Whereas the trade’s mixed effort has tried to stroll a tightrope between the 2 main political events, Ripple’s giving has leaned into the Republican facet in a single key state of affairs: attempting to defeat crypto critic Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) Garlinghouse, the corporate’s CEO, has additionally personally given $50,000 to a super-PAC geared toward constructing a Republican majority within the Senate, based on disclosures to the Federal Elections Fee. So his political sympathies could also be at odds with the letter Larsen signed, which favors a Democratic administration beneath Harris.