Crypto-tied organizations have contributed more than $200 million this election cycle, according to Public Citizen, outpacing online betting and data center groups in federal corporate political spending. Fairshake and its affiliated super PACs back 33 House candidates, 19 Republicans and 14 Democrats, and are prioritizing six incumbents with a baseline of $1 million each. Coinbase says it donated $25 million to Fairshake's 2026 midterm efforts, after contributing $79 million to federal races in the 2024 cycle. The Clarity Act, a bipartisan crypto market-structure bill, stalled in the Senate in September after Democrats argued it did too little to stop top officials from profiting from crypto, amid a Gallup poll finding a record 89% of U.S. adults say government corruption is widespread. In Ohio, Fairshake told CNBC it has spent $55 million to oppose Sherrod Brown, who holds a four-point edge over Jon Husted in a Marist poll, within a 4.5% margin of error.
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▲ Likely positiveBitcoin
Relevance: low
| Market | Crypto |
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| Exchange | Binance |
| Sector | Layer 1 |
| Market cap | $1.6T |
| Close on 10/30/2026 | 77,368.77 |
| Change that session | -0.80% |
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▲ Likely positiveEthereum
Relevance: low
| Market | Crypto |
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| Exchange | Binance |
| Sector | Layer 1 |
| Market cap | $285.6B |
| Close on 10/30/2026 | 2,245.54 |
| Change that session | -0.34% |
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