Coinbase和Ripple投入超过1亿美元在美国大选中“购买影响力”,公民说

币界网Published on 2024-08-22Last updated on 2024-08-22

币界网报道:

主要的加密货币公司已成为今年最大的企业政治捐助者,在即将于11月举行的美国总统大选之前,将2.48亿美元中的很大一部分捐赠给了候选人。

根据《公众公民》的一份报告,Coinbase和Ripple正在引领这一潮流,向支持有利加密监管的候选人的超级政治行动委员会投入大量资金。

周三发布的报告警告称,大额加密货币捐款可能会影响立法者削弱监管,这可能会使消费者面临风险,同时使“大型加密货币”受益。根据报告,大型加密货币公司贡献了今年2.48亿美元中的48%。

Public Citizen的研究总监里克·克莱波尔周三在推特上写道:“大型加密货币公司最大的资金捐助者是Coinbase和Ripple,它们总共投入了约9900万美元,用于购买2024年选举的影响力。”。

Fairshake PAC获得了2.029亿美元,其中一半以上(1.079亿美元)直接来自Coinbase和Ripple等公司,使其成为企业加密货币捐款的主要受益者。

Ripple和Coinbase没有立即回复置评请求。已尝试联系公众公民。

其他主要贡献来自Andreessen Horowitz的创始人,获得4400万美元,Winklevoss双胞胎获得500万美元,Coinbase首席执行官Brian Armstrong获得100万美元。

Jump Crypto为Fairshake PAC增加了1500万美元,Payward股份有限公司和Circle Internet Financial各贡献了100万美元。

本周早些时候,著名的民主党捐助者和科技亿万富翁罗恩·康威切断了与包括Fairshake在内的加密超级政治行动委员会网络的联系,此前他们在他不知情的情况下承诺提供1200万美元击败参议员谢罗德·布朗(D-OH)。

Conway周一决定退出这些政治行动委员会,这表明加密货币社区在支持右翼保守派的决定上存在更大的分歧,包括向前总统唐纳德·特朗普的竞选活动捐赠数百万美元。

可以肯定的是,分析自2010年以来的企业贡献揭示了2024年选举支出中加密货币行业的急剧增长。

2010年,美国最高法院在公民联合诉联邦选举委员会案中的裁决为企业在选举中的支出打开了闸门。

该裁决允许企业向超级政治行动委员会和其他独立团体输送无限资金,只要他们不直接与候选人的竞选活动协调。

非营利消费者权益组织透露,加密货币公司是这项裁决的最大受益者之一,仅在过去三个选举周期就贡献了1.29亿美元。

这一数字占自裁决颁布以来8.84亿美元企业捐款总额的15%。

该行业的选举干预始于2020年,FTX创始人Sam Bankman Fried的Alameda Research向拜登-哈里斯支持的PAC Future Forward捐款520万美元。

到2024年,Coinbase在联邦选举中成为第二大企业支出者,仅次于科赫工业公司。

编辑:塞巴斯蒂安·辛克莱

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