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BLOCKCHAIN ASSOCIATION

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Lobbying Spend

$12.7M

Filings

123

Firms Hired

Active Period

2018–2026

Lobbying Spend by Year

Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings

Year	Lobbying Spend	Filings	Firms
2026	$1,500,000	10	4
2025	$3,360,000	20	4
2024	$1,970,000	12	3
2023	$1,960,000	15	4
2022	$1,900,000	18	4
2021	$900,000	12	3
2020	$480,000	15	4
2019	$480,000	14	3
2018	$150,000	7	2

Hired Firms

Lobbying firms retained by this client; amounts are client-reported expenses when available

Firm Name	Reported Spend	Filings
BLOCKCHAIN ASSOCIATION	$12,700,000	38
GOLDSTEIN POLICY SOLUTIONS LLC	—	30
S-3 GROUP	—	13
ZERO ONE STRATEGIES	—	7
STEPTOE LLP	—	16
FORBES-TATE	—	19

Government Bodies Lobbied

Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings

Government Body	Filings
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	99
SENATE	99
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)	31
Treasury, Dept of	31
Executive Office of the President (EOP)	14
Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)	13
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)	11
White House Office	9
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)	8
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)	7
Natl Economic Council (NEC)	2

Top Issues

Most frequently reported lobbying issues

Issue Code	Description	Reports
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	Taxation/Internal Revenue Code	79
Banking	Banking	78
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities	Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities	66
Computer Industry	Computer Industry	47
Commodities (big ticket)	Commodities (big ticket)	32
Economics/Economic Development	Economics/Economic Development	14
Science/Technology	Science/Technology	14
Minting/Money/Gold Standard	Minting/Money/Gold Standard	7
Homeland Security	Homeland Security	4
Budget/Appropriations	Budget/Appropriations	3
Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice	Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice	3
Defense	Defense	2
Intelligence	Intelligence	2
Small Business	Small Business	2
Government Issues	Government Issues	1
Agriculture	Agriculture	1
Housing	Housing	1
Energy/Nuclear	Energy/Nuclear	1
Accounting	Accounting	1
Telecommunications	Telecommunications	1

Bills Explicitly Cited (25)

Bill numbers found in source-reported LDA specific issue text; broad topic matches are excluded

H.R. 148119th Congress

Keep Your Coins Act of 2025

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: GOLDSTEIN POLICY SOLUTIONS LLC

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H.R.3633 (CLARITY Act), also Senate version, H.R.7732 (Promoting Innovation in Blockchain Development Act), and H.R.3533 (Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act), H.R.148 Keep your Coins Act; all provisions for all

Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000

Matched citations: H.R.148

H.R. 148119th Congress

Keep Your Coins Act of 2025

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: GOLDSTEIN POLICY SOLUTIONS LLC

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R.3633 (CLARITY Act), also Senate version, H.R.7732 (Promoting Innovation in Blockchain Development Act), and H.R.3533 (Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act), H.R.148 Keep your Coins Act; all provisions for all

Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000

Matched citations: H.R.148

H.R. 148119th Congress

Keep Your Coins Act of 2025

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: GOLDSTEIN POLICY SOLUTIONS LLC

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R.3633 (CLARITY Act), also Senate version, H.R.7732 (Promoting Innovation in Blockchain Development Act), and H.R.3533 (Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act), H.R.148 Keep your Coins Act; all provisions for all

Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000

Matched citations: H.R.148

H.R. 3533119th Congress

Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: GOLDSTEIN POLICY SOLUTIONS LLC

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R.3633 (CLARITY Act), also Senate version, H.R.7732 (Promoting Innovation in Blockchain Development Act), and H.R.3533 (Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act), H.R.148 Keep your Coins Act; all provisions for all

Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000

Matched citations: H.R.3533

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H.R. 3533119th Congress

Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: GOLDSTEIN POLICY SOLUTIONS LLC

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H.R.3633 (CLARITY Act), also Senate version, H.R.7732 (Promoting Innovation in Blockchain Development Act), and H.R.3533 (Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act), H.R.148 Keep your Coins Act; all provisions for all

Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000

Matched citations: H.R.3533

H.R. 3533119th Congress

Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: GOLDSTEIN POLICY SOLUTIONS LLC

