Coinbase (COIN), Ripple (XRP) Notch Wins in Expensive Quest to Sway U.S. Politics – Without Mentioning Crypto

The digital assets industry has amassed a juggernaut of campaign finance, a $169 million fund that’s capable of steering many contests this year and could decide the makeup of next year’s Congress. It’s already scored more than 20 victories, including high-profile elections in California and, just this week, New York. Crypto’s political operation has been using tactics it tested successfully in the congressional races two years ago, but this time, there’s a lot more money – enough to rival the top politically active industries and even the major parties’ own war chests. And those in charge of how it’s spent don’t want to discuss how they got here.