2026-08-03T10:07:53.657Z / 路透社
8月3日（路透社）——加密货币行业已向11月的中期选举投入近2亿美元，凸显了该行业在国会的影响力，目前该行业正敦促议员通过立法，重塑联邦对数字资产的监管框架。在参议院休会度过8月假期之前，本周是这项法案的关键审议窗口。
该行业的大手笔投入建立在2024年选举期间的支出基础之上，当时该行业为国会候选人提供了1.7亿美元的支持，其中多位候选人成功当选。这帮助该行业在去年取得了一项胜利：国会通过了《天才法案》（Genius Act），为与美元挂钩的加密代币（即稳定币）制定了监管规则，有望推动这类代币的普及。
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该行业还在推动国会通过范围更广的《清晰法案》（Clarity Act），部分支持者表示，这项法案将为行业奠定更稳固的法律基础，从而鼓励更广泛的加密货币普及。目前该法案正在参议院审议，要在8月休会前成为法律仅剩狭窄的时间窗口。
根据监督组织公共公民（Public Citizen）6月的一份报告，该行业今年的选举支出已达1.89亿美元。其中大部分资金通过Fairshake拨付，这是一家为支持支持加密货币的候选人而成立的大型超级政治行动委员会。
联邦选举委员会的备案文件显示，Fairshake通过民主党和共和党两个独立附属的超级政治行动委员会分配资金，这些附属委员会再为支持候选人的独立活动提供资金，例如广告投放。超级政治行动委员会不得直接向候选人捐款。
Fairshake在本届选举周期中已筹集超过1.36亿美元。该组织未回应置评请求。以下是Fairshake投入资金最多的10位国会候选人：
- 巴里·穆尔（共和党）：943万美元
阿拉巴马州共和党众议员、参议院候选人穆尔曾投票推进多项支持加密货币的举措，包括《天才法案》。
他还在去年7月投票支持众议院版本的《清晰法案》。穆尔提出了一项法案，正式设立战略比特币储备，以及财政部下属的数字资产储备库。
唐纳德·特朗普总统去年签署了一项行政命令，要求设立上述两项储备，但分析师表示，需要将其写入法律，才能在特朗普政府结束后继续生效。
- 安迪·巴尔（共和党）：717万美元
肯塔基州共和党众议员、参议院候选人巴尔曾在去年7月投票支持众议院通过《天才法案》和《清晰法案》。他还支持加密货币公司的说法，即拜登政府前民主党总统任内的银行监管机构针对加密企业，不公平地拒绝为其提供银行账户。银行和监管机构对此说法提出了反驳。
- 克里斯蒂安·梅尼菲（民主党）：647万美元
民主党人梅尼菲自今年2月特别选举以来一直担任得克萨斯州众议员，尚未就任何加密相关立法投下选票。由于得克萨斯州的选区重划，梅尼菲在初选中对阵长期任职的众议员阿尔·格林，后者曾指责加密行业花费数百万美元“操控国会”。
梅尼菲赢得了初选，并将在11月竞争重划后的选区席位。
- 贾斯敏·克拉克（民主党）：421万美元
佐治亚州民主党州众议员克拉克正在竞选佐治亚州第13国会选区议员。她在3月投票支持一项法案，为佐治亚州的稳定币提供州级监管和许可框架。
她在今年3月的社交媒体帖子中表示：“当国会考虑类似立法时，他们应该牢记，数字资产是未来，为未获得银行服务的社区提供了期待已久的金融工具。”
- 阿德里安·博阿福（民主党）：329万美元
马里兰州州众议员、民主党人博阿福正在竞选众议院议员。今年3月，他在马里兰州议会提出一项法案，禁止任何州机构对数字资产实施特定限制。该法案尚未通过。
今年1月，博阿福还在马里兰州议会提出一项法案，成立数字资产与区块链技术特别工作组，就马里兰州使用加密货币提出建议。马里兰州州长韦斯·摩尔已签署该法案。
- 兰迪·法恩（共和党）：167万美元
共和党众议员法恩在2025年佛罗里达州特别选举中获胜，目前正在寻求连任。Fairshake的共和党附属机构“捍卫美国就业”（Defend American Jobs）在去年的特别选举中为法恩投入了167万美元。
法恩投票支持推进《天才法案》和《清晰法案》。
他在2025年1月的社交媒体帖子中表示：“佛罗里达人希望加密货币创新”，并承诺将致力于“将创新就业岗位留在美国”。
- 詹姆斯·沃金肖（民主党）：101万美元
民主党人沃金肖在去年弗吉尼亚州的特别选举中获胜，接替前众议员杰里·康诺利，目前正在寻求连任。Fairshake的民主党附属机构“保护进步”（Protect Progress）在那次特别选举中为沃金肖投入了101万美元。
众议院审议《天才法案》和《清晰法案》时，沃金肖尚未成为国会议员，但他在2025年6月与他人联合在当地报纸发表专栏文章，认为区块链技术可以为其所在选区的经济多元化做出贡献。
- 杰西卡·哈特·施泰因曼（共和党）：771,657美元
共和党人施泰因曼在特朗普第一任期内曾在司法部工作，目前正在竞选得克萨斯州某国会选区议员。
倡导组织“支持加密货币”（Stand With Crypto）——该组织由加密货币交易所Coinbase（COIN.O）资助，并跟踪候选人和民选官员的加密货币立场——表示，施泰因曼已表明她支持“制定清晰的立法框架来监管数字资产”。
- 休斯顿·盖恩斯（共和党）：708,828美元
佐治亚州共和党州众议员盖恩斯正在竞选国会议员。根据“支持加密货币”的说法，盖恩斯支持《天才法案》和《清晰法案》。
- 卡洛斯·德拉克鲁斯（共和党）：615,885美元
德拉克鲁斯正在竞选得克萨斯州某国会选区议员。据“支持加密货币”介绍，这位共和党人支持制定清晰的联邦规则，以促进创新。
各位候选人的竞选团队代表未回应置评请求。
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Which midterm candidates is the crypto industry backing?
