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Looking through these entries, I believe these are contributions made using Coinbase, not by Coinbase. I.e: political donations processed using cryptocurrency,

Looking through these entries, I believe these are contributions made using Coinbase, not by Coinbase. I.e: political donations processed using cryptocurrency, not ones made by the company or its employees. Just speculating here based on the repeated small dollar amounts.

heavyset_go 6y ago
I doubt it. There are a lot of $5k+ donations, and a $21k donation. The dozens of $2k and $5k donations are mostly to Brian Forde's campaign, famous for his Bitcoin connections[1]. Upon looking at the smallest donations, the majority go to Brian Forde, too. [1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-08/bitcoin-s-candidate-for-congress https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-08/bitcoin-s...
- andrewflnr 6y ago
  Right, so bitcoin users using a bitcoin site are making contributions to a bitcoin-friendly politician. I'm not seeing anything anomalous here.
  - heavyset_go 6y ago
    Do you have evidence that suggests that the FEC was deceived about the source of their financial data?
    - bobbygoodlatte 6y ago
      They're not deceived, it just looks like a display error. If you open up an individual item, many have an "Open Image" button next to them that show the full filing document. Here's a random example: https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?201811269133824807 https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg/?201811269133824807 Includes the individual's name & his employer, which isn't listed as Coinbase.