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Former UFC champ Conor McGregor, present a statesmanlike campaigner successful Ireland, has projected creating a nationalist Bitcoin reserve arsenic portion of his campaign.
UFC combatant turned Irish governmental campaigner Conor McGregor has endorsed the thought of gathering a Bitcoin reserve successful his state to springiness much “power backmost to the people.”
“Crypto successful it's root was founded to springiness powerfulness backmost to the people. An Irish Bitcoin strategical reserve volition springiness powerfulness to the people’s money,” McGregor wrote to X connected May 9.
The erstwhile UFC champion said helium would sermon his plans successful much item successful an upcoming X spaces, prompting responses from immoderate of the Bitcoin industry’s astir salient leaders.
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“We request the top minds for this BTC Reserve. Message maine and lets chat connected my space,” McGregor said successful effect to Bitcoiner and big of The Pomp Podcast, Anthony Pompliano.
One of US President Donald Trump’s crypto advisors, David Bailey, besides reached out, to which McGregor responded: “David connection me, let’s sermon your ideas!”
McGregor announced his autarkic candidacy for the Irish presidency successful precocious March 2025, centering his run connected anti-immigration policies and combating crime.
Ireland’s adjacent statesmanlike predetermination indispensable instrumentality spot by Nov. 11, 2025, arsenic the word of the existent President, Michael D. Higgins, is acceptable to extremity the time after.
Establishing a Bitcoin reserve — fto unsocial 1 coming from a minor, autarkic enactment — would beryllium nary casual feat.
Despite recent regulatory progress, the US, El Salvador and Bhutan are among the fewer countries that person established a Bitcoin reserve to date.
Related: US has ‘countless’ ways to bolster Bitcoin reserve: Bo Hines
McGregor’s governmental visibility was precocious boosted by a travel to the White House, wherever helium met Trump and received his support.
However, McGregor is facing aggravated scrutiny successful Ireland, having precocious been recovered blameworthy of sexual assault successful a civilian lawsuit — a condemnation which helium has since appealed — portion besides antecedently being investigated for hatred code crimes.
McGregor’s past crypto endeavor failed
McGregor’s propulsion for a Bitcoin reserve comes a small implicit a period aft the McGregor-backed REAL project failed to pull capable backing successful its token motorboat pre-sale, prompting a afloat refund to each token bidders.
The squad down the project, Real World Gaming, only raised $392,315 implicit a 28-hour presale connected April 5 and 6, little than fractional of the $1 cardinal minimum request that it initially set.
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