Left, Ohio Senate challenger Bernie Moreno on Monday. Right, Reelected Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday. Photos: Stephen Maturen and Erin Clark/Getty Images
Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) won his race Tuesday, and so did Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.).
One crypto champion rose, and a crypto skeptic easily held on.
By the numbers: Moreno, competing in the most expensive Senate race in the country, beat Senate Banking chair Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) by about 4 percentage points.
Ohio will lose seniority in the Senate while Massachusetts will pull ahead. Warren will likely be the ranking member on the crucial banking committee (the same one Ohio formerly controlled).
These races are worth comparing because legislation still has to pass the Senate with 60% of the members voting for it, and the GOP's position in the chamber won't be that strong.
Between the lines: Warren seems to be shifting, at least a little. In a debate with Deaton, she said she was "fine" with consumers trading some coins.
But she's still likely to demand better controls against criminals and terrorists before she stands down against legislation designed to advance the sector.
Zoom out: Stand With Crypto's scorecard says that the House has, so far, elected 263 pro-crypto candidates and 117 anti (by the organization's reckoning).
The Senate, it says, has elected 18 pro-crypto and 12 anti.
The latest: The Michigan Senate race has been called for Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D), one of the Democrats backed by Fairshake, the crypto super PAC.
What we're watching: Whether or not the GOP can set the agenda on blockchain policy without making fence-sitting Democrats dig in their heels.
