US Candidate uses NFT in his political campaign – Bits Media

US Congressional candidate from California Srina Khurani believes, that the Web3 industry needs legislators, technology savvy, and uses NFTs in his political campaign.

Using NFT Srina Kurani (Shreena Qurani) intends to attract the attention of citizens to your political campaign and raise awareness of the environmentally friendly use of Web3 developments. The politician collaborates with the Abris platform to release 230 NFT, the cost of which ranges from $1 250 to $5 800.

According to Kurani, non-fungible tokens serve as a kind of “merch” for the campaign, And funds, received from their sale, will go towards creating a political team. The politician is confident, that the country needs legislators, technology savvy, otherwise the Web3 industry will not develop.

Kourani serves as vice president of business at technology company Republic., based in New York. The company specializes in retail investments and provides blockchain consulting. In total, Republic invested about $700 million and supported 600 companies.

“With cryptocurrency, we can democratize access to financial services and leverage the intertwined relationship between technology and ownership. New technologies will help educate the American population and improve financial literacy of citizens, especially those segments of the population, who have historically been disenfranchised", Kurani said.

Congressional candidate said, that if elected, she would pay more attention to the laws, relating to tax and accounting reporting. In her opinion, more attention should be paid to the “Know Your Customer” principle (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML), then there will be more trust in the industry.

At the end of February, another candidate for the US Congress from California, Aarika Rhodes, said, that is going to use cryptocurrencies, to ease and protect welfare payments to low-income Americans.