The cryptocurrency exchange Gemini has launched a revolutionary campaign finance project to enable campaign contributions for presidential candidates supportive of the cryptocurrency industry in the upcoming US Presidential election, to be held in November this year.
This action follows a generous donation of $2,000,000 made by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the co-founders of Gemini, to the re-election campaign of former President Donald Trump on June 20, 2024.
Right before the Gemini campaign donation initiative, Tyler Winklevoss voiced his opposition to Joe Biden and his administration for being anti-crypto. In a recent scathing letter, Winklevoss pointed out that success in the crypto space is tough, and that entities in the industry are over-regulated and treated unfairly.
Tyler Winklevoss recently criticized the Biden administration for defining success outside its influence and warned about possible economic consequences if such policies persist.
The events that take place at Gemini are part of a phenomenon called “Cryptopolitik” in 2024, where the crypto industry is not passive and does not wait for political actions to happen to it, but is actively involved in politics.
In mid-June, Coinbase’s Stand with Crypto political action committee (PAC) marked an important achievement in its campaign by collecting 1 million signatures of voters in support of crypto.
Also, the CEOs of CleanSpark, Marathon Digital, and Riot Platforms, after a meeting with ex-President Trump, presented the “Bitcoin Voter Project. ” It is a non-political project aimed at raising the awareness of Americans about Bitcoin without supporting any candidate.
Adding more heat to the political environment, a super PAC backed by the crypto industry, called Fairshake, revealed that it has collected $169 million in donations.
Unlike The Bitcoin Voter Project, Fairshake employs the funds for political advertisements that are against politicians and candidates who are against cryptocurrencies.
The activities of Gemini together with other companies in the cryptocurrency market demonstrate the increasing role and participation of companies in the cryptocurrency industry in the formation of political discourse and lobbying for the policies beneficial to the sector.
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