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WASHINGTON — The cryptocurrency industry spent hundreds of millions of dollars on campaigns over the past two years, ending the careers of crypto skeptics and sending a strong message that “digital assets” had better be respected on Capitol Hill. 

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And with President Donald Trump in the White House, crypto had a chance to capitalize on its investment. But the president’s embrace of digital assets — and the billion dollars he made in crypto last year — wound up killing the industry’s highest priority: a bill that would have enshrined its place in the financial…