Fairshake PAC
Crypto-industry friendly candidates
Explore cycle funding, spending and cashFEC financial summaries
Follow the money.
FEC committee: FAIRSHAKE. Figures cover this registered committee, not its parent organization or wider network.
Reported activity: Jan 1, 2025 to Aug 31, 2026. Captured Oct 7, 2026.
Money raised
$137,923,215.69
Total receipts this cycle
Money spent
$93,873,581.87
Total disbursements this cycle
Cash on hand
$108,293,831.76
At the latest reporting cutoff
Debt owed
$0.00
At the latest reporting cutoff
Where it comes from
- Individual contributions
- $99,111,283.15
- Itemized
- $99,110,695.39
- Unitemized
- $587.76
- Other committee contributions
- $0.00
- Party committee contributions
- $0.00
- Transfers from affiliated committees
- $0.00
- Transfers from nonfederal accounts
- $0.00
- Loans received
- $0.00
- Loan repayments received
- $0.00
- Operating offsets
- $218,398.39
- Other federal receipts
- $38,593,534.15
Where it goes
- Contributions to candidates and committees
- $0.00
- Independent expenditures
- $13,296,611.79
- Transfers to affiliated committees
- $70,000,000.00
- Operating expenditures
- $10,576,970.08
- Contribution refunds
- $0.00
- Loan repayments
- $0.00
- Loans made
- $0.00
- Other disbursements
- $0.00
Selected FEC reporting categories, not additional totals. Indented rows are included in their parent category. Independent expenditures are spending for or against candidates, not money handed to them. Transfers can appear on both committees’ books, so committee totals are not summed into a network total here.
Compare reporting cycles
Compare the reported amounts and cutoff dates side by side. An unfinished cycle is not a like-for-like growth comparison with a completed cycle.
| Reported metric | 2024 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Reporting cutoff | Dec 31, 2024 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| Money raised | $260,070,709.37 | $137,923,215.69 |
| Money spent | $195,826,511.43 | $93,873,581.87 |
| Cash on hand | $64,244,197.94 | $108,293,831.76 |
| Debt owed | $0.00 | $0.00 |
Source details and reporting method
- Committee name in the FEC response
- FAIRSHAKE
- Debts owed to the committee
- $0.00
- Captured response SHA-256
- 4ffd98e1bd759ce069cbd972e2e355a7db23f4ce7806d519139b3632abba51ea
These are FEC summary figures, not a sum of itemized transactions. Cash and debt are balances at the reporting cutoff, not today’s balances. Missing fields remain unreported. Figures may change when amended filings are processed.
Inspect preserved FEC response ↗The operation.
Fairshake is the umbrella super PAC for the cryptocurrency industry, funded primarily by Coinbase, Ripple, and Andreessen Horowitz. Founded in 2023, it became the highest-spending corporate super PAC of the 2024 cycle with more than $200 million committed to defeat crypto-skeptical incumbents and elect crypto-friendly candidates of both parties. Its largest single target was Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), chair of the Senate Banking Committee.
Major donors.
Notable races.
Sources.
Questions about Fairshake PAC.
What is Fairshake PAC?
Fairshake is a federal super PAC launched in 2023 by the major US cryptocurrency companies — Coinbase, Ripple, and venture firm Andreessen Horowitz — to spend in federal elections in support of candidates who back industry-friendly crypto regulation. It became the single largest corporate-funded super PAC of the 2024 cycle.
How much has Fairshake spent?
Fairshake and its affiliated PACs (Defend American Jobs, Protect Progress) committed more than $200 million for the 2024 cycle, with similar firepower projected for 2026. Its largest single target was the defeat of Sen. Sherrod Brown in Ohio, where it spent more than $40 million in independent expenditures.
Is Fairshake bipartisan?
Yes — formally. Fairshake spends in both Democratic and Republican primaries and general elections, sorting candidates by their crypto positions rather than party. In practice its 2024 spending leaned slightly Republican, mirroring the partisan split on crypto regulation.