{"id":128996,"date":"2025-05-11T01:15:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-11T01:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=128996"},"modified":"2025-05-11T01:15:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T01:15:28","slug":"ex-ufc-champ-conor-mcgregor-touts-irish-bitcoin-reserve-in-presidential-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=128996","title":{"rendered":"Ex-UFC champ Conor McGregor touts Irish Bitcoin reserve in presidential bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsUFC fighter turned Irish political candidate Conor McGregor has endorsed the idea of building a Bitcoin reserve in his country to give more \u201cpower back to the people.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cCrypto in it&#8217;s origin was founded to give power back to the people. An Irish Bitcoin strategic reserve will give power to the people\u2019s money,\u201d McGregor wrote to X on May 9.<br \/>\nThe former UFC champion said he would discuss his plans in more detail in an upcoming X spaces, prompting responses from some of the Bitcoin industry\u2019s most prominent leaders.<br \/>\nSource: Conor McGregor\u201cWe need the greatest minds for this BTC Reserve. Message me and lets chat on my space,\u201d McGregor said in response to Bitcoiner and host of The Pomp Podcast, Anthony Pompliano.<br \/>\nOne of US President Donald Trump\u2019s crypto advisors, David Bailey, also reached out, to which McGregor responded: \u201cDavid message me, let\u2019s discuss your ideas!\u201d\u00a0<br \/>\nMcGregor announced his independent candidacy for the Irish presidency in late March 2025, centering his campaign on anti-immigration policies and combating crime.<br \/>\nIreland\u2019s next presidential election must take place by Nov. 11, 2025, as the term of the current President, Michael D. Higgins, is set to end the day after.<br \/>\nEstablishing a Bitcoin reserve \u2014 let alone one coming from a minor, independent party \u2014 would be no easy feat.<br \/>\nDespite recent regulatory progress, the US, El Salvador and Bhutan are among the few countries that have established a Bitcoin reserve to date.<br \/>\nRelated: US has \u2018countless\u2019 ways to bolster Bitcoin reserve: Bo Hines<br \/>\nMcGregor\u2019s political visibility was recently boosted by a trip to the White House, where he met Trump and received his support.<br \/>\nHowever, McGregor is facing intense scrutiny in Ireland, having recently been found guilty of sexual assault in a civil case \u2014 a conviction which he has since appealed \u2014 while also previously being investigated for hate speech crimes.<br \/>\nMcGregor\u2019s last crypto endeavor failed<br \/>\nMcGregor\u2019s push for a Bitcoin reserve comes a little over a month after the McGregor-backed REAL project failed to attract sufficient funding in its token launch pre-sale, prompting a full refund to all token bidders.<br \/>\nThe team behind the project, Real World Gaming, only raised $392,315 over a 28-hour presale on April 5 and 6, less than half of the $1 million minimum requirement that it initially set.<br \/>\nSource: Conor McGregorMagazine: Adam Back says Bitcoin price cycle \u201910x bigger\u2019 but will still decisively break above $100K<a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/ex-ufc-champ-conor-mcgregor-touts-irish-bitcoin-reserve?utm_source=rss_feed&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Cointelegraph.com NewsUFC fighter turned Irish political candidate Conor McGregor has endorsed the idea of building a Bitcoin reserve in his country to give more \u201cpower back to the people.\u201d&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128996"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128996\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}