Stand With Crypto endorses 32 House candidates ahead of 2026 midterms

Stand With Crypto, the nonprofit advocacy organization with deep ties to Coinbase, has thrown its weight behind 32 US House candidates as the 2026 midterm elections start to heat up. The endorsements, announced on August 24, represent the group’s largest single batch of political backing to date, and Senate endorsements are expected to follow before voters head to the polls in November.

The strategy is straightforward: find candidates who supported the Clarity Act, a bill designed to establish regulatory guardrails for digital assets, and make sure crypto-friendly voters know about them. The Clarity Act itself never cleared the Senate, but Stand With Crypto is treating support for the bill as a litmus test for who deserves the industry’s political capital.

A bipartisan roster with familiar names

The 32 endorsed candidates span both sides of the aisle, a deliberate choice for an organization positioning itself as nonpartisan. Republican endorsees include Tom Emmer and Bill Huizenga, two lawmakers who have been vocal about crypto-friendly regulation for years. On the Democratic side, Ritchie Torres and Josh Gottheimer round out the headliners, both representing a wing of the party that has resisted blanket hostility toward digital assets.

This isn’t the group’s first move of the cycle. Back in March, Stand With Crypto endorsed six candidates in battleground districts, essentially testing the waters before committing to the broader slate.

3 million advocates and a new playbook

Stand With Crypto claims more than 3 million registered advocates spread across all 50 states. The group is addressing voter mobilization with a new online voter hub that grades candidates based on their positions on crypto policy.

The model represents a notable departure from the traditional crypto-lobbying approach. Rather than funneling money through a political action committee and writing checks directly to campaigns, Stand With Crypto is prioritizing voter mobilization.

Polling data cited by the organization supports this theory. According to the group, 64% of crypto holders say they’re enthusiastic about supporting candidates who are friendly to the industry. Perhaps more interesting: 59% of crypto owners report that they don’t vote along strict party lines.

The regulatory stakes behind the endorsements

The Clarity Act may have stalled in the Senate, but the legislation it represented, clear rules distinguishing which digital assets qualify as securities versus commodities, remains the central policy goal for the American crypto industry. Without that framework, companies operate in a fog of enforcement actions and contradictory guidance from the SEC and CFTC.

Stand With Crypto’s Senate endorsements, expected closer to Election Day, will be the next signal of how aggressively the group intends to play in 2026.

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