🚨 BREAKING NEWS: There's an election next month: State of Crypto
The U.S. is holding its midterm election in a month, on November 3. The results will determine whether Republicans or Democrats control the House of Representatives and the Senate, and that in turn will determine what next year looks like for crypto (and, I suppose, other) industries.
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The midterm election is on Nov. 3, 2026. As of Friday, Oct. 2, 2026, polls suggest that Democrats will flip the U.S. House of Representatives, while the Senate is a tossup.
While much of the crypto industry is looking to what federal regulators will do inthe wake of last month's Clarity Act collapse, Congress will still play some important roles next year. Lawmakers are now looking more deeply at crypto tax legislation, and there will likely be hearings.
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🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Zcash gets a Washington lobbyist to push crypto policy
The newly registered lobbying operation lists the CLARITY Act and two digital asset tax proposals among the issues it plans to lobby on in Washington.
A Zcash-focused advocacy group has filed to lobby in Washington, stepping up the privacy-oriented cryptocurrency ecosystem’s efforts to shape US policy on digital assets.
Pretty Good Policy for Zcash (PGPZ)fileda lobbying registration effective on Oct. 1, naming executive director Divij Pandya as its sole lobbyist. The registration lists the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act and two digital asset tax proposals as among its current and anticipated lobbying issues.
PGPZ was launched in June this year, growing out of Pretty Good Policy for Crypto, which was launched in 2022 by Electric Coin Co. The initiative hosted Washington policy roundtables and organized a congressional briefing on encryption technologies in 2023.
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🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Former SEC boss made AI Czar, Bitcoin may hit $600K this cycle: Hodler’s Digest
Roman Storm and the XRP army aren’t happy former SEC boss Jay Clayton is Trump’s new AI czar, Peter Brandt flips bullish and says Bitcoin may reach as high as $600K by 2029.
President Donald Trump has named Jay Clayton, US director of national intelligence, to lead thecountry’s new Super Intelligence Force, according to a post on Truth Social on Sunday.
The announcement followedmedia reports on Fridayof the appointment. CointelegraphreportedSept. 20 that Trump planned to create an “AI Force” modeled after the Space Force and appoint an artificial intelligence czar.
“The Super Intelligence Force is tasked with coordinating the effort of the Federal Government to ensure that America continues to lead the World in Super Intelligence,” Trump wrote in hispost.
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🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Here’s what happened in crypto today
Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, Web3 and crypto regulation.
Today in crypto, President Donald Trump said US intel chief Clayton will lead the new Super Intelligence Force, the IMF approved the immediate disbursement of about $138 million to El Salvador under the country’s $1.4 billion financing program and NEAR Intents said it has recovered about $3.8 million stolen during a Thursday security breach.
President Donald Trump has named Jay Clayton, US director of national intelligence, tolead the country’s new Super Intelligence Force, according to a post on Truth Social on Sunday.
The announcement followedmedia reports on Fridayof the appointment. CointelegraphreportedSept. 20 that Trump planned to create an “AI Force” modeled after the Space Force and appoint an artificial intelligence czar.
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🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Trump taps intel chief Jay Clayton to lead new Super Intelligence Force
President Donald Trump said US intel chief Clayton will lead the SIF, reporting to the president and Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.
President Donald Trump has named Jay Clayton, US director of national intelligence, to lead the country’s new Super Intelligence Force, according to a post on Truth Social on Sunday.
The announcement followedmedia reports on Fridayof the appointment. CointelegraphreportedSept. 20 that Trump planned to create an “AI Force” modeled after the Space Force and appoint an artificial intelligence czar.
“The Super Intelligence Force is tasked with coordinating the effort of the Federal Government to ensure that America continues to lead the World in Super Intelligence,” Trump wrote in hispost.
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🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Cathie Wood says smart investors need to start watching where AI agents spend money
Cathie Wood has spent years telling investors to “follow the developers” when trying to figure out where technology is headed next. Now the ARK Invest CEO thinks investors may need to follow something else: the agents.
“We’re probably going to be talking more and more about ‘follow the agents,’” Wood said during a panel at Robinhood’s Summit in Houston on Wednesday. She was referring to AI agents, software that can carry out tasks on a person’s behalf rather than simply answering a question or generating text.
Wood's comment was brief, coming near the end of a wider discussion about AI, private markets and technology investing. But it points to a question that is becoming more important as companies race to build AI agents: What happens when AI stops simply giving people answers and starts spending their money?
Developers have long helped show which technologies are gaining momentum because engineers tend to gravitate toward tools they find useful. If millions of AI agents begin making their own choices about which software, services and networks to use, their activity could offer another way to see where demand is going.
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