COINOTAG News (August 21) reported that the Winklevoss brothers, co-founders of U.S. exchange Gemini, have donated $21 million in Bitcoin (approximately 188.4547 BTC) to the Digital Freedom Fund PAC. This Winklevoss Bitcoin donation represents a sizable in-kind political contribution denominated in cryptocurrency and highlights the intersection of digital assets and political financing.
The Digital Freedom Fund has stated its priorities include supporting primary and midterm candidates aligned with cryptocurrency policy, advocating for market structure legislation that minimizes overregulation and burdensome licensing, promoting statutory rights for self-custody and peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions, and opposing CBDCs with efforts to pursue legislation to ban central bank digital currencies. These stated objectives frame the PAC’s regulatory and legislative engagement moving forward.