The crypto lobby keeps growing, and so have its expenses. Industry stakeholders and associated companies spent approximately $4.4 million on federal lobbying in the US in the first quarter of this year. That figure just barely edges out the $4,324,663 from the last quarter of 2021, which capped a year of massive growth in crypto’s work in Washington, DC. The Block collected and analyzed data from Senate lobbying disclosures for crypto firms and associations. The above figures take into account entities focused on crypto, as well as firms in adjacent areas with disclosures that highlight crypto or digital assets as ... (full story)