PAYWARD INC.
Digital Asset Exchange
Tracked direct giving
$1,260,000
LDA reported lobbying spend
$1,815,000
Connections
6
How money flowed from PAYWARD INC.
PAYWARD INC. directed $1.0M to Fairshake across 2 contributions between January 2024 and March 2024.
PAYWARD INC. directed $250K to SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND.
PAYWARD INC. directed $10K to Congressional Leadership Fund.
Where PAYWARD INC.’s money ended up
Attributed amounts are modeled estimates of how money flowed through intermediary PACs, computed by proportional apportionment of FEC-reported transactions. They are not reported transactions themselves. How we compute this
smallest single documented leg $17K
smallest single documented leg $197K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)
smallest single documented leg $750K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)
smallest single documented leg $250K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)
smallest single documented leg $250K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)
smallest single documented leg $250K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)
smallest single documented leg $250K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)
smallest single documented leg $250K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)
smallest single documented leg $250K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)
Plus 42 additional chains totaling $468K.
Lobbying Activity Detail
Disclosed lobbying expenditures from LDA filings where this entity is the client. Dollar amounts represent what was reported to the Senate Office of Public Records.
Top Lobbying Issues
Lobbying Firms Retained
Bills Referenced in Lobbying Filings
Lobbying data from Senate LDA filings and the LobbyView dataset (MIT/NSF, CC-BY-4.0). Dollar figures represent disclosed expenditures only and may not capture all influence activity. Issue codes follow the LDA general issue classification.
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Donations Given and Outside Spending
Largest 50 records. Rows badged “Spent to support” or “Spent to oppose” are independent expenditures this entity paid to vendors for or against the named candidate. That money was not given to them.
| Recipient | Amount | Date | Cycle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairshake | $750,000 | Jan 12, 2024 | 2024 |
| SENATE LEADERSHIP FUND | $250,000 | Oct 7, 2024 | 2024 |
| Fairshake | $250,000 | Mar 15, 2024 | 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership Fund | $10,000 | Nov 22, 2024 | 2024 |
Relationships
| Type | Connected To | Details | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benefited | Dismissal of SEC v. Payward, Inc., doing business as Kraken | Civil enforcement action against Kraken dismissed with prejudice | Source |
| Lobbied on | Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT21, H.R.4763) | LDA filing: lobbied on FIT21, period 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30), reported amount $296,000 | Source |
| Lobbied on | GENIUS Act, Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (S.394) | LDA filing: lobbied on GENIUS Act, period 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30), reported amount $465,000 | Source |
| Retained | CAPITOL TAX PARTNERS, LLP | Hired CAPITOL TAX PARTNERS, LLP to lobby on Crypto / Digital Assets | Source |
| Retained | INVARIANT LLC | Hired INVARIANT LLC to lobby on CLARITY Act | Source |
| Lobbied on | CLARITY Act, Digital Asset Market Clarity Act | LDA filing: lobbied on CLARITY Act, period 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30), reported amount $60,000 | Source |