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Crypto community hopeful about new Senate leader John Thune

Not endorsed by Donald Trump, Senator John Thune defeated the Elon Musk-supported Senator Rick Scott to become the new Senate majority leader.

The cryptocurrency industry has high hopes for regulatory clarity in the United States as the Republican Party elected Senator John Thune of South Dakota as the new Senate majority leader.

Thune won the Senate majority leader race on Nov. 13, defeating the Elon Musk-endorsed Senator Rick Scott of Florida.

“We will work to make America prosperous again by streamlining the bureaucratic machine and overturning costly Biden-Harris regulations,” Thune stated in a speech after winning.

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