FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and the Winklevoss brothers backed Kirsten Gillibrand’s campaign

In the second quarter of 2022, U.S. Senator from New York Kirsten Gillibrand received more than $150,000 in campaign contributions from figures in the crypto industry.

According to data from the Federal Election Commission, FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried donated $5,800, and the Gemini founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss each donated $2,900.

Among Gillibrand’s donors are also FTX.US President Brett Harrison, Messari founder Ryan Selkis, Paxos CEO Charles Cascarilla, Aptos CEO Mohammad Sheikh, and representatives from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Multicoin Capital, Meta, Uniswap, dYdX and other firms.

Gillibrand is a co-sponsor of the June bill to regulate the crypto industry. The document introduces legal terminology for digital assets and virtual currencies, and also defines the powers of supervising agencies.

Earlier, the other co-sponsor of the bill, U.S. Senator from Wyoming Cynthia Lummis was supported by top executives at a16z, Kraken and other cryptocurrency companies and venture funds.

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