Trump Picks Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Advocate as Budget Chief

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Trump picked Congressman Mick Mulvaney, Tea Party Republican, as his administration's Director of Office of Management and Budget. He is considered a staunch fiscal conservative that wishes to drastically limit the federal government's spending on social programs.

Just this September he was among the founders of the bipartisan Blockchain Caucus. Commonly called the Bitcoin Caucus by American media, it is meant to help congressmen stay up to speed on cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies, and develop policies that advance them.

“Blockchain technology has the potential to revolutionize the financial services industry, the U.S. economy and the delivery of government services, and I am proud to be involved with this initiative,” Mulvaney said in a statement back then.

Mulvaney is also a supporter of Coin Center, a non-profit research and advocacy center focused on public policy issues facing cryptocurrency technologies, which raised over $1 million earlier this year.

"For the past two years we have worked with Representatives Mulvaney and Polis to educate their colleagues through briefings and other events, and the new Congressional Blockchain Caucus will be a wonderful new platform to continue these efforts," Jerry Brito, executive director of Coin Center said at the time. "Their forward-thinking leadership on blockchain technology in Congress is unmatched."