{"id":1219,"date":"2024-10-16T13:47:28","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T13:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=1219"},"modified":"2024-10-16T13:47:28","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T13:47:28","slug":"crypto-lobbyists-are-quietly-influencing-2024-election-this-is-their-playbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=1219","title":{"rendered":"Crypto Lobbyists Are Quietly Influencing 2024 Election: This Is Their Playbook"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The cryptocurrency industry emerged as a major player in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/general\/politics\/24\/10\/41347642\/harris-vs-trump-vice-president-holds-lead-in-2024-election-poll-but-former-president-is-closing-\">2024 U.S. election cycle<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>What Happened<\/strong>: According to recent reports from CNBC and Politico, crypto-linked political action committees (PACs) and donors have contributed significant sums to both Republican and Democratic candidates, with a particular focus on key congressional races.<\/p>\n<p>A pro-<strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> PAC, the Trump 47 Committee, raised approximately $7.5 million in cryptocurrency donations since early June, CNBC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/10\/15\/trump-pac-has-raised-about-7point5-million-in-crypto-donations.html\">reported<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>These contributions include popular cryptocurrencies like <strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> (CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>), <strong>Ethereum<\/strong> (CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/eth\/usd\">ETH<\/a>), <strong>XRP<\/strong> (CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/xrp\/usd\">XRP<\/a>) and stablecoins like <strong>USDC<\/strong> (CRYPTO: <a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/\">USDC<\/a>). The donations come from a diverse group of supporters across more than 15 states, including battleground regions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/news\/24\/10\/41348386\/trump-falls-3-points-behind-harris-in-new-poll-economic-worries-dominate-voter-concerns-report\">Trump Falls 3 Points Behind Harris In New Poll, Economic Worries Dominate Voter Concerns: Report<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Notable contributors &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/10\/41357154\/crypto-lobbyists-are-quietly-influencing-2024-election-this-is-their-playbook\" alt=\"Crypto\" lobbyists are quietly influencing election: this is their playbook>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cryptocurrency industry emerged as a major player in the 2024 U.S. election cycle. What Happened: According to recent reports from CNBC and Politico, crypto-linked political action committees (PACs) and donors have contributed significant sums to both Republican and Democratic candidates, with a particular focus on key congressional races. A pro-Donald Trump PAC, the Trump [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-1219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1219\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}