US election accepts Bitcoin donations

FX168 Bitcoin Prices fluctuated in the Asian session on Friday (August 7), and the overall market trend has been in a volatile downward trend recently.

The quotes released by BITSTAMP show that Bitcoin/USD (XBT/USD) fell from around 270 to below 262 yesterday, and although it rebounded to 268, it fell back to around 262. In the Asian session of this trading day, the price fluctuated around 265.

According to the quotes released by KRAKEN, Bitcoin/Euro (XBT/EUR) fell from 247 to around 239 yesterday. Although it rebounded to 246, it fell back to around 241. In the Asian session of this trading day, the price was trading around 244.

In terms of industry, U.S. presidential candidate Rick Perry said in an interview with the New York Observer that "as long as it does not affect the industry innovation of Bitcoin and allows businesses based on legal digital currencies to run smoothly, he fully supports relaxing Bitcoin-related policies to a certain extent."

The more important news is that Rand Paul, a Kentucky senator and one of the candidates for the US presidential election, announced that he would soon accept Bitcoin as campaign donations. Following Paul, several other presidential candidates also began to accept Bitcoin as donations for their activities.