Executives from three major U.S. crypto mining companies have formed the nonprofit Bitcoin Voter Project, which aims to educate voters about Bitcoin and plans to launch before the 2024 presidential election.
Jayson Browder, senior vice president of government affairs at Marathon Digital Holdings, said that he and two executives from Riot Platforms and CleanSpark form the organization's board of directors. The organization is registered as a 501 (c) (4) organization in the United States and cannot primarily support a candidate or political party.
The project has about $5 million for research and voter education, with the goal of getting voters to vote for candidates who support digital assets. Unlike Coinbase's Stand With Crypto PAC, the Bitcoin Voter Project currently does not list specific candidates or crypto-related legislation.
Representatives from many crypto advocacy organizations, including the Chamber of Digital Commerce and the Texas Blockchain Council, have expressed support for the Bitcoin Voter Project, and hundreds of people have registered with the organization as of June 14. (Cointelegraph)