GENIUS Act
This bill is very pro-crypto.
voted against
Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic Senator from Rhode Island
Notable statements
GENIUS Act
This bill is very pro-crypto.
voted against
GENIUS Act
This bill is very pro-crypto.
voted against
S.J. Res 3
This bill is very pro-crypto.
voted against
SAB 121 House Joint Resolution
This bill is very pro-crypto.
voted against
Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2023
This bill is very anti-crypto.
cosponsored
Sheldon Whitehouse
@SenWhitehouse
More demand; less supply. That will jack utility bills, adding to Trumpflation, all to make his crypto-miner donors richer.
Very anti-crypto
Sheldon Whitehouse
@SenWhitehouse
Remember supply and demand? The CLARITY Act would hike electricity demand via unchecked cryptomining, just as the Big Ugly Betrayal knocks down electricity supply by attacking wind and solar — which with batteries were 95% of the new power on the grid last year. x.com/politico/statu…
Very anti-crypto
Sheldon Whitehouse
@SenWhitehouse
The unbelievably rich AI and crypto companies should pay to bring clean power to their data centers, not make it everyone else’s problem.
nytimes.com/2025/01/09/cli…
Very anti-crypto
Sheldon Whitehouse
@SenWhitehouse
Putin’s cronies thrive on the dirty money that runs amok in our financial system. This time, they tried to smuggle US military tech and sanctioned oil using shell companies and crypto. Kudos to KleptoCapture for cracking down.
cnn.com/2022/10/19/pol…
Very anti-crypto
Sheldon Whitehouse
@SenWhitehouse
RT @SenWarren: Bitcoin mining's energy use has more than tripled since 2019, consuming as much energy as entire countries. It's even drivin…
Very anti-crypto
Sheldon Whitehouse
@SenWhitehouse
We have to think hard about how new technology affects our climate. Cryptocurrency mining demands a huge amount of energy, so I’ve joined @SenWarren to ask the biggest crypto companies about their energy use. Those emissions have big consequences.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Very anti-crypto
Sheldon Whitehouse
@SenWhitehouse
RT @SenWarren: Weak rules and loopholes allow criminals to launder money through shady real estate deals, digital assets, private equity an…
Very anti-crypto