Crypto, blockchain, and who is buying America’s elections? | Anatomy of Disinformation
What happens when cryptocurrency becomes a tool of political influence?
In this episode of Anatomy of Disinformation, host Maia Mazurkiewicz explores how cryptocurrency can be used to finance political campaigns, influence elections, and move money across borders. With the U.S. midterm elections approaching, we investigate who is behind the money and whether blockchain analysis can expose hidden financial networks.
James Delmore, Crypto Market Analyst at Breadcrumbs, specializes in on-chain research and blockchain intelligence. He analyzes cryptocurrency transactions to trace the movement of digital assets, investigate suspicious activity and uncover connections between blockchain wallets. His expertise offers insight into how blockchain investigations can help identify financial flows linked to political influence, illicit activity, and state-backed operations.
Eliza Lockhart, Senior Research Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute’s Centre for Finance and Security, focuses on the intersection of financial crime, anti-money laundering, sanctions, and national security. Her research examines how financial systems can be exploited to undermine democratic processes and how governments and regulators can strengthen safeguards against illicit finance and election-related misconduct.
Can cryptocurrency make political financing more transparent, or does it create new opportunities for covert influence?
Chapters:
00:00 – Intro
00:13 – Cryptocurrencies in political campaigns
02:22 – cryptocurrencies’ transparency problem
07:05 – Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency
10:00 – Cryptocurrency donations
13:17 – What is a stablecoin?
15:26 – Is the law keeping up with change?
16:28 – Research on the impact of cryptocurrencies on elections
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