{"id":30075,"date":"2026-04-18T09:54:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T09:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=30075"},"modified":"2026-04-18T09:54:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T09:54:17","slug":"maxine-waters-challenger-got-two-thirds-of-donations-from-crypto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=30075","title":{"rendered":"Maxine Waters Challenger Got Two-Thirds of Donations From Crypto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-514198\">\n<header class=\"bg-body xl:bg-transparent article-header xl:max-w-[45rem] mx-auto px-5 sm:px-10 xl:px-5 pt-[77px] xl:pt-6 xl:border-l border-border print:pt-5 print:bg-transparent\">\n<div class=\"max-w-[42.5rem] xl:max-w-none xl:mx-auto\">\n<p class=\"post__excerpt mt-3\">\n          Maxine Waters, the scourge of crypto, could become Financial Services Committee chair if Democrats win the House in midterm elections.        <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-byline mt-2.5 xl:mt-0 flex gap-2.5 justify-between items-start article-byline--single pb-5 xl:pb-7 xl:pt-4\">\n<div class=\"article-byline__wrapper flex gap-4\">\n<div class=\"article-byline__avatar hidden md:flex gap-2.5\">\n                  <a class=\"article-byline__avatar-link shrink-0\" rel=\"author\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/staff\/matt-sledge\/\" data-ga-track=\"article navigation\" data-ga-track-action=\"author click - byline\" data-ga-track-label=\"matt-sledge\"><br \/>\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-5 md:size-[60px] rounded-full overflow-hidden aspect-square object-cover object-center\" src=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/cropped-cropped-bw_granger-sledge-headshot-1-180x180.jpg\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n          <\/a>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p>      <img class=\"article-featured-image block w-full relative z-[60]\" src=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2198970159-e1776453136636.jpg?fit=3890%2C1945\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 11: U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) speaks during a hearing with the House Financial Services Subcommittee on &quot;Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence&quot; on Capitol Hill on February 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. The subcommittee held the hearing to discuss digital currency and its future. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)\" sizes=\"100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2198970159-e1776453136636.jpg?w=3890 3890w, https:\/\/theintercept.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2198970159-e1776453136636.jpg?w=2400 2400w, https:\/\/theintercept.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2198970159-e1776453136636.jpg?w=3600 3600w\" width=\"3890\" height=\"1945\" fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"max-w-[47.5rem] w-full xl:max-w-[45rem] xl:mx-auto px-5 sm:px-10 xl:px-5 xl:border-l border-border\">\n<p>\n      <span>Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., speaks during a hearing with the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Feb. 11, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington.<\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-[#7e7e7e]\">Photo: Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images<\/span>\n  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>#Maxine #Waters #Challenger #TwoThirds #Donations #Crypto<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maxine Waters, the scourge of &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[246],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30075"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}