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GENIUS Act: Signed Law ▲ Jul 18 2025| MiCA Status: Live ▲ Dec 2024| CLARITY Act: Senate Pending ▲ Jul 2025| Crypto Lobbying 2024: $202M PAC ▲ Fairshake| OECD CARF Countries: 75+ ▲ +12| CBDC Projects: 130+ Active ▲ Atlantic Council| FATF Travel Rule: 73% Compliant ▲ Jun 2025| Pro-Crypto Congress: 300+ Members ▲ +91| GENIUS Act: Signed Law ▲ Jul 18 2025| MiCA Status: Live ▲ Dec 2024| CLARITY Act: Senate Pending ▲ Jul 2025| Crypto Lobbying 2024: $202M PAC ▲ Fairshake| OECD CARF Countries: 75+ ▲ +12| CBDC Projects: 130+ Active ▲ Atlantic Council| FATF Travel Rule: 73% Compliant ▲ Jun 2025| Pro-Crypto Congress: 300+ Members ▲ +91|

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Crypto Lobbying in the United States: The $100M Industry That Changed American Politics

How the crypto industry transformed itself from a regulatory afterthought into one of Washington's most powerful lobbying forces — through PAC donations, revolving door hires, coalition building, and the strategic deployment of $200M+ in political capital.

Donovan Vanderbilt · February 24, 2026 · 10 min read

Crypto Lobbying Spend Tracker

Tracking crypto industry and TradFi lobbying expenditure on digital asset regulation — PAC donations, direct federal lobbying, and coalition spending.

Donovan Vanderbilt · February 24, 2026 · 4 min read

Crypto PAC Donations 2024: The Most Expensive Industry Election in US History

The $202.9M Fairshake PAC, Stand With Crypto, and individual crypto executive donations made the 2024 US election the most expensive single-industry political campaign in American history. Here is where the money went and what it bought.

Donovan Vanderbilt · February 24, 2026 · 9 min read
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Elections and Crypto Markets: How Political Change Moves Tokenization Investment

The 2024 US election — with its $202M crypto PAC spending, 300+ pro-crypto Congress elected, and Paul Atkins at the SEC — demonstrated that political transitions are the largest single driver of regulatory change and investment repricing in crypto markets.

Donovan Vanderbilt · February 24, 2026 · 9 min read

Stand With Crypto: How Coinbase Built a Voter Army for the Crypto Industry

Stand With Crypto — founded by Coinbase — mobilised over 1 million registered crypto supporters as voters, achieving a 91% win rate in 58 targeted races in 2024 and fundamentally changing the political calculus around crypto regulation.

Donovan Vanderbilt · February 24, 2026 · 6 min read

The Political Economy of Tokenization: Lobbying, Power, and Who Writes the Rules

Why tokenization regulation looks the way it does — the interests, coalitions, institutional dynamics, and political forces that shape digital asset law.

Donovan Vanderbilt · February 24, 2026 · 20 min read

United States: From Enforcement-First to Legislative Leader in Digital Asset Policy

The US digital asset policy landscape — GENIUS Act, CLARITY Act, SEC transformation, Fairshake PAC, and the political economy of American crypto regulation.

Donovan Vanderbilt · February 24, 2026 · 12 min read
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