US senator Ted Cruz has officially begun accepting Bitcoin for his senate campaign donations, according to his official website, with Bitcoin payments firm OpenNode facilitating the transactions. Payments to the campaign can either be made on-chain or via lightning network transactions.

Bitcoin Campaign Donations Accepted

Ted Cruz for Senate

Cruz has been a very vocal proponent of Bitcoin in the senate over the last few years, especially when it comes to the energy front, where he says the Bitcoin industry “is generating enormous benefits for Texas, for the country.” 

The senator seemingly wants to help lead a charge on educating and bringing more…

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