How tech bros bought 'America's most pro-crypto Congress ever'

Crypto showed up in force this election cycle, raising tens of millions to vote out the industry's critics and vote in its friends.

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Trump’s Triumphant Comeback: Crypto Booms, Stocks Surge, and a Pro-Business Congress Sets New Agenda › cryptochickz.com

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#SiliconValley, the New #Lobbying Monster
"The #superPAC & 2 affil's revealed in fed filings they'd collected >$170m to spend on #political races across #USA in 2024.. more than nearly any oth super PAC.. #Procrypto #donors r responsible for ~50% of corp donations to PACs in 2024 & #techindustry became one of e largest corp donors.. #American #governance hv become so #perverted by #money tt it's nearly impossible for people oth than #billionaires to further their agendas"
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/10/14/silicon-valley-the-new-lobbying-monster
Silicon Valley, the New Lobbying Monster

From Coinbase to OpenAI, the tech sector is pouring millions into super PACS that intimidate politicians into supporting its agenda. Charles Duhigg reports.

The New Yorker

#Vitalik ftw. Planning to #vote #procrypto ? Think it through.

"The game of politics is much more complicated than just "who wins the next election", and there are a lot of levers that your words and actions affect. In particular, by publicly giving the impression that you support "pro-crypto" candidates just because they are "pro-crypto", you are helping to create an incentive gradient where politicians come to understand that all they need to get your support is to support "crypto". It doesn't matter if they also support banning encrypted messaging, if they are a power-seeking narcissist, or if they push for bills that make it even harder for your Chinese or Indian friend to attend the next crypto conference - all that politicians have to do is make sure it's easy for you to trade coins."

https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/07/17/procrypto.html

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Against choosing your political allegiances based on who is "pro-crypto"