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Crypto becomes a U.S. campaign issue — mostly as an attack line

  • —Fairshake has spent at least $40 million opposing Sherrod Brown in Ohio's Senate race
  • —Senator Mark Warner's ad tied Trump to profits from his crypto memecoin
  • —Fairshake ads omit crypto despite funding from Coinbase, Ripple and a16z
  • —A May CoinDesk poll ranked crypto low among voter priorities
Why it matters: The Nov. 3 elections will shape the odds of passing a U.S. crypto market-structure law.
Source: Cryptonews.net