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Cryptocurrency industry is spending more than any other to sway California congressional races
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Cryptocurrency industry is spending more than any other to sway California congressional races

LA Times  

A political action committee funded by cryptocurrency interests has spent nearly $2.8 million to help Rep. Michelle Steel keep her seat. A political action committee called Fairshake, funded by cryptocurrency companies and their investors, has spent more than any other industry group — nearly $2.8 million — to help vulnerable Republican incumbent Rep. Michelle Steel retain her seat in Congress. …

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How crypto's $200million 2024 election bet has made digital currency a top campaign issue
2 months, 1 week ago

How crypto's $200million 2024 election bet has made digital currency a top campaign issue

Daily Mail  

Even if you don't know a blockchain from a NFT, the numbers are hard to dismiss. Influencing critical Senate and House races A leader in the push of crypto cash into the 2024 cycle has been cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, which pumped $50 million into Fairshake and related entities, according to reports. The Ohio race for U.S. Senate has gotten much …

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Trump Harris election: One corporate group has a terrifying new playbook. It could completely change what happens in November.
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump Harris election: One corporate group has a terrifying new playbook. It could completely change what happens in November.

Slate  

About a week before the 2022 midterms, FTX, the cryptocurrency exchange founded by billionaire wunderkind Sam Bankman-Fried, began to collapse. Fairshake, the industry’s super PAC, has raised an astonishing $203 million for the 2024 election cycle, according to an analysis of disclosures by campaign finance watchdog Open Secrets. Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, who has advocated for stricter regulation of …

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‘Everyone’s mad': Inside crypto’s civil war over the 2024 elections
3 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Everyone’s mad': Inside crypto’s civil war over the 2024 elections

Politico  

The internal dispute has spilled into view as the industry’s nearly $170 million super PAC effort begins to spend on key races across the country and some crypto advocates seek inroads with Harris. “There’s an industry strategy, and then there’s somebody’s individual strategy — and those are sometimes maybe not fully aligned.” Nearly a dozen crypto advocates familiar with the …

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Pro-crypto super PACs pouring tens of millions into 2024 elections
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Pro-crypto super PACs pouring tens of millions into 2024 elections

Raw Story  

This article originally appeared in OpenSecrets. One pro-crypto super PAC launched in December 2023, Fairshake, has already spent $14.4 million to independently bolster the campaigns of crypto-friendly congressional candidates in the 2024 election cycle. On its website, Fairshake pledges to “support candidates committed to securing the United States as the home to innovators building the next generation of the internet.” …

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The Crypto Bros Are Back—and They Have a Dangerous Political Goal
7 months, 3 weeks ago

The Crypto Bros Are Back—and They Have a Dangerous Political Goal

Slate  

After the spectacular fall of FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, you might have expected the embattled cryptocurrency sector, and its sophisticated lobbying operations, to have ground to a halt. The then-nascent Biden administration had already turned its attention to crypto regulation, with the SEC lodging its securities charges against Ripple in February of that year—while also approving crypto exchange Coinbase’s request …

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How cryptocurrency executives helped decide the California Senate primary
9 months, 1 week ago

How cryptocurrency executives helped decide the California Senate primary

LA Times  

Rep. Katie Porter was targeted by a crypto-funded super PAC as she campaigned against Rep. Adam B. Schiff in the California Senate primary. The $10-million bill for the As primary results rolled in that showed Porter a distant third behind Rep. Adam B. Schiff of Burbank and Republican Steve Garvey, Fairshake boasted that the Orange County lawmaker’s alliance with mentor …

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Meet some of the biggest donors shaping California’s U.S. Senate race
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Meet some of the biggest donors shaping California’s U.S. Senate race

LA Times  

The California candidates vying for the late Dianne Feinstein’s seat in the U.S. Senate face strict rules on how much money they can accept from donors who want to support their primary campaigns: $3,300 from individuals, and $5,000 from political committees. Cryptocurrency billionaires Who they are: Silicon Valley leaders, including venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz; cryptocurrency executives Cameron …

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