Stand With Crypto puts market structure at top of 2026 agenda

Coinbase-backed advocacy group says passing US crypto market-structure legislation outweighs election campaigning ahead of the 2026 midterms.

In a year in which the United States will hold elections that could upset the balance of power in Congress, a cryptocurrency advocacy organization backed by Coinbase said its first priority is to “help get federal digital asset market structure legislation signed into law.”

In its year-in-review report released on Thursday, Stand With Crypto (SWC) said it had added 675,000 people across the US to its advocacy efforts, bringing its total to 2.6 million.

Though SWC said it would continue to mobilize its members “to support pro-crypto candidates in the congressional races” as part of the 2026 midterm elections in the US, its “primary goal” was helping the digital asset market structure bill get through Congress.

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