Midterms 2026: Democrats sweep Congress, 3 consequences for crypto
Original headlineMidterms 2026 : les démocrates raflent le Congrès, 3 conséquences pour la crypto
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Democrats won both the House and Senate in the 2026 midterms, ending Republican control of Congress and immediately reshaping the outlook for U.S. crypto policy. The CLARITY Act, the market-structure bill that had been the industry's main legislative priority, is now effectively dead. Senator Elizabeth Warren is set to take the chair of the Senate Banking Committee, giving her a powerful platform to push her skeptical stance on digital assets, while the Trump family's crypto ventures are expected to face heightened scrutiny. Bitcoin traded at $76,600 as the results sank in. The key question now is whether Warren's committee advances a narrower stablecoin or market-structure compromise, or whether crypto legislation stalls entirely until the next election cycle.
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