Mathias Sundin is the World's first Bitcoin Only Political Parliament Candidate
Mathias Sundin, a 36 years old politician, Deputy Mayor of Norrkoping, former Member of Parliament, and entrepreneur from Sweden is running for the Swedish parliament. He is the first political candidate to only accept bitcoins for his political campaign. As he writes on his own website. To promote the spreading of Bitcoin and increase the awareness of new political challenges, I will - as the first political candidate in the world - only accept campaign donations in Bitcoin. He writes that he won't accept Swedish Kroner, nor USD or Euros. He will use the donations that he receives in....
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Digital currency advocate Mathias Sundin has become a member of Sweden's parliament after funding his election campaign solely in bitcoin. Now, and for the next four years, Sundin will represent the constituents of Östergötland in the parliament, which has 349 members from across the country. Outlining his political agenda on his blog, Sundin made it clear that he would oppose "knee-jerk regulation" of bitcoin and disruptive technologies in general. Taking the advice 'put your money where your mouth is', the politician also made a point of accepting campaign donations solely in bitcoin. On....
Sweden's general election is set to take place on 14th September, and one of the country's parliamentary candidates announced this week what could be a world first in campaign financing. Mathias Sundin is a former Member of Parliament and the deputy mayor of the Swedish city Norrköping. He's running again this year for a seat in Parliament to represent the county of Östergötland. And as of 10th July his campaign accepts donations exclusively in bitcoin. Speaking with CoinDesk, he said: "Bitcoin - and other digital currencies - is a fantastic innovation. By accepting only bitcoin in my....
Mathias Sundin, deputy mayor of Norrköping in Eastern Sweden, has won his bid to join Sweden's 349-member Parliament while only receiving donations in the growing global digital currency, Bitcoin. He left an understated Tweet on his Twitter account this afternoon, confirming his election to Sweden's Parliament, simply stating "I'm in!". The actual election occurred on September 14th, and now the votes have been tallied and confirmed officially since then. The Swedish Parliament is similar to the House of Representatives in the United States. Swedish Bitcoin Politician Wins Seat in....
There have been many instances throughout history of single issue political parties forming and having a great deal of success. But just yesterday we reported that one of Sweden’s political candidates, Mathias Sundin, a member of Sweden’s liberal center-right party Folkpartiet and current Deputy Mayor of Norrköping said that he would be accepting only Bitcoin donations during his campaign. But now, instead of a few politicians supporting Bitcoin the cryptocurrency will have its own political party. Almedalsveckan Week is one of the most important times in Swedish politics. The major....
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