The crypto billionaire gave $10 million to Protect Our Future, a super PAC that says it supports candidates who can help prevent the next pandemic.
Samuel Bankman-Fried, founder of crypto derivatives exchange FTX, gave $16 million to super PACs in April, making him one of the top donors to such outside political groups, according to the Federal Election Commission,The crypto billionaire gave $10 million to Protect Our Future, a super PAC that says it supports candidates who can help prevent the next pandemic, the report said.
The group has spent $19 million to influence election primaries so far, all in Democratic House races. Its biggest donation was $10.5 million to support Carrick Flynn in Oregon’s 6th congressional district. Still, he lost the primary to Andrea Salinas, a state lawmaker who would be Oregon’s first Latino woman elected to Congress should she win in November.
In November 2020, Bankman-Fried made a $5.2 million contribution to the campaign of now Democratic President Joe Biden,
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