Crypto’s political spending spree around the 2026 midterms has delivered a rare, high-profile setback for the pro-crypto PAC network—at least in one of its marquee targets. Sen. Sherrod Brown,...
Crypto super PACs spent more than $176 million on the midterms, but the Democratic sweep raises the prospect of tougher industry scrutiny.
The Digital Freedom Fund spent $7.5 million against Sherrod Brown, adding to the $56.5 million Fairshake put into the Ohio contest.
The industry's primary campaign arm had cultivated a reputation as an unstoppable force, but more than a third of its spending failed to hit the mark, especially in Ohio.
The race was one of the most expensive in the Senate's history. Strategists viewed it as a major test of crypto's political clout after the Senate in September voted against advancing major crypto...
Fairshake, the major industry super PAC, spent $46 million on ads against the Democrat, Sherrod Brown, who won.
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