Republican Senator from Kentucky and presidential hopeful Rand Paul has succeeded in thwarting the renewal of the Patriot Act’s mass surveillance measures outlined in Section 215.
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Randal Howard Paul, or Rand Paul, is an American politician, physician and junior United States Senator from Kentucky since 2011. Sen. Rand Paul was first interviewed about his view on Bitcoin in 2014. It was about the general view of Rand Paul on technology and he didn’t tell anything about a policy perspective on Bitcoin. Nevertheless, he expressed real interest in the digital currency. Moreover, in 2015 Rand Paul’s election campaign website started accepting donations in Bitcoin, making him the first major presidential candidate to accept cryptocurrency. Rand Paul believes in the future of cryptocurrency and its technology. Even though he thinks it is not going to become an official way of payment, he still supports the technology, being sure that authorities don’t need to control digital currencies that much.
Stock exchange operator NASDAQ is experimenting with blockchain, Rand Paul has named Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne as a member of his tech council, and more news.
425Interpol develops its own altcoin for conducting crime research, Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul believes Bitcoin should not be feared or regulated, and more top stories for April 24.
511The Spanish tax authorities have published a statement classifying bitcoin; Some of the UK's top bankers are to discuss bitcoin among a fintech discussion panel and more news
763After Rand Paul became the first major presidential candidate to accept bitcoin, some users theorized that the move could be used by his opponents to attack him.
1184Libertarian darling Rand Paul (R-KY) has become the first Presidential candidate to accept bitcoin donations, partially in an attempt to appeal to the tech community.
638Minacoin, a new cryptocurrency that will fully launched by June, is going into unchartered digital waters by backing the currency with gold.
568Fortune magazine published an interview with Kentucky Senator Rand Paul yesterday that touched on the senator’s thoughts regarding Silicon Valley and Bitcoin.
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