With $25M Boost from Coinbase, Crypto Sector's Fairshake PAC Has $141M for Elections

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Well before the rest of the congressional election machinery has begun to move in earnest on 2026 contests, the crypto sector is again ready for outsized spending to get more friends in Congress, thanks in part to a new $25 million influx from Coinbase. The crypto sector demonstrated last year how potent a force it could be in U.S. congressional elections, with its political action committee Fairshake and its affiliates spending about $139 million to elect as many as 53 lawmakers it could count ...