Fairshak-affiliated PAC pitched about $190,000 in the Massachusetts primaries

On 2 September, the Political Action Committee in Support of the Encrypted Currency Industry, Fairshake, a subsidiary of Protec Progress PAC, launched a media ad for approximately $189,000 in advance of the 4th Parliamentary Constituent Assembly in Massachusetts, supporting Democratic Deputy Jake Auchinclos to run for re-election. The Federal Electoral Commission (FEC) recorded this expenditure as the latest act of Fairshake ' s involvement in the 2026 elections, with over $130 million in advertising and media publicity in the 2024 election cycle. Massachusetts was initially selected for Tuesday, local time. On August 16, the Democratic Party candidate Jason Poulos wrote to Auchincus asking him to “publicly condemn” the intervention of Protec Progress. According to Poulos, some of the funds were used to produce “AI-generated spam” in support of Auchincus, noting that the latter had received $775 million directly from encryption industry sources since 2020 and had voted in support of the Digital Assets Market Clarity Bill in July 2025, which was currently pending before the Senate and had not yet been signed into law. Fairshake and its affiliates have invested approximately $3.6 million in August in congressional campaigns in Alaska, Florida and Wyoming, and Fairshake reported having approximately $122 million in cash before the mid-2026 elections. Massachusetts will be one of the states in the United States at the latest this year, just over two months before the November general elections。