With the OCC awarding World Liberty Financial a trust bank charter, can we blame voters (including Republicans btw) who think crypto is a scam & policymakers are rigging the game to benefit themselves? A majority of American voters of *both* parties think crypto has too much influence in DC, don't trust laws shaped by policymakers who stand to benefit personally: Crypto has undeniably become a powerful force in Washington DC and on Capitol Hill, thanks to the money bazooka industry lobbyists have deployed in recent election cycles against crypto skeptics and in favor of those supportive of the industry. But most everyday Americans -- both Democrats and Republicans -- remain highly skeptical of crypto, as a category, and particularly the industry's influence in DC, according to the results of a recent bipartisan poll by Lake Research Partners and Chesapeake Beach Consulting. The online survey of 1,000 likely midterm voters was conducted from May 15-21. It found that: -overall, 66% of respondents said the crypto industry has "too much" influence in Washington, including 60% of self-identified Republican respondents. -80% of respondents said they were "very" or "somewhat" concerned about cryptocurrency donations influencing legislation (89% of Democrats, 75% of independents/weak partisans, 75% of Republicans) -74% of respondents said they "somewhat" or "strongly" distrust crypto laws that are shaped by government officials that are benefitting from crypto (81% of Democrats, 68% of Republicans) -62% of respondents said they'd be less likely to vote for a candidate that takes significant money from the crypto industry -58% (including 51% of Republican respondents) agreed with the statement that "Cryptocurrency is an unregulated unstable market filled with fraud and scams"