Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., also known as RFK Jr., argues that U.S. policymakers are increasingly recognizing Bitcoin’s inevitability and are rushing to establish a coherent digital asset strategy to maintain America’s financial leadership. In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph during the 2024 Bitcoin Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, RFK Jr. elaborated on his experiences with Bitcoin and its potential role in the nation’s monetary system. Having left the Democratic Party in October 2023 to run as an independent, RFK Jr. reflected on his awareness of Bitcoin’s “transactional freedom” during the trucker strike in Canada. He described the strike as