A pro-crypto super PAC said Thursday that it plans to spend $1.5 million opposing Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) in the Democratic primary race.
Protect Progress, which is affiliated with the industry’s leading super PAC Fairshake, pointed to Green’s voting record on crypto legislation.
The Texas Democrat has voted against two major crypto bills in the House this Congress.
He opposed the GENIUS Act, a stablecoin framework signed into law by President Trump last year, as well as the Clarity Act, which seeks to split oversight of the broader crypto market between two financial regulators.
“As a member of the Financial Services Committee, Representative Al Green has decided to try and stop American innovation in its tracks,” Protect Progress said in a statement.
“Texas voters can no longer sit by and have representation in Congress that is actively hostile towards a growing Texas crypto community,” it continued. “We are committed to electing new members who embrace innovation, growth and wealth creation for all Americans.”
The Hill has reached out to Green’s campaign for comment.
Green has previously voiced concerns about how crypto could impact the dollar as the “currency of choice” and whether this could impair the U.S.’s ability to effectively impose sanctions.
The crypto industry, which spent heavily in the 2024 elections, heads into the 2026 midterms with a hefty war chest.
Fairshake said in January that its network of super PACs had more than $193 million in cash on hand, receiving $25 million each from Coinbase and Ripple and $24 million from a16z last year.
