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Ripple makes $25 million contribution to spotlight crypto in 2024 elections

Ripple has taken a significant step to enhance the crypto sector’s political influence by donating an additional $25 million to Fairshake, a federal crypto super political action committee (PAC) dedicated to supporting crypto -friendly Congressional candidates in this election year. This latest donation, announced on May 28, 2024, brings Ripple’s total contributions to Fairshake to $50 million over the past two years. Fairshake, which supports crypto-friendly congressional candidates, has raised over $100 million from major industry players, including Coinbase, Gemini, Andreessen Horowitz, and ARK Invest. Ripple’s contributions alone account for nearly half of this total. Picks for you Trader nets 419x profit by selling SHIB after 3-year hold 2 hours ago ...

Pro-Bitcoin candidate wins primary elections in Argentina

Javier Millei, a pro-Bitcoin and libertarian candidate , has won the primary elections in Argentina. With 95% of votes counted, Millei is currently leading the pools of the primary elections with 30.1% of the votes. He is part of the political party known as Freedom Advances. The candidate is known for his political views about abolishing the Central Bank in Argentina and having a free market economy. According to the votes, Together for Change, led by Patricia Bulrich, is in second place with 28.2% of the votes. The current political party leading the presidency in Argentina, known as Peronismo, took third place. You might also like: Argentina imports banknotes amid crisis while citizens turn to bitcoin The voting participation of Argentinean citizens was around 70%, one of the lowest in democratic history. The polling stations closed at six in the afternoon, local time, but voting in the City of Buenos Aires was extended due to problems with the electronic voting m...