Crypto's Hill Takeover: 300-Plus Pro-Crypto Lawmakers Headed to Congress

Stand With Crypto's midterm scorecard landed at 29 wins out of 45 endorsed candidates, executive director Mason Lynaugh told BMTV. His bigger flex is the room they're walking into: around 96 pro-crypto members of Congress in 2023, and over 300 heading into the 120th. Lynaugh called it a pro-crypto majority worth getting excited about.

The group's proof point is Florida's 9th District, where Darren Soto held on by roughly 1,400 votes. Stand With Crypto counts 11,000 advocates in that district, and Lynaugh said the organization genuinely believes crypto voters moved the result. Ohio got its own shoutout in the conversation, with 77,000 advocates on the group's rolls there.

Lynaugh's optimism isn't just about headcount. He flagged the push to seat allies on the Senate Banking Committee and argued there's no political upside left in running an anti-crypto campaign. States, meanwhile, are moving on their own — including taking leadership on Bitcoin reserves.

The grassroots side comes with friction. Lynaugh described a data center fight as part of the work ahead on the ground. He also named public statements as the first real test for the incoming crowd — the earliest signal of whether the new majority actually votes the way it talked.

Stand With Crypto is pushing voters to check registration, find their state's deadline and see where candidates stand at its online portal. Bitcoin Magazine's BMTV episode also carried a disclaimer that the views expressed are the participants' own and not investment advice.