Author: Nikhilesh De, CoinDesk; Translation: Baishui, Golden Finance

Vice President Kamala Harris touted her "opportunity agenda" in a campaign speech on Monday night, but did not elaborate on what this means for digital assets.

Earlier that day, the campaign team unveiled a broad agenda, including her first substantive policy position on cryptos. However, anyone hoping to learn more details from her speech in Erie, Pennsylvania, would be disappointed.

Harris did not even mention terms like "blockchain" or "digital assets", let alone cryptos, as she has in the past.

"We are going to build a future that I call an opportunity economy where everyone can compete, and has a real chance, not just to survive, but to thrive," she said in her Monday night speech.

Harris's campaign team earlier that day stated that the "opportunity agenda" aims to strengthen support from Black men for her.

"Vice President Harris knows that over 20% of African Americans in the USA hold or have held cryptos assets, which is why her plan will ensure that owners and investors of digital assets benefit from regulatory frameworks, thus protecting Black men and others participating in this market," a press release said.

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"Vice President Harris appreciates the way new technologies can expand the channels of banks and financial services," the document stated, and then reiterated the statements about this framework in the press release.

In stark contrast to Harris's silence on this topic, former President Donald Trump has made many gestures towards the crypto industry, promising to establish friendly regulatory institutions and announcing the appointment of a 'Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Advisory Council' at the industry conference in Nashville.

Last month, Trump visited the Bitcoin bar PubKey in New York City and, with the help of bar staff, purchased a hamburger with Bitcoin.

Participants in the crypto industry have commissioned some surveys to understand voters' interest in the industry. A survey funded by the crypto asset management company Grayscale (unrelated to the Vice President) showed that 77% of potential voters want candidates to understand cryptos and 21% of respondents hold at least some cryptos.