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Today, enjoy the On the Margin newsletter on Blockworks.co. Tomorrow, get the news delivered directly to your inbox. Subscribe to the On the Margin newsletter. Welcome to the On the Margin Newsletter, brought to you by Ben Strack and Casey Wagner. Here’s what you’ll find in today’s edition: It’s debate day! Ben breaks down where the candidates stand on crypto.  An ETF giant looks to be different as it enters the crypto fund game.  Congress has been back for 24 hours and they’re already fighting about digital asset policy.  Crypto’s an election issue. But is it a debate issue? Perhaps a crypto question is coming at tonight’s presidential debate. Perhaps not. Industry folks certainly view this as a good time to get more details on each of the candidates’ crypto stances. A Chamber of Progress executive sent a letter to tonight’s moderators asking that they pose such an inquiry to Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. (Check out our full debate preview here.)  But there are plenty of other big issues expected to be touched on — from inflation to immigration — so expecting to get crypto clarity from the candidates tonight may be optimistic thinking.   Even if the presidential hopefuls aren’t asked about crypto specifically, remarks about fostering innovation or regulatory agency leadership could be telling, industry watchers told Blockworks. On that latter point, big Democratic donors are reportedly pressuring Harris’s team to replace SEC Chair Gary Gensler and Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan if the VP becomes president. Trump already vowed to fire Gensler, if elected, during a speech at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in July. Just hours ahead of this historic debate, let’s take a look at some of the events that have led up to the political clash — highlighting how crypto has become an election issue. …

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