Who?
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) — Ranking Member, Senate Finance Committee
LISTEN: Laslo & Wyden
Ask a Pol asks:
What do you make of President Donald Trump and his family’s new digital coins — do they imperil broader crypto consensus?
Key Wyden:
“It sure as hell does!” Sen. Ron Wyden exclusively tells Ask a Pol.
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Caught our ear:
“This is all now being tainted by what really looks like a process that is designed to help one family,” Wyden says.
ICYMI — Ask a Pol also has view from the other side…
Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), slightly edited for clarity.
TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Ron Wyden (9-4-2025)
SCENE: Sen. Ron Wyden’s walking through the basement of the US Capitol when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo asks him for a crypto update before the rest of the congressional press corps pounces… .
Matt Laslo: “Senator Wyden?”
Ron Wyden: “Yeah?”
ML: “What do you make of the Trump family digital coins? Does that imperil broader consensus on the issue?”
RW: “It sure as hell does! I've always been interested in crypto. As you know, the first big bill — my bipartisan infrastructure bill — I was the one who said, ‘you’re not going to go after the coders.’”
Laslo nods.
RW: “You know, this is all now being tainted by what really looks like a process that, umm, is designed to help one family.”
ML: “Yeah? Do you think…”
Wyden starts walking towards a bank of elevators — along with other members of the press corps — in the Capitol basement.
ML: “Does that make it harder to negotiate? Like, does that make it a non-starter for you and others? Or is that getting easier?”
Wyden turns to other reporters and their unnuanced questions…
RW: “What’s up?”
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