Pro-crypto Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confirmed as US Secretary of Health

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) has officially taken charge of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) after a razor-thin 52-48 Senate vote pushed him through today. No Democrats supported him, and former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was the only Republican to vote against him.

The confirmation cements Kennedy, a longtime vaccine skeptic and Bitcoin lover, as the head of a trillion-dollar agency overseeing 80,000 employees.

Senate rushes to finalize Trump’s cabinet

Lawmakers from both parties questioned Kennedy’s history of opposing vaccines and spreading health-related conspiracy theories. His own cousin, Caroline Kennedy, pleaded with the senators to reject him, saying his views disqualified him from leading the nation’s top health agency.

But Republican senators who initially hesitated flipped their votes at the last minute, handing Kennedy the win. The Senate is working overtime to confirm Trump’s remaining cabinet picks. The president’s team is pushing to fill every key agency as quickly as possible. Kennedy’s confirmation is another win for Trump, who is overhauling nearly every part of the federal government.

Alongside Kennedy, senators also confirmed Brooke Rollins as Secretary of Agriculture in a 72-28 vote.

RFK Jr. has millions in Bitcoin, calls it ‘the currency of freedom’

Kennedy has been one of Bitcoin’s loudest political supporters too. He has called it “the currency of freedom” and invested heavily in the asset. His financial records show that by December 2024, he held between $1 million and $5 million in Fidelity’s Bitcoin fund.

Kennedy also invested in tech companies like Apple and Amazon, but the disclosures also revealed massive financial struggles, including $1.2 million in credit card debt and multiple mortgages. During the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, he told an audience he was “fully committed” to the asset.

He shared that after attending a previous Bitcoin conference, he “went home and put most of [his] wealth into Bitcoin.” In July 2023, he told a Twitter Spaces audience that he bought two Bitcoins for each of his seven children. “Right after that Bitcoin conference, I got a big check, and I said I’m going to put my money where my mouth is.”

In November 2024, Kennedy proposed moving 200,000 BTC held by the US Marshals Service into the Treasury and creating a federal Bitcoin stockpile, claiming he saw this as a way to boost economic stability and secure US financial dominance. Bitcoin is just one of the many things Kennedy shares with President Trump, who also pledged to create a Bitcoin strategic reserve during his campaign, though he sure is taking his time with it since he got back in the Oval.

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