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The cryptocurrency industry has invested approximately $176 million to support allies in the U.S. midterm elections, laying the groundwork for the post-Trump era

The cryptocurrency industry has spent approximately $176 million in this round of the U.S. midterm election cycle, covering over 100 elections, aiming to establish a bipartisan network of congressional allies to continue advancing legislative demands after Trump's departure. As of October 20, the super political action committee Fairshake and its affiliated organizations have spent about $150.8 million, with other cryptocurrency organizations spending around $25 million, major funders including Coinbase, Ripple, and a16z.Fairshake claims that among the 58 candidates it supported in primaries or special elections this year, 53 won. The organization supported bipartisan candidates in the House elections; after Senate Democrats blocked the CLARITY Act from reaching a final vote, it decided to support only Republican candidates in the Senate elections.The industry's spending in the Ohio Senate election has exceeded $68 million, focusing on long-time critic of the cryptocurrency industry Sherrod Brown, with related advertisements mostly avoiding mentioning cryptocurrencies and instead focusing on issues like taxes. Pushing for the passage of the CLARITY Act is a core goal of the industry, but the bill has stalled in this Congress. JPMorgan analysts indicate that without the bill, rules set by regulators during Trump's term may be overturned by subsequent administrations.

first_img Google launched Playground, where you can generate playable games by entering text descriptions

On October 7, Google launched the web platform Playground, where users can describe game ideas in natural language and obtain playable, shareable game versions without writing code. Users can also continue to adjust physical effects, rules, characters, or scenes through dialogue and share their creations via links. This tool is currently open to users over 18 in the United States, with creation permissions tiered according to the user's Google AI subscription level.Games in Playground can run in browsers on mobile phones and laptops. Creators can set their works to private or publish them to the community gallery, and all games must pass a security review, with some categories supporting leaderboards and multiplayer modes. Google refers to it as "an early experiment," and the announcement did not disclose pricing or specify which AI models power the tool.The upgrade path points to Unity Spark, and Google stated that Playground will soon integrate this tool to meet the needs of creators requiring professional-level mechanics and high-fidelity 3D. In a joint statement, Google and Unity announced that Spark will launch later this year, with closed testing starting soon. Previously, DeepMind released the Genie model in 2024, and in January, Google opened Project Genie based on Genie 3 to users of the AI Ultra subscription in the United States.
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