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🚨Ripple co-founder donates $1 million in XRP to Harris campaign🚨
According to the latest Polymarket election odds, Kamala Harris has a 45.9% chance of securing the Oval Office in the Nov. 5 presidential election.
Ripple co-founder donates $1 million in XRP to Harris
Records from the Federal Election Commission (FEC) revealed that Ripple co-founder and executive chairman Chris Larsen contributed 1,754,815.29 XRP
XRPtickers down$0.5375, valued at $1 million at the time of the donation, to the Harris-Walz 2024 Presidential campaign.
The FEC filings show the contribution was made on Aug. 14, 2024, to the pro-Harris Future Forward political action committee (PAC). According to Fox Business reporter Eleanor Terrett, this represents the first documented crypto contribution to the Harris campaign.
In September, a spokesperson for Future Forward told Cointelegraph that the PAC was accepting crypto donations for Harris after false reports surfaced that the campaign was directly accepting crypto campaign donations.
According to the FEC, Future Forward has collected over $200 million in contributions as of October 2024.