Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss have donated $1 million in Bitcoin to support John Deaton's senate campaign against Elizabeth Warren, a known critic of the cryptocurrency industry. The donation aims to unseat Warren, who is perceived as a threat to the crypto sector due to her regulatory stance. Deaton, a pro-crypto lawyer, has been actively involved in significant legal cases related to cryptocurrencies, including Ripple's ongoing battle with the SEC.

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Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss announced Thursday they had donated a combined $1 million in Bitcoin to pro-XRP lawyerJohn Deaton, who is running against crypto’s most prominent foe in Washington, D.C., Elizabeth Warren.Why The Winklevoss Bros Back John DeatonGemini co-founders and crypto evangelists Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss each contributed $500,000 to John Deaton’s senate campaign in a bid to kick Senator Elizabeth Warren out of office in November.The twins laid out their case in detailed posts on X on Thursday, which were highly critical of incumbent Warren, with Tyler calling the Massachusetts Senator the “chief architect” and driver of the Biden administration’s war on the crypto industry.”“When it comes to crypto, she is public enemy number one,” heasserted.According to Winklevoss, President Joe Biden gave Warren veto power over his regulatory nominees in exchange for supporting his presidential campaign in 2020. This gave her a lot of power to shape regulatory bodies, essentially making the chiefs of these bodies her marionettes and bringing about the infamous Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) Operation Chokepoint 2.0.“Crypto has the capacity to level the financial playing field and promote financial inclusion, fairness, and freedom for all. Elizabeth Warren should be embracing it. Instead, she has tried to kill it. Why? Because she can’t control it. Her lust for power and control is so great that she puts it ahead of the individual consumer that she pretends to care about and protect,” Tyler added.To unseat Warren, Tyler and Cameron donated $1 million in Bitcoin—8 BTC each—to the campaign of the crypto defender and Republican rival John Deaton.“John Deaton is pro-Bitcoin, pro-crypto, pro-business, and he will put an end to Elizabeth Warren’s war on crypto,” Cameron Winklevoss said in histweet.Last week, Rippledonated $1 millionto a super political action committee (PAC), Commonwealth Unity Fund, created by lawyer Jamer Murphy to help defeat anti-crypto senator Elizabeth Warren and elect Deaton.The lawyer-turned-politician has a long history with Ripple afterfilingamicus briefs on behalf of thousands of XRP holders in the protracted case lodged by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in December 2020. Deaton has alsoweighed induring Coinbase’s clash with the securities regulator, further establishing his reputation in cryptocurrency circles.

Winklevoss Twins Donate $1 Million in Bitcoin to Support Anti-Warren Senate Campaign