Another crypto-focused political action committee, the Defend Developers PAC, has joined the field of campaign-funding operations that have in recent years put the industry on the political map.

The new entrant won’t rival the sector’s leading super PAC, Fairshake, nor is it expected to jump to the scale of the mid-level committees that include the Fellowship PAC linked to Tether and the Digital Freedom Fund tied to Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss at Gemini. But it’s approaching the political field differently than others, by backing incumbent lawmakers who’ve already proven to be allies to its cause: the legal protection of crypto developers and creators of decentralized finance (DeFi) projects.

“We plan to raise and contribute more than…