The Crypto Council for Innovation, whose members include the crypto exchange Coinbase, Fidelity, Block, Andreessen Horowitz, Gemini and Paradigm, has hired Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.
Reps. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.), Adrian Smith (R-Neb.) and Jason Smith (R-Mo.) have all thrown their hats in the ring to replace retiring Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas).
The former Democratic K Street fixture will work for the Libyan government as a subcontractor to Dubai consulting firm Tala Elemary Consulting Middle East.