Crypto PAC spending in the final days before the November 3, 2026 US midterm elections may be harder to track after an outage disrupted the Federal Election Commission’s electronic filing system. The interruption followed reports of a cyberattack, but the available information does not establish whether any spending has gone unreported.
Why crypto PAC spending disclosures could be delayed
The FEC said on October 27 that it was working to resolve the electronic filing outage. Existing campaign finance data remained available to the public, but the interruption raised questions about the timely disclosure of new expenditures.
The FEC’s last-minute disclosure rules require PACs and others to file 24-hour reports for independent expenditures aggregating $1,000 or more in the same race between October 15 and November 1. Campaign committees must also disclose contributions of $1,000 or more received between October 15 and October 31 within 48 hours.
As of October 27, filings showed no expenditures since Sunday, October 25, from crypto industry-aligned groups Fairshake, Defend American Jobs, Protect Progress, Fellowship and Digital Freedom Fund. An absence of new filings does not establish whether those groups spent money during the outage.
Recent spending in Senate races
Before the outage, Digital Freedom Fund reported spending more than $572,000 on text messages supporting Republican Senate candidates, with most of that amount directed toward Ken Paxton’s campaign in Texas.
In Ohio, Fairshake reported $56 million in media spending to oppose Democrat Sherrod Brown and support Republican incumbent Jon Husted. Digital Freedom Fund disclosed more than $7 million in expenditures in the same race.
Next milestone
The US midterm elections are scheduled for November 3.
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