US Senator Ted Cruz has accepted Bitcoin as campaign donations.

According to BlockBeats news on November 2, US Senator Ted Cruz has officially started accepting Bitcoin as donations for his Senate campaign, with Bitcoin payment company OpenNode facilitating the transactions. Payments can be made through on-chain or Lightning Network transactions. It is reported that Ted Cruz has been a strong supporter of Bitcoin in the Senate for the past few years, particularly in the energy sector, stating that the Bitcoin industry is "bringing tremendous benefits to Texas and the United States".