The latest Crypto-and-Congress news is all about the Senate Democrats getting cold feet on the stablecoin bill (the GENIUS Act). The same bill they voted for just two months ago. Why the flip-flop? Because they don’t like Trump and they think the bill will help him profit. Why the Democrats keep hitting “replay” on this losing message is beyond me. Hating on Trump does not win elections. Just refer to the electoral bloodbath of 2024.

But here’s the kicker: Crypto isn’t the threat, it’s the opportunity. If Democrats dropped their losing soundbites long enough to really learn crypto, they wouldn’t just write better policy, they’d rewrite their political future in 2026.

In 2024, Democrats lost a generation. Young men who had historically leaned in hard for Democrats, fled. In just four years, young men went from backing Biden to giving Trump a 30-point swing, flipping hard against the very candidate they once rejected. While there’s plenty of soul-searching to be done about why, one answer is hiding in plain sight: crypto.

Yes, crypto. And despite Big Crypto’s talking points, it’s not because young male voters are single-issue crypto voters. They’re not. It’s because crypto, like other emerging technologies of the past, reflects generational and gender divides that mirror the trends we’re seeing among young male voters.

According to a Pew Research Center survey, 41% of young men have used crypto. This is orders of magnitude greater than young women (16%) and people over 50 (8%). So even if that young male voter isn’t holding crypto himself, 42% of his peer group is. It’s in his social media feeds, his podcast rotations, his group chats. And right now, he’s hearing only one side of the story,........

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