The crypto world braces for Liz Warren’s return. Has anything changed?
And while crypto CEOs will never see eye-to-eye with Liz Warren—their respective libertarian and progressive worldviews are simply too different—there is room to acknowledge her advocacy for consumers is sincere, even if it is at times misguided.
Key points
- crypto scene, also noted that the crypto firms that stand to lose the most from Warren’s return are those that are seeking out or have obtained banking charters.
- Despite blowing around $170 million on campaign ads to boost Republican candidates in the midterms, the crypto industry had what one lobbyist described simply as an “ awful night.” Not only did crypto firms fail to do anything to stop the Democrats’ blue wave, they made tactical choices that look downright foolish in hindsight.
- How refreshing would it be if Liz Warren and the crypto industry came to recognize….
Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), the longtime scourge of the crypto industry, is poised to return as a political force in January.
When they are wielding committee gavels next January (which is widely expected but not confirmed), don’t expect Warren and Brown to do the crypto industry any favors.
Additional details
- Politics is never static, and while it’s a safe bet that Warren is not going to become a Bitcoin HODLer, there is a world where the Senator becomes less antagonistic.
- Crypto firms helped sweep Trump into office, leading to a hands-off regulatory environment that left Warren fuming ineffectively on the sidelines.
- That’s when Warren is expected to take over as Chair of the powerful Senate Banking Committee—a role that is critical for steering financial legislation, and comes with broad subpoena and investigative power.
- In response to that Biden-era legal onslaught, the crypto industry overcame its longtime disdain of Washington politics, and it waged a big-money campaign in 2024 to elect President Trump, and to drive critics from Congress.
- That includes spending over $63 million in a failed bid to defeat crypto skeptic Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), who not only won his Senate race by a comfortable margin, but will likely become Chair of the Agriculture Committee, which oversees commodities regulation.
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