Kamala Harris 'Will Not Be Speaking' at Bitcoin Conference: CEO

U.S. Vice President and presumptive Democratic nominee for the Presidency Kamala Harris "will not be speaking" at the Bitcoin Conference after earlier talks to have her appear, according to the CEO of conference organizer Bitcoin Magazine David Bailey.

In a tweet, Bailey said that it was "no surprise" that Harris had declined to appear at the event, adding, "What can she say to us when she’s actively imprisoning developers, forcing our industry overseas, attacking PoW… it would have been a disaster for her."

Earlier today, Bailey had teased a possible appearance from Harris at the Bitcoin Conference, saying that the conference organizers were in communication with Harris' campaign, who were "making up their minds today."

He added that it would be "very savvy of her to reset the democrat positioning on the fastest growing voter block in the country."

In a follow-up tweet, Bailey suggested that Harris should follow the leads of other Presidential hopefuls Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. by promising to commute the sentence of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht before addressing the conference.

"That's the tables stakes," he said.

Decrypt has reached out to the office of the Vice President and Bailey, and will update this story should we receive a response.

The crypto community has wasted no time in making its views known to Harris, who on Tuesday secured the support of a majority of delegates ahead of the Democratic Party convention in August. That makes her the de facto candidate for the nomination.

On Monday, crypto trade association the Digital Chamber urged Harris to foster "open dialogue" with industry leaders, and add pro-crypto language to the Democratic Party platform to counter the perception that it holds a "negative viewpoint of digital assets."

While Harris has yet to make any public statement about cryptocurrency, billionaire and Bitcoin enthusiast Mark Cuban told Decrypt that he has received "multiple questions from her camp about crypto."

In an earlier interview, he stated: "The feedback I’m getting, but certainly not confirmed by the VP, is that she will be far more open to business, [artificial intelligence], crypto and government as a service."

Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for the Presidency, has aggressively courted tech industry leaders, including crypto executives, who have responded with multi-million dollar campaign contributions.

Pro-crypto super PAC Fairshake has raised over $200 million since the fall from figures including Gemini founders the Winklevoss twins, targeting seats held by allies of prominent crypto critic Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).

Edited by Stacy Elliott. This story was updated on July 24 to reflect Harris' declining to appear at the Bitcoin Conference.