Crypto super PACs · FEC filings
Crypto's political money
The crypto industry's super PAC network, straight from FEC filings. Who funds it, and which candidates the money backs or opposes.
Snapshot: Oct 12, 2026 · 2026 cycle · US midterms: Nov 3, 2026
- Raised · 2026 cycle
- $210.0M
- Spent · 2026 cycle
- $157.1M
- Super PACs
- 3
- Largest funder · 2024 and 2026
- Coinbase · $322.0M
Headline totals cover the 2026 cycle and include transfers between these committees. Donor and candidate records cover 2024 and 2026.
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Who funds crypto's PACs
Largest recorded contributions across the 2024 and 2026 cycles. Totals include the largest 100 receipts fetched per committee per cycle.
- 1Coinbase$322.0M
- 2Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)$141.8M
- 3Ripple Labs$96.5M
- 4Ben Horowitz$47.3M
- 5Jump Crypto$25.0M
- 6Amalgamated Bank$11.1M
- 7Winklevoss / Gemini$4.9M
- 8Phil Potter$2.0M
- 9The Giving Block$1.2M
- 10Targeted Platform Media$1.1M
Biggest bets
Where the money went, by candidate.
- ForBernie Moreno2024$40.1M
- ForFelix Barry Moore2026$12.2M
- ForElissa Slotkin2024$10.0M
- AgainstKatherine Porter2024$10.0M
- ForRuben Gallego2024$10.0M
- AgainstJuliana Stratton2026$10.0M
- ForGarland Andy Barr2026$7.2M
- ForChristian Menefee2026$6.5M
- ForAdrian Boafo2026$5.3M
- ForJasmine Clark2026$4.2M
- ForDaniel Helmer2024$4.0M
- ForJames Conley Justice II2024$3.0M
The network
- FairshakeBipartisanThe flagship crypto-industry super PAC; funds the two arms below.$137.9Mraised$93.9Mspent
- Protect ProgressBacks DemocratsFairshake arm that spends to elect Democrats.$33.8Mraised$29.2Mspent
- Defend American JobsBacks RepublicansFairshake arm that spends to elect Republicans.$38.3Mraised$33.9Mspent
Crypto's super PAC network
Fairshake and its two arms, Protect Progress and Defend American Jobs, form the crypto industry's super PAC network. Together they have raised $210.0M and spent $157.1M in the 2026 cycle, including operating costs and transfers between committees. This tracker shows the donors funding them and the candidates their independent expenditures back or oppose. The US midterm elections are on Nov 3, 2026.
All figures are from Federal Election Commission filings, presented as reported. Source: FEC.gov via Perception, snapshot as of Oct 12, 2026.
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