Election Coverage 2024

Election Coverage 2024

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Policy

Crypto-Fan Deaton Gets Chance to Battle Elizabeth Warren for U.S. Senate

John Deaton, a lawyer known as an advocate for crypto, dominated the Republican primary in Massachusetts, though beating Warren would be a Herculean task.

Noted crypto lawyer John Deaton won the Republican primary in Massachusetts to get a chance to face Sen. Elizabeth Warren in the general election. (Photo Illustration by Jesse Hamilton/courtesy of John Deaton for Senate, Boston Globe)

Finance

Trump Family Members Hacked to Promote Apparent Crypto Scam

The incident comes hours after CoinDesk revealed details of the crypto project the Trump family has recently touted.

Lara Trump's X account was hacked to promote an apparent crypto scam. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Finance

Inside the Trump Crypto Project Linked to a $2M DeFi Hack and Former Pick-Up Artist

Four team members listed in World Liberty Financial's white paper previously worked on Dough Finance, which was drained of $2 million in July. One also founded Date Hotter Girls LLC.

Donald Trump, center, pictured with sons Eric Trump, left, and Donald Trump Jr. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Policy

Crypto Holders Disproportionately Favor Trump for U.S. President, New Academic Poll Shows

Donald Trump’s outreach to the crypto community seems to be paying off.

(Phil Hearing/Unsplash)

Finance

Trump's New Crypto Business to Offer Access to 'High-Yield' Investments, Website Says

World Liberty Financial is "the only crypto DeFi platform supported by Donald J. Trump," according to homepage metadata.

Donald Trump at Bitcoin 2024 in Nashville (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Can Prediction Market Boom Continue After Election? This Crypto Team Has a Plan

Hedgehog Markets, which runs on the Solana blockchain, wants to do for prediction markets what Pump.fun did for meme coins: Let anyone roll their own.

Hedgehog Markets CEO Kyle DiPeppe (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Policy

Advocates at Stand With Crypto Seek to Turn Crypto Enthusiasts Into Swing-State Voters

The group is opening a battleground-states tour with Sen. Sinema in Arizona, then it moves on to Nevada, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania to get out the crypto vote.

U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is set to speak at the first Stand With Crypto event in a series of stops planned for battleground states in this year's elections. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Finance

Trump Releases Fourth Drop of His NFT Trading Cards

The new collection will offer buyers a piece of the candidate’s suit from his debate with President Joe Biden.

Donald J. Trump at a rally (Gerd Altmann, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Did RFK Jr. Really 'Drop Out'? Polymarket Bettors Argue Over Contract Resolution

Also: Prediction market traders place bets on Telegram CEO's release from jail and on the spread of mpox.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent U.S. Presidential Candidate, speaks at Consensus 2024 by CoinDesk. (CoinDesk/Shutterstock/Suzanne Cordiero)