The next Congress inherits an unfinished assignment: establishing clear, lasting rules for digital assets that protect consumers and ensure American innovation continues to thrive, writes Blockchain Association's Linsday Fraser.
One of the clearest messages from Tuesday's US midterm elections had nothing to do with Republicans or Democrats. It was a resounding rejection of data centers. Communities across the country voted on dozens of ballot measures involving data-center construction, zoning, moratoriums and development restrictions. Almost everywhere, voters came down on the same side: against new development. The…
Texas voters on Tuesday elected a Democrat to the Railroad Commission, the regulator of the state’s oil and gas industry, for the first time since 1990. They also elected a Democratic governor who promised to halt new data center construction. Democrats running against data centers took the governorships of Georgia and Ohio and won control of Georgia’s utility regulator. Voters cast those ballots…