Winklevoss Twins Donate $1M Worth BTC to Unseat Warren in Massachusetts
Gemini co-founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss donate $1M towards Republican candidate John Deaton to unseat anti-crypto Senator Elizabeth Warren from Massachusetts.
Crypto exchange Gemini co-founders contributed $1 million to the Deaton campaign as the digital assets advocate attempts to unseat Senator Warren (D-Mass). The $500,000 donation from each Winklevoss twin signals belief in the Republican challenger to drive the anti-crypto lawmaker in November.
The Winklevoss brothers declared the Democrat senator the greatest threat to realizing American prosperity via crypto. The Bitcoin advocates affirmed their vocal opposition to Warren, who termed her the lead public enemy per crypto.
In a Thursday post on X, Tyler Winklevoss profiles Senator Warren, the chief architect steering the Biden Administration’s war on digital assets. Efforts to contact Senator Warren’s office yielded no response.
The Gemini pair confirmed donating 8 BTC, translating to $1 million, towards the campaign to unseat Warren. Deaton is an experienced attorney in prominent cases leveled against crypto industry firms by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
In a separate post, Cameron touts John Deaton as both pro-crypto and pro-business and capable of ending Warren’s war on crypto. Last month, the Winklevoss twins contributed $2 million in BTC towards Trump’s presidential campaign.
Deaton has religiously decried the SEC’s stance against crypto firm Ripple Labs. The case, now drawing closer to its conclusion, has seen Ripple battle the watchdog over the penalty amount to pay for selling XRP as unregistered securities.
Is Senator Warren a Mastermind of Terror?
The donation by Winklevoss comes days after Ripple contributed $1 million to the PAC, aiming to see Warren beaten at the ballot box. Tyler’s update on Thursday cited the Warren directive, which saw the SEC conduct non-stop investigations and enforcement actions against the good actors within the industry.
Senator Warren’s reigns terror beyond the crypto industry. She upholds a cartoonish worldview in support of regulation rather than free markets. The approach demonizes enterprises and entrepreneurs.
Winklevoss condemned SEC chair Gary Gensler and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) head Martin Gruenberg as Warren’s lap and attack dogs.
Tyler argues that SEC is constantly poking the good actors within the digital asset industry. Last year, the Commission sued Gemini, alleging violation of securities law in crypto token offerings via its lending platform. Such constitutes a speck of the broader crackdown that claimed Coinbase, Binance, Ripple, and Kraken as victims.
In addition, banking regulators, such as the FDIC, imposed restrictions barring business with the crypto firms. Tyler condemns such, terming Warren, the mastermind of the illegitimate initiatives through her lieutenants who execute her orders.
Pro-Crypto Candidates Emerge in Massachusetts
Tyler considers American businesses and their founders to be the most dynamic and innovative globally in taking a long shot. He hailed enterprise as driving the US economy through creativity.
Warren expressed little fear of potential challenge even before Deaton declared his candidacy. She acknowledged that the crypto lobby is targeting her ouster from the Senate.
Deaton faces a challenge from fellow Republican hopeful Ian Cain before the November showdown against Warren’s massive campaign war chest. Cain criticized Deaton as a celebrity climber pursuing the position for selfish reasons. Additionally, Cain and Deaton face Robert Antonellis for the GOP nomination. Nonetheless, Warren is yet to learn the official challenger till the conclusion of the Massachusetts primaries on September 3.
Cain portrayed the pair of Deaton and Warren as representatives of wrong politics. Cain disclosed that the pair prioritized individual goals and not the interest of the community they run to serve. Nevertheless, Both Cain and Deaton accept crypto-based donations.
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