Coinbase and CEO Brian Armstrong are bankrolling a rapidly expanding pro-crypto political machine, pouring tens of millions of dollars into Fairshake as Washington’s 2026 election fight over digital assets intensifies.

Coinbase and Armstrong are helping assemble what they describe as an “8-figure political war chest” by routing $25.5 million into Fairshake, a crypto-focused super PAC backing pro-digital asset candidates in what the exchange calls the industry’s “most consequential” U.S. election yet. According to Fairshake spokesperson Josh Vlasto, Coinbase contributed $24.5 million while Armstrong personally donated another $1 million, putting the exchange and its chief executive behind roughly one-third of the PAC’s…