Crypto Politics Heats Up in Advance of the Midterm Elections

Politicians are starting to formalize their positions.

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ABOUT

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io, NEAR and FTX US.

Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at a set of stories relating to crypto’s place in the political discourse, including:

SEC increasing enforcement staff
Bitcoin Mining Council letter to the EPA
Ohio’s entirely pro-crypto Senate primary

“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell, research by Scott Hill and additional production support by Eleanor Pahl. Jared Schwartz is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. The music you heard today behind our sponsors is “Catnip” by Famous Cats and “I Don't Know How To Explain It” by Aaron Sprinkle. Image credit: Hill Street Studios/Getty Images, modified by CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.

HOST

Nathaniel Whittemore

NLW is an independent strategy and communications consultant for leading crypto companies as well as host of The Breakdown – the fastest-growing podcast in crypto. Whittemore has been a VC with Learn Capital, was on the founding team of Change.org, and founded a program design center at his alma mater Northwestern University that helped inspire the largest donation in the school’s history.