{"id":506332,"date":"2024-04-15T15:41:46","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T15:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/?p=506332"},"modified":"2024-04-15T15:41:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T15:41:46","slug":"john-deaton-outraises-elizabeth-warren-with-support-from-crypto-titans-ripple-cardano-and-gemini-in-senate-seat-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidebitcoins.com\/news\/john-deaton-outraises-elizabeth-warren-with-support-from-crypto-titans-ripple-cardano-and-gemini-in-senate-seat-showdown","title":{"rendered":"John Deaton Outraises Elizabeth Warren With Support from Crypto Titans Ripple, Cardano, and Gemini in Senate Seat Showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pro-crypto lawyer <\/span>John Deaton<\/span><\/a> has raised more funds than Senator Elizabeth Warren in the first quarter of this year in his bid to take her Senate seat as crypto industry titans back the lawyer’s campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n

Big names in the crypto space including Ripple executives Chris Larsen and Brad Garlinghouse, Gemini founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, and SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci are among the lawyer’s biggest donors.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cardano and Ethereum co-founder Charles Hoskinson and Kraken co-founder Jesse Powell have also stepped in to support Deaton in his quest. <\/span><\/p>\n

Overall, Deaton has raised around $1.36 million in the first quarter, which trumps the $1.09 million Warren managed to <\/span>raise<\/span><\/a> during the same period.\"Cryptocurrency<\/span><\/p>\n

Crypto Giants Back John Deaton By Making Some Of The Biggest Contributions<\/span><\/h2>\n

Still, Warren received more funding from donors than Deaton. Donors gave her just under $1.09 million, while Deaton received $360,700 from his backers.<\/span><\/p>\n

The rest of Deaton’s funds came from $1 million he loaned to his campaign, according to <\/span>preliminary filings<\/span><\/a> to the United States Federal Election Commission (FEC).<\/span><\/p>\n

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First, it was schoolyard bullies, then it was greedy corporations and the SEC, and now I am taking on the Washington elites. https:\/\/t.co\/XxW0M7kkw9<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/adJVbz4tyn<\/a><\/p>\n

— John E Deaton (@JohnEDeaton1) February 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n