Crypto industry spends about $176 million across more than 100 midterm races

What sources claim

• Through October 20, Fairshake and its affiliate PACs had spent about $150.8 million this year, while other crypto groups spent around $25 million, Bitcoin Magazine reported.
• Fairshake said 53 of the 58 candidates it backed in primaries or special elections won, and those candidates will be on the November 3 ballot, per Reuters.

Still unresolved

• Whether the roughly $176 million total will be updated in a later filing or review, and what the final cycle figure would be.
• How much of the Fairshake-linked spending goes toward ads that explicitly mention crypto, as opposed to the taxes and immigration themes described.

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