https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_6102"Executive Order 6102 is a United States presidential executive order signed on April 5, 1933, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt "forbidding the hoarding of gold coin, gold bullion, and gold certificates within the continental United States"."
Bernie could do this with Bitcoin. Do I think he would, idk, but Im sure Trump or Biden wouldn't. True it wouldnt censor Bitcoin, but an executive order banning Bitcoin ownership would put me out of the hodl game.
Its the extreme leftists Bernie would appoint to power that I would worry about most.
A Bernie Fed ran by a communist bartender chick could easily ban Bitcoin.
Luckily Bernie isnt a threat to win anymore.
https://www.predictit.org/markets/detail/3633/Who-will-win-the-2020-Democratic-presidential-nomination I am not up on US politics as much as you seem to be, but why do you think Bernie Sanders would ban Bitcoin? I mean, I thought it was impossible to 'ban' Bitcoin, isn't that the point?
Also, forgive me for asking but how can you be 'sure' Trump won't try it (if as you seem to say it is possible to do so):
I live in the U.S., if Bernie hadn't got trounced by Biden and him or one of his extreme leftist appointees had banned Bitcoin ownership in the U.S. then I would have sold mine.
I used the phrase "Ban Bitcoin," but if you would like me to be more precise, he could ban me from owning Bitcoin and I would comply as a personal preference.
Its not that I think Bernie would def ban Bitcoin ownership in the U.S., its that he is a far leftist based on the strict Bitcoin prohibitions of using Bitcoin as a means of payment that 2 out of the 4 communist governments have put on their citizens, I would expect a white house full of far leftists to be much more hostile to Bitcoin than Trump or a centrist like Biden.
Extreme leftists don't like personal financial sovereignty, they don't like capitalism, they don't like private wealth/property. Its natural that they would be hostile to Bitcoin, the ultimate private property.
As for why Trump wouldnt try it, well he is one of the few politicians I have ever seen who worries about what his supporters say on twitter. A ton of his supporters lean libertarian and are Bitcoiners. I witnessed the outcry on his twitter from Trump supporters saying they loved him but he was wrong about Bitcoin and to go easy on it. Trump would not imo alienate a large swath of his supporters so he is a much safer bet to me on Bitcoin than Bernie. Trump also does love the concepts of private property and capitalism.
