Significant developments continue to emerge in the cryptocurrency market. Accordingly, XRP proponent lawyer John Deaton has called on his substantial social media following to financially support his campaign to surpass cryptocurrency critic Senator Elizabeth Warren in the Massachusetts Senate race. In a post published on X, Deaton told his 324,100 followers that he had invested $500,000 into his senate campaign.
Celebrity Calls for Donations
Deaton also shared his optimism about being able to challenge Warren, who has been in office for 11 years in Massachusetts, and stated:
“I can win, some people mistakenly believe that Elizabeth Warren cannot be defeated in Massachusetts, and that is not true.”
The election in question is planned to be held on September 3rd. Although Deaton has contributed 50% of the campaign funds himself, he called on his followers to help collect another $500,000, which can be donated in cash or cryptocurrency, and added:
“You must believe in yourself, I would finance myself if I could because it’s about freedom. I need your help and I’m trying to raise $1 million by the end of this quarter.”
On March 4th, Cardano‘s founder Charles Hoskinson told his followers that he donated to Deaton’s campaign because the country needs people willing to take on the establishment that writes our laws and banks that are destroying the crypto industry. The crypto sector continues to be a hot topic in the United States in recent days.
Deaton Takes a Notable Step
On February 20th, Deaton officially announced his candidacy for a U.S. Senate seat in Massachusetts. In a video posted on X account on February 20th, Deaton said his campaign would focus on taking on the Washington elite and claimed that Senator Warren had done nothing for Massachusetts.
Even though Deaton keeps the crypto issue outside of his campaign, the tension between him and government officials like Warren, who are critics of crypto, is no secret. In December 2023, Warren claimed that there was a revolving door between the crypto industry and insiders in Washington DC, suggesting that many government officials might be setting the stage for crypto asset lobbying positions while in public service.
