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Crypto bill in limbo as stakeholders ramp up recess efforts. Public officials - including Trump - profiting off crypto is a key sticking point. - Roll Call
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Crypto, AI and betting firms fuel record spending on the 2026 midterms. - Reuters
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Crypto basher Rep. Rashida Tlaib stashes savings in Ethereum and Bitcoin, disclosures reveal. The Michigan Democrat’s Charles Schwab retirement account includes up to $15,000 in the Grayscale Ethereum Staking Mini ETF and another $15,000 in an iShares Bitcoin ETF — among 41 separate holdings, the disclosure filed this month showed. – NY Post
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- CME CEO Terrence Duffy trades barbs with CFTC's Selig and Kalshi's COO over prediction market oversight during a CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee meeting. - The Block
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Poll: 63 percent say inappropriate for Trump, family to profit from cryptocurrency. - The Hill
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Trump, who has amassed enormous wealth in crypto, hosts crypto industry leaders at White House. - NY Times
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The crypto industry suffered a rare defeat last night in Florida after spending $2 million in an unsuccessful bid to defeat Miami-Dade County Commissioner Oliver Gilbert in the Democratic primary to succeed outgoing Rep. Frederica Wilson. Pro-crypto PAC network Fairshake, funded in large part by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and crypto companies Coinbase and Ripple, has spent millions this year supporting candidates it sees as more friendly to the industry. - POLITICO
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- C-SPAN Video: Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) sat down for a conversation on crypto regulation and digital innovation at the Wyoming Blockchain Symposium in Jackson Hole and co-hosted by SALT.
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- Analysis by Nellie Liang and Brent Neiman: Stablecoins after GENIUS: Private money, public debt, and the global dollar. - Brookings
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Crypto advocates join in suing Illinois over digital asset tax. The Crypto Council for Innovation and the Blockchain Association added another lawsuit against the state for its recently approved 0.2% crypto tax. - CoinDesk
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butterscotch is a digital news studio broadcasting stories about Black, Latino, Indigenous DeFi retail investors, Web3 consumers, founders, executives, officials. The virtual newsroom - featuring eNews, Podcast, Live Events – seeks to deepen mainstream understanding of diverse segments of the emerging $3 trillion crypto industry.
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