According to CoinDesk, NexusOne Consulting, a new government relations consulting firm composed of former government officials, has started operating in Washington D.C., aiming to help cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence companies shape US policies. The company is led by white-collar defense lawyer Jeff Ifrah, former government lawyer Jim Trusty who represented the Trump administration, and Ross Branson who served in the Department of Commerce during Trump's first presidential term. Ifrah stated in a press release that this is a rare opportunity to shape the future of technology policies, and the company needs to ensure that innovators are not only passively responding to policies, but also actively influencing them.
Trump has expressed his intention to turn the United States into the "capital of cryptocurrencies in the world" and has begun to establish strategic Bitcoin reserves. NexusOne Consulting, located directly across from the White House, claims to be a bridge between the private sector and government, and plans to conduct lobbying activities for companies exploring the forefront of artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency, and social platforms.
