Crypto spending on 2024 election hits $190 million, led by Winklevoss twins

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Widening the category to all of crypto, Delmore's research finds that billions of dollars are at play, including more than $20 million in sales generated by non-fungible tokens (NFT) released by Trump, according to Bloomberg reporting, Trump-branded meme tokens, the $190 million in political donations from or in support of crypto, and another $1.1 billion on betting on the platform Polymarket.
45% : Ripple referred CNBC to prior comments from executives, including a June post from Garlinghouse on X, where he wrote that "candidates will only gain votes for being pro-crypto, and absolutely lose them for being anti-crypto."The month after the San Francisco fundraiser, Trump promised to fire SEC Chair Gary Gensler if he were elected, even though U.S. presidents do not have the authority to fire members of independent commissions without cause.
34% : At a fundraiser for Trump in June, Alderoty explained how Ripple had spent over $100 million litigation to defend itself against civil charges brought by the SEC.
31% : They didn't immediately respond.Harris' fundraising operation has taken off since President Biden dropped out of the race, with her campaign raising $47 million in the first 24 hours after her first, and perhaps only, debate against Trump on Tuesday.

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