Top bitcoin miners launch new group, hope to be influential force in politics

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Top bitcoin miners have launched a new nonprofit organization focused on educating and galvanizing voters around that digital asset and the broader cryptocurrency space.

The miners — from Riot Platforms, Marathon Digital Holdings, and CleanSpark — registered the Bitcoin Voter Project as a nonpartisan 501(c)(4), meaning it can’t primarily support a specific candidate or political party. The founders aim to use the group to mobilize the growing contingent of bitcoin and crypto advocates within the political sphere.

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