly formed Democratic collective on Wednesday.
However, not all were taken with the left-leaning digital asset group’s virtual town hall.
“Pre-recorded videos. Reading from scripts,” Winklevoss wrote. “Harris a no-show at her own event. What a clown show.”
While some speakers, like Gillibrand, used pre-recorded videos to deliver their speeches, there is no proof Harris was scheduled to speak to or attend the event.
Winklevoss proceeded to share an altered logo that his brother Cameron had published, changing the slogan of Crypto Advocates For Harris 2024 from “together, we can win this” to “together, we can kill crypto!”
“Fixed it for you,” Cameron captioned the image.
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The Winklevoss brothers have a long history of conservatism; in June, they each contributed $1 million worth of Bitcoin to the campaign of Republican nominee Donald Trump.
“President Donald J. Trump is the pro-Bitcoin, pro-crypto, and pro-business choice. Shortly after the contribution, Tyler stated in a June X post, “This is not even remotely open for debate.” “Anyone who tells you otherwise is severely misinformed, delusional, or not telling the truth.”
With his promise to establish the United States as the “crypto capital of the planet” made last month at the Bitcoin Conference 2024, Trump has been portrayed as a relatively pro-crypto candidate.
At the conference centered around Bitcoin, Trump declared, “We will have regulations, but from now on the rules will be written by the people who love your industry, not hate your industry.”
The Winklevoss brothers were early investors in the cryptocurrency super PAC Fairshake, and earlier this year, reports stated that they have donated an estimated $4.9 million to the organization.
Fairshake has now acquired over $200 million in funds, making it the largest super PAC in total funds raised ahead of the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
But Crypto For Harris might be interpreted as a hurried attempt to mobilize supporters of Harris in the cryptocurrency space prior to November elections.