Crypto industry looks beyond the US midterm elections

The crypto industry has already spent more on the 2026 midterms than it spent on the entire 2024 cycle. Now it is thinking about what comes after. Political spending tied to the sector reached at least $206 million by October 2026. The goal is not just to win this November. It is to lock in rules that survive whoever controls Congress next. The money behind the message Most of that spending flows through the Fairshake super PAC network. Fairshake entered this election cycle with between $120 million and $193 million in resources. The pace has been steady. As of June 2026, crypto spending on the midterms had already passed $189 million. At that point it was estimated to hit approximately $206 million, a figure it reached by October. As of July 2026, more than one-third of tracked corporate political contributions came from the crypto sector. That makes the industry the top corporate political donor this cycle. Who gets the checks, and who gets the opposition In October 2026, Fairshake announced support for 32 House candidates who backed the CLARITY Act. That group includes 19 Republicans and 13 Democrats. Fairshake targeted Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown with a campaign against him wor...