Republican Senator from Texas (USA) Ted Cruz provided a new financial declaration, which reflected the acquisition of the first cryptocurrency on January 25, 2022.
He reportedly invested between $15,001 and $50,000 in bitcoin using River. On the day of purchase, the price of digital gold was between $36,000 and $37,000, according to CoinGecko.
At the time of writing, the first cryptocurrency is trading at $41,455.
In October 2021, Cruz proposed using the energy generated from oil and gas production to mine bitcoin. In his opinion, this will help to preserve the environment, and the approach can be extended to the whole world.