Bernie Moreno, the 2024 Republican U.S. Senate nominee in Ohio, speaks during a campaign event in Columbus on Monday, Oct. 28, 2024. To Moreno's left stands U.S. Sen. John Thune, a South Dakota Republican.COLUMBUS, Ohio—Republican U.S. Senate nominee Bernie Moreno said Monday that he‘s proud to have the support of the cryptocurrency industry, which has dumped tens of millions of dollars into Ohio’s red-hot Senate race so far on his behalf.
“Let me just end the myth right here: The crypto industry does not want no regulation. That’s totally false,” Moreno said.Secretary of State Frank LaRose sued over quiet move to require suspected non-citizens to show papers before voting Ohio’s 2024 U.S. Senate race has become the most expensive non-presidential political race in U.S. history, according to Moreno, with more than $460 million in ads reserved so far,
Moreno said that, in case anyone suspects that he’s supporting crypto for personal gain, he sold all his Bitcoin -- “to great dismay,” he added.