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Published on February 20, 2024 16:58 GMT+00:00edited on February 20, 2024 16:59 GMT+00:00

Pro-crypto lawyer John Deaton officially made his bid for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts to face off against Democrat Sen. Elizabeth Warren in the fall. 

Deaton announced his Republican Senate run on X (formerly known as Twitter) on Tuesday morning. He has been a proponent for crypto and is behind the website CryptoLaw which regularly posts about crypto legal and regulatory developments. Deaton has also dabbled in crypto lawsuits, such as filing a petition in 2021 challenging the Securities and Exchange Commission's claim that XRP is a security.

Deaton has frequently criticized both Senator Warren and SEC Chair Gary Gensler for their handling of the crypto industry. CryptoLaw tweeted last week that Gensler has been "proven wrong on the law over and over, now he’s basically …