LIVE- Wall Street Power Grab? Anti-Crypto Elizabeth Warren Could Put Day Trading in the Crosshairs

Elizabeth Warren is expected to become chair of the Senate Banking Committee, with Democrats taking control of both chambers of Congress in the November 2026 midterms and giving her a stronger platform to investigate financial firms and challenge regulators. The Massachusetts senator has spent years arguing that financial markets need stronger protections for ordinary investors, and her oversight agenda could include crypto, prediction markets and retail day trading. On October 1, she and four other Democratic senators asked SEC Chairman Paul Atkins to keep Regulation National Market System protections, opposing changes to Rules 611 and 610(e) that they said could lead to worse prices for retail orders. No confirmed proposal from Warren would limit how often retail investors trade.