Recent events
2026-06-15
Votes
SECONDARY
The Fairshake network, including Protect Progress, concentrated over 80% of its 2024-2026 Democratic primary spending on candidates who subsequently co-sponsored the GENIUS Act or voted for the SAB 121 repeal.
2026-06-15
Transactions
PRIMARY
Protect Progress received $4,000,000 in transfers from affiliated committees between January 2025 and March 2026, representing the vast majority of its operating capital.
2026-04-15
Other facts
PRIMARY
Senator Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) was an original co-sponsor of the GENIUS Act (Pub. L. 119-27) and a primary negotiator for the CLARITY Act markup in April 2026.
2026-03-31
Other facts
PRIMARY
The Fairshake network maintained a centralized treasury under a single common treasurer (Brandon Philipczyk) throughout the Q1 2026 reporting period despite its partitioned partisan branding.
2026-03-20
Stated positions
PRIMARY
On March 20, 2026, the 'Tillis-Alsobrooks Accord' was reached in the Senate Banking Committee to carve out 'activity-based rewards' as a permitted stablecoin revenue model, a standard favored by major U.S. exchanges.
2025-06-15
Transactions
SECONDARY
Protect Progress utilized the same strategic consulting network in 2025 as the parent Fairshake PAC to manage $4.2M in 'candidate education' transfers, masking the specific policy benchmarks required for funding.
2025-06-15
Transactions
PRIMARY
The treasurer for Protect Progress, Brandon Philipczyk, serves the same role for the parent Fairshake PAC and the GOP-aligned Defend American Jobs, centralizing the accounting of the entire $190M+ network.
2024-08-19
Transactions
PRIMARY
Tech billionaire Ron Conway, a $500,000 donor to the Fairshake network, was not informed before the network committed $12 million to oppose Sen. Sherrod Brown. In an August 2024 email obtained by Politico, Conway…
2024-06-26
Other facts
PRIMARY
CoinDesk reported that after months of attempting to ask who is in charge of the Fairshake network and how spending choices are made, representatives of the PAC and its principal funders (Coinbase, Ripple, a16z)…
2024-06-15
Stated positions
SECONDARY
Protect Progress shares treasurer and operational vendors with the Fairshake parent committee, consistent with affiliated-PAC governance.
2024-06-15
Other facts
SECONDARY
Protect Progress's expenditures were concentrated in races where the Democratic primary contained meaningful divergence on crypto-policy positioning.
2024-06-15
Other facts
SECONDARY
Protect Progress was a leading outside spender in the 2024 Maryland Democratic Senate primary won by Angela Alsobrooks.
2024-06-15
Other facts
SECONDARY
Protect Progress receives the bulk of its funding via transfers from the Fairshake parent PAC, channelling crypto-industry money into Democratic primaries.
2023-12-14
Stated positions
PRIMARY
The FEC Form 1 for Protect Progress (filed Dec. 14, 2023, amended Sept. 17, 2025) lists Brandon Philipczyk as Treasurer, designates Fairshake (C00835959) as Affiliated Committee, and contains no other disclosure of any…
2023-06-15
Stated positions
PRIMARY
Protect Progress is registered with the FEC as committee C00835967 and reports under the super-PAC regime.
