{"id":15358,"date":"2024-07-19T12:59:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T09:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/winklevoss-twins-donate-1-million-in-bitcoin-to-elizabeth-warrens-rival\/"},"modified":"2024-07-19T12:59:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T09:59:07","slug":"winklevoss-twins-donate-1-million-in-bitcoin-to-elizabeth-warrens-rival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/winklevoss-twins-donate-1-million-in-bitcoin-to-elizabeth-warrens-rival\/","title":{"rendered":"Winklevoss Twins Donate $1 Million in Bitcoin to Elizabeth Warren&#8217;s Rival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss have each donated 8 BTC (~$500,000) to the campaign of John Deaton, who is running for the Senate seat in Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I just donated $500k in bitcoin (8 BTC) to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeatonforSenate?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DeatonforSenate<\/a> to help him unseat <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenWarren?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenWarren<\/a> as a U.S. Senator. Here\u2019s why:<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Warren is one of the single greatest threats to American prosperity. When it comes to crypto, she is public enemy number one. She\u2019s the chief\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FK2a1JenlF\">pic.twitter.com\/FK2a1JenlF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tyler Winklevoss (@tyler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tyler\/status\/1814018079032021437?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The seat is currently held by Elizabeth Warren, known for her <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/elizabeth-warren-labels-cryptocurrency-a-tool-for-fraudsters\">tough stance<\/a> on digital assets.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cElizabeth Warren is one of the greatest threats to American prosperity. When it comes to cryptocurrency, she is public enemy number one. She is the chief architect and driving force of the Biden administration\u2019s war on the industry,\u201d said Tyler Winklevoss.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to him, if \u201cWarren embodies the worst in the country, then John Deaton represents the best.\u201d The entrepreneur described the founder of Deaton Law Firm as a supporter of \u201cBitcoin, crypto, and business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His brother Cameron expressed a similar view, confirming his donation to Deaton&#8217;s fund.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I also just donated $500k in bitcoin (8 BTC) to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DeatonforSenate?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DeatonforSenate<\/a> to help him unseat <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenWarren?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenWarren<\/a> as a U.S. Senator.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the TL;DR \u2014 John Deaton is:<\/p>\n<p>Pro-Bitcoin<br \/>Pro-Crypto<br \/>Pro-Business<\/p>\n<p>And he will put an end to Elizabeth Warren\u2019s war on crypto. Onward! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JgOF6eBTkc\">https:\/\/t.co\/JgOF6eBTkc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cameron Winklevoss (@cameron) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cameron\/status\/1814019076731412858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cHe will put an end to Warren\u2019s war on cryptocurrencies. Onward!\u201d wrote the co-founder of the Gemini exchange.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Deaton was involved in the <span data-descr=\"U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission\" class=\"old_tooltip\">SEC<\/span> case against Ripple, representing the interests of the fintech company&#8217;s investors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In April, the lawyer <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/us-government-accused-of-aiding-ftx-by-lawyer\">raised concerns<\/a> about the U.S. government\u2019s alleged assistance in the illegal activities of the bankrupt exchange FTX and its founder Sam Bankman-Fried. This led to the Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/us-senate-probes-cftcs-ties-with-bankrupt-ftx\">investigating<\/a> the platform&#8217;s leadership&#8217;s relations with the <span data-descr=\"U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission\" class=\"old_tooltip\">CFTC<\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In June, the Winklevoss twins contributed $2 million in Bitcoin to Donald Trump\u2019s presidential campaign. The politician has repeatedly expressed support for the crypto industry and <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/trumps-campaign-embraces-cryptocurrency-donations\">opened up to cryptocurrency donations<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Kraken co-founder Jesse Powell donated $1 million to Trump\u2019s campaign, \u201cmostly in ETH.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss have each donated 8 BTC (~$500,000) to the campaign of John Deaton, who is running for the Senate seat in Massachusetts. I just donated $500k in bitcoin (8 BTC) to @DeatonforSenate to help him unseat @SenWarren as a U.S. Senator. Here\u2019s why: Elizabeth Warren is one of the single greatest threats [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1175,842,1230,1140],"class_list":["post-15358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-elizabeth-warren","tag-politics","tag-us-congress","tag-winklevoss-twins"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"57","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}