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Ripple Co-Founder Larsen Flooding Kamala Harris' Election Effort With XRP

[Oct 21 7:59 PM] Ripple co-founder and Executive Chairman Chris Larsen said he'd added another $10 million in the Ripple-tied token {{XRP}} in an effort to boost Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democrat faces off against former President Donald Trump in next…

Crypto PACs Dominate Ohio Senate Race, Spending $40M on Sherrod Brown's Foe

[Sep 26 10:15 PM] The colossal campaign spending from the cryptocurrency industry is showing up in dominant fashion in Ohio's U.S. Senate race, where its political action committees have devoted $40 million to support Republican Bernie Moreno's opposition of Sen…

Crypto Promoter and Failed Politician Michelle Bond Accused of Illegally Taking FTX Cash

[Aug 22 7:21 PM] Michelle Bond, who once ran a Washington-based crypto advocacy group and had served as a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawyer, was indicted in federal court for taking illegal campaign contributions during her 2022 run for Congress, and…

Report: Crypto Industry Spends Record $119 Million in 2024 Federal Elections

[Aug 22 4:10 PM] The crypto industry made waves in the 2024 federal elections by investing a staggering $119 million, positioning itself as the top corporate donor of the election cycle, according to a detailed report by citizen.org. This hefty financial…

Crypto-backed Candidate Ansari Narrowly Wins Arizona Primary by 39 Votes

[Aug 20 8:20 PM] Another crypto fan is likely to arrive in Congress next year, with Yassamin Ansari winning her Democratic primary race in Arizona by a scant 39 votes, a result confirmed Tuesday after an automatic recount.

Crypto Industry Tries to Tally Final Wins As U.S. Congressional Primaries Wind Down

[Aug 6 4:40 PM] After a very tight victory last week in Arizona that's now facing a recount, the cryptocurrency industry's political forces are shifting their attention toward some of the final U.S. congressional primaries of 2024, including Tuesday's elections in…

Crypto Candidate in Arizona Is Winning (So Far) Despite Sen. Warren's Headwinds

[Aug 5 3:33 PM] A deluge of crypto-industry money may have helped achieve a very narrow Arizona congressional primary win this week for Yassamin Ansari, a crypto-cheering Phoenix City Council member who faced a candidate backed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)

Kraken Co-Founder Jesse Powell Donates $1M, Mostly Ether, to Donald Trump

[Jun 28 3:32 AM] Powell said he is supporting the only major pro-crypto party candidate.

Crypto Giants Notch Wins in Expensive Quest to Sway U.S. Politics – Without Mentioning Crypto

[Jun 26 11:19 AM] In politics, money talks, but the donors and organizers behind crypto's massive U.S. campaign fund don't. The digital assets industry has amassed a juggernaut of campaign finance, a $169 million fund that's capable of steering many contests this…

Winklevoss Twins Say They Each Gave $1 Million to Trump Presidential Campaign

[Jun 20 3:56 PM] Gemini CEO Tyler and his twin brother Cameron Winklevoss, the company's president, have made two of the first major presidential contributions from prominent crypto executives, favoring former President Donald Trump with $1 million each in support…

Jump Crypto Adds $10M to Industry's U.S. Political War Chest, Raising PAC to $169M

[Jun 19 10:00 AM] Jump Crypto put another $10 million into the U.S. political action committee (PAC) that's seeking to rush as many pro-crypto members into Congress as possible to achieve legislation the industry is after, a spokesman for the PAC confirmed.

Advocacy Group 'Stand With Crypto' Says It's Exceeded 1 Million Signups

[Jun 5 2:32 PM] Stand With Crypto, a digital assets advocacy group backed by Coinbase Inc., said it signed up its first million members as of Wednesday.

Flood of Cash from Coinbase Gives Crypto One of the Biggest Campaign War Chests

[Jun 3 3:30 AM] The crypto industry has – with the addition of another $25 million from Coinbase Inc. on Monday – amassed one of the largest stockpiles of campaign cash in U.S. politics.

A16z Boosts Crypto's Election Fund by Another $25M to Seek Friendly Congress

[May 30 9:35 AM] A $25 million donation from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) hit the campaign coffers of the industry's U.S. political action committee (PAC), according to a Thursday announcement from the firm, putting the amount raised by some of crypto's biggest names…

Crypto PAC Spent Millions to Get Alabama Candidate on Path Toward Congress

[Apr 17 10:21 AM] Shomari Figures, a Washington insider with a lengthy progressive resume, didn't pull in the most money in direct contributions as he sought one of Alabama's seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Still, the crypto-friendly candidate dominated…

Crypto Seeks to Make Mark on U.S. Elections During 'Super Tuesday'

[Mar 5 4:32 PM] The long list of primary elections Tuesday across 15 U.S. states will steer the fates of many seats in Congress and further solidifies the presidential showdown later this year, but Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said it's also a "chance to send a…

Bankman-Fried Donated $100 Million of FTX Money to Politicians, Prosecutors Claim

[Aug 16, 2023 3:30 PM] Crypto exchange FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) spent more than $100 million of customer funds on political donations, according to an amended indictment. On Monday, U.S. federal prosecutors also alleged that he used two FTX executives as…

Robert Kennedy Jr. to Accept BTC for Campaign Contributions, Says Bitcoin Is an ‘Exercise in Democracy’

[May 19, 2023 5:30 PM] Before taking the stage at the Bitcoin 2023 conference in Miami, U.S. presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. emphasized the democratic nature of bitcoin, calling it an “exercise in democracy.” Additionally, during his Florida…

Democrats to Return 2.2% of $45.2 Million Donation Made by FTX’s Co-Founder Sam Bankman-Fried

[Feb 19, 2023 3:30 PM] After the disgraced co-founder of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), donated $5.2 million to Joe Biden’s campaign in 2020 and more than $40 million to Democrats leading up to the U.S. midterm election cycle, three major Democratic organizations…