{"id":88815,"date":"2024-08-06T11:06:52","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T15:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=88815"},"modified":"2024-08-06T11:08:05","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T15:08:05","slug":"kamala-harris-selects-tim-walz-as-us-vice-president-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/kamala-harris-selects-tim-walz-as-us-vice-president-candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris Selects Tim Walz As US Vice President Candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kamala Harris<\/a> has reportedly selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate in the 2024\u00a0US election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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US Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has reportedly selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her vice presidential candidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The upcoming U.S.\u00a0presidential election\u00a0has been one of the most talked-about topics in town, with high expectations for the Trump-Harris race<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The market is currently buzzing with anticipation due to the most recent reports that Vice President Harris has selected Walz as her running mate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kamala Harris Taps Tim Walz As VP Candidate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

According to a recent CNN report\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/g>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/clipPath>\r\n <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a>, U.S. presidential candidate Kamala Harris has recently selected her running mate for the upcoming U.S. election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report cited four people familiar with the situation and indicated that VP Harris is placing a wager on Tim Walz as the VP candidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several reports from earlier today have suggested that the US Vice President has already made a decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, none of the reports provided confirmation, which has led to heightened anticipation about Gary Peters and Josh Shapiro as potential candidates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harris Picks Walz\u2014What Does it Imply for the\u00a0Crypto Industry?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Walz has not yet issued a public statement on cryptocurrency; however, he advocates for more stringent regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to his profile on iSideWith, Walz believes that the US government should establish more stringent regulations around cryptocurrency use. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, he does not endorse classifying cryptocurrency as a legal form of payment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, he does not believe that the use of cryptocurrency for cross-border payments should be prohibited entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bitfinex analysts also consider Harris's perspective on the crypto industry<\/a> to be a variable that could potentially lead to increased regulatory scrutiny:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cHarris\u2019s stance on cryptocurrency isn\u2019t well-documented, making it difficult to predict with certainty. However, Harris\u2019s political positions suggest a focus on consumer protection and financial regulation, which might imply continued scrutiny of the crypto market.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Harris's choice happens two weeks after US President Joe Biden announced his withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump Leads Despite Harris' Latest Move<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The odds continue to favor Republican candidate and former United States President Donald Trump, despite Harris's revealing her running mate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polymarket indicates that over 53% of respondents anticipate Trump's victory in the 2024 presidential elections, while only 46% of respondents anticipate Harris's victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Presidential Election Winner, prediction market. Source: Polymarket<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The world's largest prediction market has recorded wagers of over $64 million on Trump's potential victory and over $50 million on Harris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crypto industry regards Trump as a more innovation-friendly political candidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bitcoin briefly regained the $68,000 mark in July following Biden's announcement of stepping down from the election race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kamala Harris has reportedly selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate in the 2024\u00a0US election. US Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has reportedly selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her vice presidential candidate. The upcoming U.S.\u00a0presidential election\u00a0has been one of the most talked-about topics in town, with high expectations for the Trump-Harris race. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":88822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[14385,12107,21139],"class_list":["post-88815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-kamala-harris","tag-us-elections","tag-vice-presidential-candidate"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Kamala-Harris-Selects-Tim-Walz-As-US-Vice-President-Candidate.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}