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In 2024, the cryptocurrency industry spent more than $ 200 million to help elect candidates with a slight regulation approach, including President Donald Trump. While cryptography legislation is starting to take shape in Washington, DC, interest groups representing industry are ready to extend their influence in races of bars below in a series of close elections which will determine what party will control the congress after the mid-term elections in 2026.
For Crypto donors, the challenges of the chamber and the Senate races have become increasingly clear at the 119th congress. The two chambers introduced bipartite legislation to regulate stablescoins, stable and genius acts, the latter narrowly adopted an obstacle to key Senate Monday evening after a previous version of the bill failed without democratic support.
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Stay with Crypto, a advocacy group that supports “common sense regulations” for the digital asset industry and serves as a guide to help donors to the crypto to determine which political candidates support, defended the Senate vote to bypass the filibuste as success. The group said that his supporters “contacted their senators tens of thousands of times and more than 120k looked at our vote live from the law on engineering”.
For Crypto donors, the challenges of the chamber and the Senate races have become increasingly clear at the 119th congress. (Photo of Kevin Carter / Getty Images)
Although a certain number of obstacles remain before the congress can potentially send the law on genius to the office of Trump, the cryptography industry can consult an important element of its list, leaving the defenders and donors encouraged by the vote on Monday evening after a series of scops threat To leave the bill suspended in balance.
The Republicans currently hold a majority of 53-47 in the Senate (two senators are independent but the Caucus with the Democrats). This is likely to hold, although the Republicans wish to add a seat with a victory in Georgia and have two others in North Carolina and Maine.
Before the vote on Monday evening, stand with the community director of Crypto Mason Lynaugh said that the group’s 2.2 million supporters had an “undeniable impact in the 2024 elections” and watched the vote closely to hold responsible legislators.
Although the cryptography industry spent Millions to send Trump to the White House last fall, the support of the industry does not fall perfectly in the party lines. Freshmen Meaning. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, John Curtis, Rutah, Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., And Elissa Slotkin, d-mich., All counted On the support of the industry to win crucial races on the battlefield in 2024.
Republican senator Bernie Moreno de l’Ohio. | Reuters
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In 2026, a seat in Georgia was currently held by Democrat Jon Ossoff, and was the first target for the Republicans in a state that Trump carried in the general elections of last year. However, the race can set up the user -friendly Senator of the crypto against another supporter of the industry. Hold on with Ossoff, classified crypto, “B – somewhat favorable” of digital assets, while the potential representative Challenger Buddy Carter, R -GA., To a slightly higher note of “A – strongly favorable”.
The headquarters currently held by the Democratic Senator of Georgia Jon Ossoff, and is the first target for the Republicans in a state that Trump carried in the general elections of last year. | Getty images
Similarly, in North Carolina, the republican senator Thom Tillis maintains a “A” note from Stand with Crypto. Although the Wiley Nickel Democrat, a possible Challenger from Tillis, is currently not noted by the group, the former member of the Congress sculpted a path as defender of the cryptocurrency who broke with the approach to the regulation of the Biden administration, calling it “behind” while also being writing A letter to party leadership in support of a new approach to cryptographic policy.
Senator Thom Tillis, RN.C., starts from a lunch with the Senate Republicans at the US Capitol Building on June 1, 2023, in Washington, DC | Getty images
The Nickel campaign told Fox Business that it “tackles the regulation of digital assets in a bipartite way in order to promote American innovation” and protect consumers.
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In New Hampshire, where Democrats will seek to keep a siege in the Senate which will soon be sold by Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen, the contours of the race can be much clearer for defenders of cryptography. While the Republicans have not yet funeral around a candidate for the siege of the Granite State, the Democratic representative Chris Pappas has a note “D” of Stand with Crypto.
Senator Jeanne Shaheen, DN.H., speaks during a press conference at US Capitol Building on September 19, 2023 in Washington, DC | Getty images
A spokesperson for Pappas said that the Fourth Mandate Congress Member, “believes that the Congress had a duty to provide surveillance and regulations to give clear road rules to cryptographic industry”, adding that these efforts would help “keep innovators and job creators here at home instead of fleeing abroad”.
In Maine, the Democrats will probably pay money into the race to defeat the republican senator Susan Collins in a former state vice-president, Kamala Harris, won by nearly 7% in 2024. Collins has a stand “note” with Crypto, and although the first democrat declared for the race, Jordan Wood, did not serve him as the Congress. The Senate. D-Calif., Who won a “F” from Stand with Crypto.
Senator Susan Collins, R-Maine, is addressed to the press at the Washington Crossing Inn on November 6, 2022, in Washington Crossing, in Pennsylvania. (Mark Makela / Getty Images)
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Wood’s campaign did not respond to a request for comments.
Ossoff, Tillis et Collins all voted in favor of bypassing the objective of the law on genius on Monday evening.
The total of the cryptographic industry of at least $ 238 million raised during the electoral cycle of 2024 exceeds The financing of traditional industries such as pharmaceuticals, oil and gas, according to data compiled by Opensecrets.
