The group describes itself as the only conservative super PAC focused on advancing pro-crypto candidates.
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A pro-crypto super PAC has endorsed Republican Jon Husted in Ohio's 2026 U.S. Senate race. The Sentinel Action Fund made the announcement Wednesday. The group describes itself as the only conservative super PAC focused on advancing pro-crypto candidates.
Sentinel Action Fund President Jessica Anderson cited former Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown by name in the endorsement statement. Anderson said Brown had blocked pro-innovation digital asset policies during his time in the Senate. The PAC identified his record as the primary reason for backing Husted.
Husted was appointed to the Senate in January 2025 by Ohio Governor Mike DeWine. He filled the seat vacated when JD Vance became U.S. vice president. Husted still faces a Republican primary field before a May 5 vote, while Brown and Ron Kincaid are competing on the Democratic side.
Federal Election Commission filings through Tuesday showed no disbursements to Husted's campaign from the PAC yet in 2026. Sentinel Action Fund and its sister organization Right Vote have pledged to spend more than $8 million in Ohio this cycle. The PAC raised approximately $9 million between January 2025 and March 2026, including $750,000 from the Solana Policy Institute and $250,000 from Multicoin Capital.
In the 2024 election, crypto-backed PACs spent more than $40 million in Ohio backing Republican Bernie Moreno against Brown. Moreno won that race, but his seat is not up for re-election until 2030. Brown announced in August that he would run for Senate again.
Ohio's governor's race is also drawing crypto-linked attention. Vivek Ramaswamy launched a gubernatorial campaign in February 2025 after leaving Trump's Department of Government Efficiency. He has publicly supported creating a strategic Bitcoin reserve in Ohio.
Ramaswamy's April 6 financial disclosures reported a 10% stake in Strive, a Bitcoin treasury company. Strive held approximately 13,768 Bitcoin as of Wednesday, a position worth more than $1 billion. Critics have noted that, as governor, Ramaswamy would have direct influence over any decision to invest Ohio's state treasury in Bitcoin, which could raise the value of his stake in Strive.
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