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R.3633 (CLARITY Act), also Senate version, H.R.7732 (Promoting Innovation in Blockchain Development Act), and H.R.3533 (Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act), H.R.148 Keep your Coins Act; all provisions for all

Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000

Matched citations: H.R.3533

H.R. 3633119th Congress

Digital Asset Market Clarity Act

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: GOLDSTEIN POLICY SOLUTIONS LLC

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R.3633 (CLARITY Act), also Senate version, H.R.7732 (Promoting Innovation in Blockchain Development Act), and H.R.3533 (Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act), H.R.148 Keep your Coins Act; all provisions for all

Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000

Matched citations: H.R.3633

H.R. 3633119th Congress

Digital Asset Market Clarity Act

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: GOLDSTEIN POLICY SOLUTIONS LLC

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R.3633 (CLARITY Act), also Senate version, H.R.7732 (Promoting Innovation in Blockchain Development Act), and H.R.3533 (Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act), H.R.148 Keep your Coins Act; all provisions for all

Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000

Matched citations: H.R.3633

H.R. 3633119th Congress

Digital Asset Market Clarity Act

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: GOLDSTEIN POLICY SOLUTIONS LLC

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R.3633 (CLARITY Act), also Senate version, H.R.7732 (Promoting Innovation in Blockchain Development Act), and H.R.3533 (Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act), H.R.148 Keep your Coins Act; all provisions for all

Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000

Matched citations: H.R.3633

H.R. 7732119th Congress

Promoting Innovation in Blockchain Development Act

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: GOLDSTEIN POLICY SOLUTIONS LLC

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R.3633 (CLARITY Act), also Senate version, H.R.7732 (Promoting Innovation in Blockchain Development Act), and H.R.3533 (Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act), H.R.148 Keep your Coins Act; all provisions for all

Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000

Matched citations: H.R.7732

H.R. 7732119th Congress

Promoting Innovation in Blockchain Development Act

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: GOLDSTEIN POLICY SOLUTIONS LLC

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R.3633 (CLARITY Act), also Senate version, H.R.7732 (Promoting Innovation in Blockchain Development Act), and H.R.3533 (Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act), H.R.148 Keep your Coins Act; all provisions for all

Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000

Matched citations: H.R.7732

H.R. 7732119th Congress

Promoting Innovation in Blockchain Development Act

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: GOLDSTEIN POLICY SOLUTIONS LLC

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Cited source text and reported amounts

H.R.3633 (CLARITY Act), also Senate version, H.R.7732 (Promoting Innovation in Blockchain Development Act), and H.R.3533 (Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act), H.R.148 Keep your Coins Act; all provisions for all

Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000

Matched citations: H.R.7732

H.R. 8899119th Congress

Digital Asset PARITY Act

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: GOLDSTEIN POLICY SOLUTIONS LLC

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general tax issues related to digital assets; H.R.8899, Digital Asset PARITY Act, H.R.9175, Tax Clarity for Mining and Staking

Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000

Matched citations: H.R.8899

H.R. 9175119th Congress

Tax Clarity for Mining and Staking Act

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: GOLDSTEIN POLICY SOLUTIONS LLC

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general tax issues related to digital assets; H.R.8899, Digital Asset PARITY Act, H.R.9175, Tax Clarity for Mining and Staking

Client expense: — · Firm income: $50,000

Matched citations: H.R.9175

H.R. 10357119th Congress

Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: BLOCKCHAIN ASSOCIATION

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Issues related to decentralized finance, decentralized and peer-to-peer economic activities and related assets, digital rights, and decentralized web applications using blockchain and related distributed ledger technologies, including: H.R. 9178 Less Tax Paperwork for Digital Asset Owners H.R. 9175 Tax Clarity for Mining and Staking H.R. 9173 Charitable Deductions for Digital Asset Donations Act H.R. 9176 The PAR Act H.R. 9174 Digital Assets Voluntary Disclosure Program Act H.R. 9172 Applying Existing Tax Anti Abuse Rules to Digital Assets Act H.R. 10357 Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act S. 5616 Aligning Digital Assets with Principles of Taxation Act (ADAPT)