2026-08-03T10:07:53.657Z / Reuters
August 3 (Reuters) – The crypto industry has poured close to $200 million into the November midterm elections, underscoring the sector’s muscle in Congress, where it is pushing lawmakers to pass legislation that will reshape federal oversight of digital assets. This week is crunch time for that bill, before the Senate departs for August recess.
The industry’s spending spree builds on the $170 million it spent supporting congressional candidates during the 2024 elections, many of whom won their races. That helped the industry score a victory last year when Congress passed the Genius Act, which created rules for dollar-backed crypto tokens called stablecoins, potentially boosting their adoption.
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The sector is also pushing Congress to pass the more sweeping Clarity Act that some proponents say would encourage broader crypto adoption by putting the industry on a stronger legal footing. That bill, working its way through the Senate, has a narrow window to become law before the August recess.
The industry has spent $189 million on this year’s elections, according to a June report by watchdog group Public Citizen. Much of that has been directed through Fairshake, a major super political action committee created to support pro-crypto candidates.
Fairshake funnels its money through two separate Democratic and Republican affiliate super PACs that in turn fund independent activities supporting the candidates, such as advertising, Federal Election Commission filings show. Super PACs do not contribute to candidates directly.
Fairshake has raised more than $136 million this election cycle. It did not respond to a request for comment. Below are the 10 congressional candidates on whom Fairshake has spent the most.
- Barry Moore (R): $9.43 million
Representative Barry Moore, an Alabama Republican running for Senate, has voted to advance several crypto-friendly measures, including the Genius Act.
He also voted to pass the House of Representatives’ version of the Clarity Act last July. Moore introduced a bill to formally establish a strategic bitcoin reserve, as well as a digital asset stockpile within the Treasury Department.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to establish both last year, but analysts say it needs to be enshrined in law to endure beyond his administration.
- Andy Barr (R): $7.17 million
Representative Andy Barr, a Republican running for Senate in Kentucky, voted to pass both the Genius and Clarity acts in the House last July. He has also backed crypto companies’ claims that banking regulators under former Democratic President Joe Biden targeted them and unfairly denied banking accounts. Banks and regulators have disputed the claims.
- Christian Menefee (D): $6.47 million
Christian Menefee, a Democrat, has been a Texas Representative since February following a special election, and has not voted on any crypto-related legislation. Because of redistricting in Texas, Menefee ran in a primary against longtime Representative Al Green, who
has accused the crypto industry, opens new tab
of spending millions to “control Congress.”
Menefee won that primary and will compete for the redistricted seat in November.
- Jasmine Clark (D): $4.21 million
A Democratic state representative in Georgia, Jasmine Clark is running to represent Georgia’s 13th congressional district. She voted to advance a bill in March to provide a state regulatory and licensing framework for stablecoins in Georgia.
“As Congress considers similar legislation, they should remember that digital assets are the future and provide long-overdue financial tools for unbanked communities,” she said in a social media post in March.
- Adrian Boafo (D): $3.29 million
Maryland State Delegate Adrian Boafo, a Democrat, is running for the House. In the Maryland General Assembly in March, he introduced a bill that would ban certain restrictions on digital assets by any state agencies. That bill has not passed.
In January, Boafo also introduced a bill in the Maryland General Assembly to establish a Digital Asset and Blockchain Technology Task Force to make recommendations for crypto use in Maryland. Maryland Governor Wes Moore approved the bill.
- Randy Fine (R): $1.67 million
Representative Randy Fine, a Republican, won a special election in Florida in 2025, and is running for reelection. Defend American Jobs — the Fairshake Republican affiliate — spent $1.67 million to support Fine during last year’s special election.
Fine voted to advance both the Genius and Clarity acts.
In a social media post in January 2025, he said “Floridians want crypto innovation” and pledged he would work to “keep innovation jobs in America.”
- James Walkinshaw (D): $1.01 million
Representative James Walkinshaw, a Democrat, won a special election in Virginia last year to replace former Representative Gerry Connolly, and is running for reelection. Fairshake’s Democratic affiliate, Protect Progress, spent $1.01 million to support Walkinshaw during that special election.
Walkinshaw was not a member of Congress when the House considered the Genius and Clarity acts, but in June 2025 he
co-wrote an op-ed, opens new tab
in a local paper arguing that blockchain technology could diversify the economy in his district.
- Jessica Hart Steinmann (R): $771,657
Jessica Hart Steinmann, a Republican who worked in the Justice Department during Trump’s first term, is running to represent a district in Texas.
Advocacy group Stand With Crypto — which is backed by crypto exchange Coinbase
(COIN.O), opens new tab
and tracks candidates’ and elected officials’ crypto positions — says Steinmann has indicated that she supports “clear legislative frameworks to regulate digital assets.”
- Houston Gaines (R): $708,828
Houston Gaines, a Republican Georgia state representative, is running for Congress. According to Stand With Crypto, Gaines supports the Genius and Clarity acts.
- Carlos De La Cruz (R): $615,885
Carlos De La Cruz is running to represent a Texas congressional district. De La Cruz, a Republican, supports clear federal rules to foster innovation, according to Stand With Crypto.
Representatives for the candidates’ campaigns did not respond to requests for comment.
Reporting by Hannah Lang in New York; Editing by Michelle Price and Rod Nickel
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