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US Elections

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Markets
Polymarket
Polymarket Traders See 55% Chance of Second Trump Presidency
Trump recently won the first two Republican Party primaries.
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By Omkar Godbole
Jan 30, 2024 at 5:56 a.m. UTC
Jan 30, 2024
PolymarketTrumpUS ElectionsBiden Administration
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Policy
Regulations
Longtime Environmentalist RFK Jr. Not So Sure Bitcoin Is Boiling the Oceans
The environmental argument against bitcoin "should not be used as a smokescreen to curtail freedom to transact," U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr sa...
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By Camomile Shumba
Aug 1, 2023 at 5:00 p.m. UTC
Aug 1, 2023
RegulationsRFK Jr.US ElectionsBitcoinEnvironment
Cynthia Lummis
Markets
Us senate
Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming's Incoming Senator, Wants to Explain Bitcoin to Congress
Cynthia Lummis, who won an open U.S. Senate seat in Wyoming, wants to explain bitcoin's value to her new colleagues.
Cynthia Lummis
By Jaspreet Kalra
Nov 17, 2020 at 10:09 p.m. UTC
Nov 17, 2020
US SenateUS ElectionsCynthia Lummis
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Markets
Donald trump
First Mover: As Bitcoiners Watch Dollar, Deutsche Bank Sees Trump Win Hurting Reserve Status
Add the U.S. presidential election to the growing list of volatility drivers as the bitcoin market enters the second half of 2020.
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By Bradley KeounOmkar Godbole
Jul 6, 2020 at 11:31 a.m. UTC
Jul 6, 2020
Donald TrumpMarketsUS ElectionsNewslettersFirst Mover
Illustration by Sonny Ross
Policy
Us elections
The Post-Trust Election: CoinDesk Hits the 2020 Campaign Trail
CoinDesk's Post-Trust Election package explores a world in which voters have lost faith in democracy and how tech might fix the problems it's created.
Illustration by Sonny Ross
By Ben Schiller
Mar 3, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. UTC
Mar 3, 2020
US Electionselection2020PostTrustElection
fec
Markets
Political campaigns
US Election Commission Says Crypto Mining For Political Campaigns Is 'Permissible'
The FEC is open to allowing mining pools to donate to political campaigns, but such donations would qualify as "contributions."
fec
By Nikhilesh De
Nov 19, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
Nov 19, 2018
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Mining
Markets
Fec
Crypto Mining for Political Campaigns? A US Elections Agency Is Considering It
US election officials are considering a request that, if approved, would let people contribute to political campaigns by mining cryptocurrencies.
Mining
By Stan Higgins
Oct 2, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
Oct 2, 2018
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