US presidential candidate DeSantis backs Bitcoin, digital currencies

May 24, 2023 7:43 PM EDT

FILE PHOTO: Souvenir tokens representing cryptocurrency Bitcoin plunge into water in this illustration taken May 17, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

(Reuters) - Florida Republican Governor and U.S. presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis on Wednesday pledged to support people's right to trade in digital assets like Bitcoin and said he opposes establishing a central bank digital currency.

(Reporting by Tyler Clifford; Editing by Eric Beech)



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