New PAC aims to back lawmakers protecting crypto developers
Defend Developers PAC is entering crypto campaign finance with plans to raise and deploy more than six figures across dozens of congressional races tied to protections for blockchain developers.
Defend Developers PAC is expanding the crypto policy fight into campaign finance, saying it plans to raise and contribute more than six figures across dozens of congressional races while advocating legal protections for blockchain software developers. The political action committee was formed by leaders from DeFi Education Fund, Solana Policy Institute and Uniswap Labs, and it backs the Clarity Act and the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act, which aim to clarify that non-custodial developers are not "money transmitters." The effort underscores a broader Washington debate over whether people who write and maintain blockchain software and smart contracts should bear legal liability for how decentralized systems are later used.
- PAC: Political action committee that raises and spends money to influence elections.
- non-custodial developers: Software developers who build tools or protocols without taking control of users' funds.
- smart contracts: Self-executing blockchain code that runs automatically when conditions are met.