Crypto / Digital Assets
Cryptocurrency exchanges, blockchain companies, and the super PACs Fairshake, Defend American Jobs, and Protect Progress that fund crypto-aligned candidates.
Tracked PAC receipts
$283,348,039
Tracked PAC giving
$274,596,609
Independent expenditures
$187,948,089
LDA lobbying spend
$15,805,597
How money flowed in this sector
IDonors put $283M into 10 sector PACs tracked here, led by Fairshake, Defend American Jobs, Protect Progress.
IIThose PACs spent $275M supporting candidates and on independent expenditures, with the top tracked recipients being Defend American Jobs, MORENO, BERNIE, Protect Progress.
IIISector PACs and clients took documented positions on 10 policy outcomes, including GENIUS Act, Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for; CLARITY Act, Digital Asset Market Clarity Act; Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act.
Network graph
Top sector PACs (by tracked giving)
| # | Name | Tracked $ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fairshakepac | $138M |
| 2 | Defend American Jobspac | $73M |
| 3 | Protect Progresspac | $64M |
| 4 | WEB3 FORWARDpac | $110K |
| 5 | REPUBLICANS FOR A PRO-CRYPTO SENATE MAJORITYpac | $110K |
| 6 | PAYWARD VENTURES INC. PAC (KRAKEN PAC)pac | $58K |
| 7 | COINBASE, INC. INNOVATION PAC (COINBASE INNOVATION PAC)pac | $41K |
| 8 | CHAMBER OF DIGITAL COMMERCE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEpac | $11K |
| 9 | GALAXY DIGITAL SERVICES II LLC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GALAXY DIGITAL PAC)pac | $10K |
| 10 | BLOCKCHAIN ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (BA PAC)pac | $0 |
Top donors to sector PACs
| # | Name | Tracked $ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fairshakepac | $86M |
| 2 | Coinbase, Inc.organization | $73M |
| 3 | ANDREESSEN, MARCperson | $35M |
| 4 | HOROWITZ, BENperson | $35M |
| 5 | Jump Cryptoorganization | $25M |
| 6 | A16Z Capital Management, L.L.C. (Andreessen Horowitz)organization | $4M |
| 7 | Ripple Labs Inc.organization | $3M |
| 8 | COINBASE INCorganization | $3M |
| 9 | Cameron Winklevossperson | $2M |
| 10 | Tyler Winklevossperson | $2M |
Top recipients of sector PAC spending
| # | Name | Tracked $ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Defend American Jobspac | $55M |
| 2 | MORENO, BERNIEperson | $40M |
| 3 | Protect Progresspac | $32M |
| 4 | SLOTKIN, ELISSAperson | $10M |
| 5 | GALLEGO, RUBENperson | $10M |
| 6 | Gallegoperson | $10M |
| 7 | Slotkinperson | $10M |
| 8 | Steelperson | $6M |
| 9 | CURTIS, JOHNperson | $5M |
| 10 | Caraveoperson | $4M |
Policy outcomes the sector touched
| # | Outcome | Positions |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GENIUS Act, Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (S legislation · enacted | 19 |
| 2 | CLARITY Act, Digital Asset Market Clarity Act legislation · passed | 10 |
| 3 | Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT21, H.R.4763) legislation · passed | 9 |
| 4 | CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act, 119th Congress legislation · passed | 3 |
| 5 | CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act, 118th Congress legislation · passed | 2 |
| 6 | American Privacy Rights Act (H.R.8818, 118th Congress) legislation · introduced | 2 |
| 7 | Order: Conditional Substituted Compliance in Connection with Certain Capital and regulation · enacted | 1 |
| 8 | FDIC Official Signs and Advertising Requirements, False Advertising, Misrepresen regulation · enacted | 1 |
| 9 | Defense Materiel Disposition regulation · enacted | 1 |
| 10 | Defense Materiel Disposition regulation · enacted | 1 |
Methodology
Industry-level totals are computed by summing donations and lobbying filings where the donor, recipient, or client is tagged with the crypto sector. Numbers reflect QPQ-tracked totals only and may understate the official FEC cycle totals where the inflow ingest is incomplete. Click any entity to see its full profile with the breakdown of tracked vs FEC cycle totals.