- Crypto industry lobbying expenses in the US rose by 120% in 2022.
- Market participants spent $25.57 million on lobbying in the United States in 2022.
- The data is based on OpenSecrets, a nonpartisan nonprofit that tracks lobbying expenses in the US.
- Between 2017 and 2022, the industry's lobbying budgets rose by 922%.
- Coinbase spent the most on lobbying, paying $3.3 million to 32 lobbyists in 2022.
- The American subsidiary of Binance spent $960,000 on lobbying in 2022, but started spending in 2021.
- Overall, crypto companies spent slightly over $50 million on lobbying in America in six years.
- Pharmaceutical companies spent more than $350 million in 2022 on federal lobbying efforts, far more than crypto companies.
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