Blockchain Leadership Fund Endorses Bipartisan Slate of Ten Candidates
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 21, 2026) — Today, the Blockchain Leadership Fund (BLF) announced its first slate of endorsements for the 2026 election cycle. The slate includes four Senate and six House candidates. These are BLF's first endorsements since launching in March.
BLF’s first round of endorsements reflects a strategic effort to support candidates who understand the importance of keeping digital asset innovation in the United States, strengthening American competitiveness, and ensuring the industry has a clear framework for responsible growth. As digital asset policy evolves, BLF is focused on supporting leaders who understand the urgency of this moment and want to ensure the next generation of financial innovation is built in the United States.
This inaugural slate includes leaders and candidates who understand that clear digital asset rules are essential to keeping innovation, jobs, and economic opportunity in the United States, including: Senate Candidates Barry Moore (R-AL), Kurt Alme (R-MT), Jon Husted (R-OH), Angie Craig (D-MN) and House Candidates Houston Gaines (R-GA-10), Jim Kingston (R-GA-01), Jon Bonck (R-TX-38), Adrian Boafo (D-MD-05), Christian Menefee (D-TX-18), and Don Davis (D-NC-01).
“Anchorage Digital is proud to support the Blockchain Leadership Fund,” said an Anchorage Digital Spokesperson. “We believe constructive bipartisan participation is critical to ensuring the U.S. remains a global leader in financial technology and the future of finance. We remain committed to supporting responsible innovation and constructive policymaking that brings digital assets further into the regulatory perimeter and strengthens trust in the ecosystem.”
“As blockchain technology moves further into mainstream finance, sustained bipartisan leadership will play an important role in keeping the United States at the forefront of financial innovation,” a Chainlink spokesperson said. “We look forward to continuing to work with policymakers on both sides of the aisle who are committed to supporting responsible innovation and ensuring the U.S. remains a global technology leader.”
BLF will continue to evaluate candidates throughout the cycle and announce support for leaders at the federal, state, and local levels who support responsible digital asset policy.
About Blockchain Leadership Fund
Blockchain Leadership Fund (BLF) is a political action committee dedicated to advancing responsible blockchain and digital asset policy in the United States. BLF champions the digital asset ecosystem by supporting pro-innovation candidates, engaging voters, and conducting independent advocacy to ensure blockchain pioneers are represented at all levels of government. Through its dual mission of direct support and broader public engagement, BLF envisions a future where decentralized technology creates a more transparent, accountable, and equitable society.
About Anchorage Digital
Anchorage Digital is a global crypto platform that enables institutions to participate in digital assets through stablecoin issuance, custody, trading, staking, settlement, governance, and the industry’s leading security infrastructure. Home to Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the first federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S., Anchorage Digital also serves institutions through Anchorage Digital Singapore, which is licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore; Anchorage Digital NY, which holds a BitLicense from the New York Department of Financial Services; and self-custody wallet Porto by Anchorage Digital. Anchorage Digital Bank also offers fiat custody services through the use of an FDIC-insured, licensed sub-custodian.
Anchorage Digital is funded by leading institutions, including Andreessen Horowitz, GIC, Goldman Sachs, KKR, and Visa, with a valuation of $4.2 billion. Founded in 2017 in San Francisco, California, Anchorage Digital has offices in New York, New York; Porto, Portugal; Singapore; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Learn more at anchorage.com, on X @Anchorage, and on LinkedIn.
About Chainlink
Chainlink is the industry-standard oracle platform bringing the capital markets onchain and the market leader powering the majority of decentralized finance (DeFi). The Chainlink stack provides the essential data, interoperability, compliance, and privacy standards needed to power advanced blockchain use cases for institutional tokenized assets, lending, payments, stablecoins, and more. Since inventing decentralized oracle networks, Chainlink has enabled tens of trillions in transaction value and now secures the vast majority of DeFi.
Many of the world's largest financial services institutions have also adopted Chainlink's standards and infrastructure, including Swift, Euroclear, Mastercard, Fidelity International, UBS, S&P Dow Jones Indices, FTSE Russell, WisdomTree, ANZ, and top protocols such as Aave, Lido, GMX, and many others. Learn more at chain.link.
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Blockchain Leadership Fund
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Anchorage Digital
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Chainlink Labs
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