{"id":1488,"date":"2024-10-22T12:46:37","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T12:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=1488"},"modified":"2024-10-22T12:46:37","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T12:46:37","slug":"there-has-never-been-a-more-pro-crypto-congress-than-the-next-one-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=1488","title":{"rendered":"There Has Never Been A More Pro-Crypto Congress Than The Next One: Here&#8217;s Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The cryptocurrency industry is ramping up its political influence with a $160 million spending spree through various super PACs, aimed at bolstering pro-crypto candidates in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/10\/41358827\/crypto-policy-scorecard-rates-trump-harris-and-biden-ones-undoubtedly-more-favorable-but-t\">U.S. House and Senate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This bipartisan effort is expected to significantly increase the number of lawmakers in Congress who support the industry&#8217;s goals, regardless of the outcome of the 2024 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Happened: <\/strong>Up to 13 pro-crypto candidates could secure seats in the House next year, thanks to the financial backing of these super PACs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/10\/21\/crypto-super-pac-spending-industry-friendly-lawmakers-00183754\">according<\/a> to Politico.<\/p>\n<p>These candidates range from progressive Democrats, who view digital assets as tools for financial inclusion, to Republicans who criticize the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/05\/39112390\/bidens-crypto-policies-are-shaking-up-the-crypto-community-but-long-way-left-to-go-says-ex\">Biden administration&#8217;s approach to cryptocurrency<\/a> and advocate for the technology&#8217;s potential to foster economic freedom.<\/p>\n<p>On the Senate side, candidates like Reps. <strong>Adam Schiff<\/strong> (D-Calif.) and <strong>John Curtis<\/strong> (R-Utah) are set to secure wins in their states, while Republicans in key battleground contests have also expressed strong support for crypto. <\/p>\n<p>If the GOP &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/10\/41450334\/there-has-never-been-a-more-pro-crypto-congress-than-the-next-one-heres-why\" alt=\"There\" has never been a more pro-crypto congress than the next one: here why>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cryptocurrency industry is ramping up its political influence with a $160 million spending spree through various super PACs, aimed at bolstering pro-crypto candidates in the U.S. House and Senate. This bipartisan effort is expected to significantly increase the number of lawmakers in Congress who support the industry&#8217;s goals, regardless of the outcome of the [&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-1488","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\/1488","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=1488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}