Elections


Policy

Conservative Candidate Yoon Suk-Yeol Wins South Korea’s Presidential Election

Yoon defeated his Liberal Party opponent in a contest in which cryptocurrency issues were unusually prominent.

South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk-Yeol celebrates his victory (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

Policy

Crypto Policy Is on the Agenda in Seoul as South Koreans Head to the Polls

Platforms of both major parties mention digital assets during a campaign that is historically close.

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Policy

Young, Crypto-Savvy Voters May Hold Key to South Korea's Next Election

Presidential candidates woo young retail investors who may decide the outcome.

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Finance

Crypto Industry Heavyweights Form Political Action Committee for US Midterms: Report

Backers of the PAC include top executives at FTX and SkyBridge Capital.

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Policy

Congressional Candidate Kurani Dropping 2,022 Solana NFTs as Part of Campaign

Shrina Kurani, a Democrat running for a House seat in California, is seeking to engage the crypto community on legislative issues.

Congressional candidate Shrina Kurani (Courtesy Shrina Kurani)

Markets

How the Prediction Markets Are Wagering on Canada’s Election

The odds favor a Trudeau reelection but not a Liberal majority, according to prices on blockchain-based Polymarket and centralized platform PredictIt.

Erin O'Toole, leader of Canada's Conservative Party, left, debates Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, during a federal leaders' debate in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, on Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. It will be a tight race between Prime Minister Trudeau and Tory Leader O'Toole as the campaigns enter the final stretch ahead of the Sept. 20 vote, which the Liberals triggered in hopes of regaining the parliamentary majority they lost in 2019's election. (Justin Tang/Canadian Press/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Candidate for Minnesota Governor Releases Campaign NFTs

Scott Jensen is minting several NFTs to raise money for his campaign.

Scott Jensen campaign NFTs (CoinDesk screenshot)

Markets

US Government Sanctions Crypto Addresses Linked to Russian Election Fraud Scheme

The move is part of a sweeping set of actions taken by the U.S. government against alleged Russian election interference.

The U.S. Treasury Department is adding new digital currency addresses it claims are tied to election interference efforts by a Russian entity.

Tech

New MIT Paper Roundly Rejects Blockchain Voting as Solution to Election Woes

An encryption inventor and the head of MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative are among authors of a new paper that points out why blockchain and voting are a bad pairing.

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Markets

How Investors Are Trading the Election

As the U.S. presidential election gets closer, market “predictions” are showing up in stocks from energy to private prisons.

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