Kraken Co-Founder Jesse Powell Donates $1M, Mostly Ether, to Donald Trump
Powell said he is supporting the only major pro-crypto party candidate.
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Jun 28, 2024 at 9:32 a.m. UTC
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Crypto Giants Notch Wins in Expensive Quest to Sway U.S. Politics – Without Mentioning Crypto
Coinbase, Ripple and a16z donated unprecedented money to influence the outcomes of congressional races, but nobody wants to say who's in charge, how it works or even to discus...
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Jun 26, 2024 at 5:19 p.m. UTC
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Winklevoss Twins Say They Each Gave $1 Million to Trump Presidential Campaign
The Winklevoss brothers have become two of the first big-name crypto CEOs to cross the campaign-contribution barrier that had kept big-time donations from the presidential rac...
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Jun 20, 2024 at 9:56 p.m. UTC
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Jump Crypto Adds $10M to Industry's U.S. Political War Chest, Raising PAC to $169M
The digital assets industry's Fairshake PAC is a congressional heavyweight with recent influxes, and its latest filings will indicate it still has $109M to spend.
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Jun 19, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
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Advocacy Group 'Stand With Crypto' Says It's Exceeded 1 Million Signups
The organization, backed by crypto exchange Coinbase, signed a million online members, raised millions in donations and started a U.S. campaign fund in less than a year.
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Jun 5, 2024 at 8:32 p.m. UTC
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Flood of Cash From Coinbase Gives Crypto One of the Biggest Campaign War Chests
Coinbase followed Ripple and a16z in each giving a new $25 million to their political action committee, Fairshake, as the general election approaches that may shift crypto's d...
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Jun 3, 2024 at 9:30 a.m. UTC
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A16z Boosts Crypto's Election Fund by Another $25M to Seek Friendly Congress
After Ripple's similar addition, which put the industry's political action committees over the $100M mark this week, the additional $25M pushes the political influence into ra...
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May 30, 2024 at 3:35 p.m. UTC
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Crypto PAC Spent Millions to Get Alabama Candidate on Path Toward Congress
Shomari Figures just won the Democratic primary in Alabama after $2.7 million in outside support from one of the digital assets industry's main campaign-finance operations.
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Apr 17, 2024 at 4:21 p.m. UTC
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Crypto Seeks to Make Mark on U.S. Elections During 'Super Tuesday'
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong calls primaries a "chance to send a message" to U.S. politicians ignoring digital assets policy issues.
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Mar 5, 2024 at 10:32 p.m. UTC
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Meet the Pro-Bitcoin, Anti-BitLicense Democrat Running for State Office
Patrick Nelson has been an advocate for bitcoin in his seven-year political career. He wants to see New York's BitLicense reformed and blockchain voting used in special cases.
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Jun 10, 2020 at 8:20 p.m. UTC
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