Election 2024

Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
In Search of the Elusive Crypto Voter
Next year will see a presidential election. What's crypto's role?
Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

A crypto advocacy group with mysterious backing is trying to influence Sen. Sherrod Brown. (Images compiled by CoinDesk, courtesy of Cedar Innovation Foundation)
Anonymous Crypto Interests Bombard Key Senator Sherrod Brown With Political Ads
New crypto advocacy group Cedar Innovation Foundation is running digital ads in Brown's Ohio to persuade him to buck SEC Chair Gary Gensler, but Cedar won't say who's behind i...
A crypto advocacy group with mysterious backing is trying to influence Sen. Sherrod Brown. (Images compiled by CoinDesk, courtesy of Cedar Innovation Foundation)

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy at a press conference during Bitcoin 2023 in Miami Beach, Florida (Frederick Munawa)
Binance, SBF, ETH and Gensler Get Mentions at Republican Presidential Debate
Republican leadership contender Vivek Ramaswamy got the first crypto question.
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy at a press conference during Bitcoin 2023 in Miami Beach, Florida (Frederick Munawa)

Key crypto ally Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) has reportedly decided not to seek another term. (Suzanne Cordeiro/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
House's McHenry Says He Won't Seek Reelection, Costing Crypto a Top Ally
Rep. Patrick McHenry, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee who has shepherded crypto legislation this year, said he's decided not to run again next year.
Key crypto ally Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) has reportedly decided not to seek another term. (Suzanne Cordeiro/Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has shared his plan for how he'd deal with crypto. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Ramaswamy Shares Crypto Plan, Making Him the Only GOP Candidate Who Has One
The 2024 U.S. presidential candidate would fire most of the SEC, direct the government to back off crypto software developers and ease a path for digital assets as commodities...
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has shared his plan for how he'd deal with crypto. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Republican presidential hopefuls chose not to mention crypto in the first debate of the GOP primary season in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
A Crypto President? Top U.S. 2024 Contenders Aren’t Fans, and Rivals Are Way Behind
A look at the crypto positions of the major presidential candidates shows some of them are huge digital assets supporters but have significant distance to make up in early pol...
Republican presidential hopefuls chose not to mention crypto in the first debate of the GOP primary season in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy doesn't support using bitcoin to stabilize the dollar. (Frederick Munawa)
Bitcoin Won’t Back U.S. Dollar, Presidential Hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy Says
The Republican candidate’s comments stand in contrast to Democratic candidate Robert F. Kennedy, who supports using bitcoin to stabilize the dollar.
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy doesn't support using bitcoin to stabilize the dollar. (Frederick Munawa)

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. (Florida State Government)
DeSantis Accuses Biden of 'War on Bitcoin,' Vows to Stop It if Elected President
DeSantis is likely referring to the recent action by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against multiple crypto exchanges.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. (Florida State Government)

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Covering the 2024 Presidential Election
Candidates have declared and we are off to the races.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis greets former President Donald Trump in 2020, before they became campaign rivals.  (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Welcome, Crypto, to the Fiery Cauldron of U.S. Presidential Politics
Before the push for the White House really gets rolling, digital assets – including bitcoins and CBDCs – are being hefted as ideological effigies, but will it matter?
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis greets former President Donald Trump in 2020, before they became campaign rivals.  (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)