Client expense: $340,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 10357

H.R. 10357119th Congress

Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: BLOCKCHAIN ASSOCIATION

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Issues related to decentralized finance, decentralized and peer-to-peer economic activities and related assets, digital rights, and decentralized web applications using blockchain and related distributed ledger technologies, including: H.R. 3633 CLARITY Act H.R. 7732 Promoting Innovation in Blockchain Development Act H.R. 3533/S. 3611 Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA) H.R. 148 Keep Your Coins Act S. 3755 Digital Commodity Intermediaries Act H.R. 8395 Payments Access and Consumer Efficiency (PACE) Act H.R. 9178 Less Tax Paperwork for Digital Asset Owners H.R. 9175 Tax Clarity for Mining and Staking H.R. 9173 Charitable Deductions for Digital Asset Donations Act H.R. 9176 The PAR Act H.R. 9174 Digital Assets Voluntary Disclosure Program Act H.R. 9172 Applying Existing Tax Anti Abuse Rules to Digital Assets Act H.R. 10357 Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act S. 5616 Aligning Digital Assets with Principles of Taxation Act (ADAPT)

Client expense: $340,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 10357

H.R. 148119th Congress

Keep Your Coins Act of 2025

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: BLOCKCHAIN ASSOCIATION

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

Issues related to decentralized finance, decentralized and peer-to-peer economic activities and related assets, digital rights, and decentralized web applications using blockchain and related distributed ledger technologies, including: H.R. 3633 CLARITY Act H.R. 7732 Promoting Innovation in Blockchain Development Act H.R. 3533/S. 3611 Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA) H.R. 148 Keep Your Coins Act S. 3755 Digital Commodity Intermediaries Act H.R. 8395 Payments Access and Consumer Efficiency (PACE) Act

Client expense: $340,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 148

H.R. 148119th Congress

Keep Your Coins Act of 2025

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: BLOCKCHAIN ASSOCIATION

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

Issues related to decentralized finance, decentralized and peer-to-peer economic activities and related assets, digital rights, and decentralized web applications using blockchain and related distributed ledger technologies, including: H.R. 3633 CLARITY Act H.R. 7732 Promoting Innovation in Blockchain Development Act H.R. 3533/S. 3611 Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA) H.R. 148 Keep Your Coins Act S. 3755 Digital Commodity Intermediaries Act H.R. 8395 Payments Access and Consumer Efficiency (PACE) Act

Client expense: $340,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 148

H.R. 148119th Congress

Keep Your Coins Act of 2025

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: BLOCKCHAIN ASSOCIATION

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

Issues related to decentralized finance, decentralized and peer-to-peer economic activities and related assets, digital rights, and decentralized web applications using blockchain and related distributed ledger technologies, including: H.R. 3633 CLARITY Act H.R. 7732 Promoting Innovation in Blockchain Development Act H.R. 3533/S. 3611 Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA) H.R. 148 Keep Your Coins Act S. 3755 Digital Commodity Intermediaries Act H.R. 8395 Payments Access and Consumer Efficiency (PACE) Act H.R. 9178 Less Tax Paperwork for Digital Asset Owners H.R. 9175 Tax Clarity for Mining and Staking H.R. 9173 Charitable Deductions for Digital Asset Donations Act H.R. 9176 The PAR Act H.R. 9174 Digital Assets Voluntary Disclosure Program Act H.R. 9172 Applying Existing Tax Anti Abuse Rules to Digital Assets Act H.R. 10357 Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act S. 5616 Aligning Digital Assets with Principles of Taxation Act (ADAPT)

Client expense: $340,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 148

H.R. 3533119th Congress

Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: BLOCKCHAIN ASSOCIATION

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Cited source text and reported amounts

Issues related to decentralized finance, decentralized and peer-to-peer economic activities and related assets, digital rights, and decentralized web applications using blockchain and related distributed ledger technologies, including: H.R. 3633 CLARITY Act H.R. 7732 Promoting Innovation in Blockchain Development Act H.R. 3533/S. 3611 Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA) H.R. 148 Keep Your Coins Act S. 3755 Digital Commodity Intermediaries Act H.R. 8395 Payments Access and Consumer Efficiency (PACE) Act

