Texas Congressional Candidate Girish Altekar is big into crypto, new filings show. Altekar, a Libertarian running a U.S. House seat in Texas District 37, owned not only Bitcoin but three other cryptos as of the filing period.
Altekar disclosed he owned $50K-$100K worth of Bitcoin, $1K-$15K worth of Cardano, $1K-$15K worth of Ethereum, and $15-$50K worth of Solana.
Altekar is running his campaign on four pillars: Eliminating unnecessary laws and regulation, Promoting consumer safety with information, Promoting competition in supply of goods and labor, and Eliminating profiteering at the expense of the public.
According to the candidate, "Voodoo economics has taken root in D.C."
According to Altekar, President Biden asserts that every American business engages in price gouging and simply demands they cease such practices. Meanwhile, their party freely spends without restraint, yet vocally bemoans 'shrinkflation', erroneously conflating correlation with causation.
Conversely, he said former President Trump, and likely 2024 Republican Presidential Candidate, advocated for imposing punitive tariffs on individuals they hold grudges against. Their forthcoming agenda includes implementing a blanket 10% tariff on all, irrespective of alliance. Representatives from their party contend that tariffs benefit Americans while disadvantaging China and other nations, a claim he said is diametrically opposed to reality.
In addition to his crypto bets, Altekar owns dozens of stocks via various brokerage accounts.
Altekar is President and owner of DeepCoolClear, LLC.