From Fringe to Front Row: Crypto’s Political Evolution For years, cryptocurrency was seen as a disruptive outsider—an unregulated Wild West for cyberpunks, libertarians, and tech futurists. But today, the industry is sitting at the grown-up table, wielding a war chest and legislative muscle that rivals Big Pharma and Big Oil. In 2024 alone, crypto interests spent over $238 million to elect candidates sympathetic to light-touch regulation—including Donald Trump, who rode a wave of digital asset backing into the White House. And now, with the 2026 Senate map wide open, crypto players are eyeing a far larger prize: control of Congress. Legislation in Motion: GENIUS and STABLE Acts Signal a Power Shift The fight over crypto’s future isn’t abstract anymore. The…
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