On July 18th, in response to Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin's recent statement "opposing political voting based on support for cryptocurrency," Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson refuted it by saying, "My primary goal has always been to keep the government as far away from cryptocurrency as possible, but when that goal is not possible, the remaining choices are very clear. If they continue to over-regulate, then we shouldn't vote for them... Voting for Biden is a vote for the demise of the US cryptocurrency industry. For this reason, we should vote for candidates who support cryptocurrency."