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Thanks to numerous factors, cryptocurrency regained some legitimacy in 2024 following the calamities of the ‘crypto winter.’
These include the industry’s massive lobbying expenditure, approval of investment vehicles such as spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and the anticipated crypto-friendly nature of the incoming Trump administration.
Under such circumstances, it is hardly surprising that many U.S. politicians – generally known as savvy and prolific traders – have started engaging with the sector.
Since the start of 2024, there has been no shortage of filings showing Congresspeople buying meme coins, as well as more established coins and tokens such as Bitcoin and Ethereum (ETH).
Politicians aggressively trading meme coins in 2024
Despite this activity, the cryptocurrency market’s volatility, paired with the more common roadblocks to accurately measuring politicians’ returns, makes it somewhat difficult to determine which elected officials made the most in the cryptocurrency market this year.
Representative Mike Collins, for example, is a prime candidate for Congress’ big cryptocurrency winner. In 2024, the politician has been actively trading both established digital assets such as Ethereum and meme coins such as Aerodrome Finance (AERO) and Ski Mask Dog (SKI).
The Congressman’s current meme coin holdings – most notably AERO purchased in early November and SKI bought in early December – are solidly in the green, and his earlier cryptocurrency investments have potentially provided triple-digit returns.
On the other hand, though it is dubious if he is in the green on his digital assets at press time, Barry Moore has a significant potential to make stellar returns on his digital assets.
Representative Morre is a long-term holder of multiple coins and tokens, including Cardano (ADA), Dogecoin (DOGE), Ethereum, and Bitcoin.
Moore, however, also has the misfortune that the bulk of his cryptocurrency was purchased near the 2021 highs.
Are these early adopters the most successful crypto traders in Congress?
The story is much the same for the prominent blockchain advocate in the Senate, Cynthia Lummis. Still, unlike Representative Moore, Senator Lummis is likely in the green on her 2021 BTC investment due to the coin’s rise to new and exceptionally high all-time highs (ATH) in 2024.
Ultimately, the case may be that a somewhat uninteresting answer to which U.S. politicians made the most from digital assets in 2024 is correct.
Senator Ted Cruz purchased up to $100,000 worth of Bitcoin in early 2021 – at the approximate price of $35,000 – and, with BTC trading between $97,000 and $108,000 in late 2024, likely tripled his investment.
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