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Ripple Drops Another $25M Into Crypto PAC to Sway 2026 Congressional Races
Crypto PACs Dominate Ohio Senate Race, Spending $40M on Sherrod Brown’s Foe
Crypto PACs Dominate Ohio Senate Race, Spending $40M on Sherrod Brown’s Foe

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

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 contr...

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

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 rec...

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

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 candi...

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

Jesse Powell, a co-founder of the crypto exchange Kraken, said he donated $1 million to Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump, most of which was in ether (ETH).

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

In politics, money talks, but the donors and organizers behind crypto's massive U.S. campaign fund don't.

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

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 Preside...

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

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 af...

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

Stand With Crypto, a digital assets advocacy group backed by Coinbase Inc., said it signed up its first million members as of Wednesday.

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