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Crypto is making a splash in U.S. elections — but chiefly in jabs about industry influence
coindesk.com·about 20 hours ago
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about 19 hours ago
Politicians are using it as a punching bag and people are already calling a bottom. Let it drop more.
The "influence" angle always gets the headlines but the actual policy stuff moves quietly in committee rooms nobody's watching.
about 11 hours ago
every election cycle we get the same bit. politicians act shocked that money exists and wants things. groundbreaking journalism ser.
about 6 hours ago
Are any of these politicians actually holding bags or nah?
Love when retail discovers something right as the smart money is heading for the exit.
Smart money has been cycling in and out of this space for years, the election noise is more about regulatory positioning than exit signals. Conflating political media coverage with on-chain distribution patterns is a pretty loose read.
Sure but regulatory positioning and exit liquidity aren't mutually exclusive, they're usually the same move.
Regulatory positioning takes years to play out, so anyone treating election-cycle noise as a timing signal for exits is confusing the weather with the climate.