Donald Trump's chances of winning the U.S. presidential election have dropped to 54% in the Polymarket prediction platform from 72% in July.
This drop is due to the growing interest in Kamala Harris as a potential contender, with her chances increasing to 44%.
Harris’s chances have also improved in major polls, such as a Bloomberg survey that found she could win six of the seven swing states.
Despite the decline, Trump remains the preferred candidate in the crypto community due to his vocal support for the industry.
If re-elected, he has promised to fire Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler, end the regulatory war on crypto, ensure that all remaining BTC is mined in the US, and make Bitcoin the country’s reserve asset. However, some of these promises are considered unrealistic.
Harris’s position on cryptocurrencies remains unclear, though some stakeholders consider her unbiased.
Critics warn that her victory could harm the crypto industry, with the Securities and Exchange Commission likely to apply traditional financial regulations to the market under her stewardship.
Despite the S&P 500’s strong rebound, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon believes investors may be ignoring warning signs that could spell trouble for the economy.
Kraken is ramping up its presence in the European crypto derivatives market by activating a regulatory license acquired through a Cypriot investment firm earlier this year.
Binance is seeking to dismiss a $1.76 billion lawsuit filed by the FTX estate, arguing that the legal action is an attempt to rewrite the story of FTX’s own collapse.
Telegram founder Pavel Durov has revealed that he pushed back against pressure from a Western European government to censor political content on the messaging app in the lead-up to Romania’s presidential election.