US midterm elections head to polls with record 50 million early votes

The record early turnout is the signal worth noting: it suggests unusually high engagement before a vote framed as a verdict on the sitting president, which matters for how much weight to give the eventual result as a read on the national mood. Control of Congress and state governments is what's actually at stake, and that shapes the legislative and regulatory backdrop — including for digital-asset and RWA policy — over the next two years. Whether the early-vote surge translates into a decisive or a narrow outcome is the open question.