Crypto super PACs spent about $176 million across 100 seats in the 2026 cycle, including primaries, up from more than $130 million in 2024, with Fairshake and its affiliates accounting for $154.5 million across 89 races. The largest bet was Ohio, where more than $64 million failed to keep Sen. Jon Husted in office as Sherrod Brown won, which the article calls the industry's biggest electoral loss of the midterms. Other spending fell short, including roughly $10 million opposing Juliana Stratton in Illinois, which did not block her nomination, and backing in Massachusetts and for Bryan Steil in the House, where both candidates lost despite crypto PAC support. Nebraska was a win, as Sen. Pete Ricketts kept his seat after $13.5 million in spending against Dan Osborn. With Democrats taking both chambers, Elizabeth Warren is in line to chair the Senate Banking Committee, and Fairshake has more than $67 million left for 2028.
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