Tom Emmer: “Cryptocurrency... gives people the ability to exchange value…”

“Look, I started looking at this in 2018 when one of my great young staff people gave me a book called the Age of Cryptocurrency. Once you start to study this, you realize how powerful this is to the individual. It Cryptocurrency... gives people the ability to exchange value with another individual separate from government control. In many ways, cryptocurrency, frankly, is even larger than a value of exchange. In fact, the most interesting aspects don't even have anything to do with money. Open blockchain networks.” (04:37–04:50)

This is an excerpt from a raw transcript. The assertions have not been audited or verified. Tap the video to view the source footage and understand the context.