Crypto campaign donations are democracy at work — former Kraken exec

President Trump won every single swing state in the 2024 US elections following heavy support from the cryptocurrency industry.

Former chief legal officer of the Kraken exchange, Marco Santori, praised the political campaign donations made by crypto industry firms during the 2024 election as “democracy at work.”

In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph's Turner Wright, the former Kraken executive argued that crypto voters tilted the election in favor of then-candidate Donald Trump and the Republican Party.

The executive also said that the election donations from crypto firms, many of which are now having regulatory lawsuits dropped, do not represent conflicts of interest. Santori told Cointelegraph:

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