Law & Policy

Does anyone know if there are campaign finance laws that would prohibit an issuer from programmatically donating trading fees to a SuperPAC? 

With proper distance from a candidate, it seems like there is an obvious use case for a coin associated with a candidate (e.g., MAGA) to gain public acceptance by acting as a partial donation to the candidate's message. 

Is anyone building this (or is it illegal)?

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Yeah, I think you're probably right. Foreign nationals can donate to 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations (e.g., NRA, ACLU, etc.) though. Seems like a donation to a candidate-aligned organization would still be a decent option.

PACs can’t raise from non-US individuals. IANAL, but my guess is the courts would view any scheme like this as in violation.