Client expense: $340,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 3533

H.R. 3533119th Congress

Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: BLOCKCHAIN ASSOCIATION

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

Issues related to decentralized finance, decentralized and peer-to-peer economic activities and related assets, digital rights, and decentralized web applications using blockchain and related distributed ledger technologies, including: H.R. 3633 CLARITY Act H.R. 7732 Promoting Innovation in Blockchain Development Act H.R. 3533/S. 3611 Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA) H.R. 148 Keep Your Coins Act S. 3755 Digital Commodity Intermediaries Act H.R. 8395 Payments Access and Consumer Efficiency (PACE) Act H.R. 9178 Less Tax Paperwork for Digital Asset Owners H.R. 9175 Tax Clarity for Mining and Staking H.R. 9173 Charitable Deductions for Digital Asset Donations Act H.R. 9176 The PAR Act H.R. 9174 Digital Assets Voluntary Disclosure Program Act H.R. 9172 Applying Existing Tax Anti Abuse Rules to Digital Assets Act H.R. 10357 Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act S. 5616 Aligning Digital Assets with Principles of Taxation Act (ADAPT)

Client expense: $340,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 3533

H.R. 3533119th Congress

Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: BLOCKCHAIN ASSOCIATION

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

Issues related to decentralized finance, decentralized and peer-to-peer economic activities and related assets, digital rights, and decentralized web applications using blockchain and related distributed ledger technologies, including: H.R. 3633 CLARITY Act H.R. 7732 Promoting Innovation in Blockchain Development Act H.R. 3533/S. 3611 Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA) H.R. 148 Keep Your Coins Act S. 3755 Digital Commodity Intermediaries Act H.R. 8395 Payments Access and Consumer Efficiency (PACE) Act

Client expense: $340,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 3533

H.R. 3633119th Congress

Digital Asset Market Clarity Act

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: BLOCKCHAIN ASSOCIATION

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

Issues related to decentralized finance, decentralized and peer-to-peer economic activities and related assets, digital rights, and decentralized web applications using blockchain and related distributed ledger technologies, including: H.R. 3633 CLARITY Act H.R. 7732 Promoting Innovation in Blockchain Development Act H.R. 3533/S. 3611 Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA) H.R. 148 Keep Your Coins Act S. 3755 Digital Commodity Intermediaries Act H.R. 8395 Payments Access and Consumer Efficiency (PACE) Act H.R. 9178 Less Tax Paperwork for Digital Asset Owners H.R. 9175 Tax Clarity for Mining and Staking H.R. 9173 Charitable Deductions for Digital Asset Donations Act H.R. 9176 The PAR Act H.R. 9174 Digital Assets Voluntary Disclosure Program Act H.R. 9172 Applying Existing Tax Anti Abuse Rules to Digital Assets Act H.R. 10357 Digital Asset Tax Certainty Act S. 5616 Aligning Digital Assets with Principles of Taxation Act (ADAPT)

Client expense: $340,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 3633

H.R. 3633119th Congress

Digital Asset Market Clarity Act

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: BLOCKCHAIN ASSOCIATION

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

Issues related to decentralized finance, decentralized and peer-to-peer economic activities and related assets, digital rights, and decentralized web applications using blockchain and related distributed ledger technologies, including: H.R. 3633 CLARITY Act H.R. 7732 Promoting Innovation in Blockchain Development Act H.R. 3533/S. 3611 Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA) H.R. 148 Keep Your Coins Act S. 3755 Digital Commodity Intermediaries Act H.R. 8395 Payments Access and Consumer Efficiency (PACE) Act

Client expense: $340,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 3633

H.R. 3633119th Congress

Digital Asset Market Clarity Act

2026 · third_quarter · Firm: BLOCKCHAIN ASSOCIATION

Open original LDA filing ↗

Cited source text and reported amounts

Issues related to decentralized finance, decentralized and peer-to-peer economic activities and related assets, digital rights, and decentralized web applications using blockchain and related distributed ledger technologies, including: H.R. 3633 CLARITY Act H.R. 7732 Promoting Innovation in Blockchain Development Act H.R. 3533/S. 3611 Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act (BRCA) H.R. 148 Keep Your Coins Act S. 3755 Digital Commodity Intermediaries Act H.R. 8395 Payments Access and Consumer Efficiency (PACE) Act

Client expense: $340,000 · Firm income: —

Matched citations: H.R. 3633

Source: Senate LDA