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Ben Weiss

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. still boosts Bitcoin, despite alleged conflict of interest, and wants to exempt the cryptocurrency from capital gains taxes

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during the Bitcoin 2023 conference in Miami. (Credit: Eva Marie Uzcategui—Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a noted Bitcoin. And on Tuesday, Kennedy, who recently was condemned by his very own family for claiming that COVID-19 was engineered to target certain ethnic groups, unveiled two policy proposals to further endear himself to fans of the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.

Speaking virtually during an event hosted by Heal the Divide, a super PAC with ties to far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green and embattled Rep. George Santos, Kennedy said that he both wants to “exempt the conversion of Bitcoin to the U.S. dollar from capital gains taxes” as well as “back the U.S. dollar with real finite assets, such as gold, silver, platinum, and Bitcoin.”

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