DataVault requests US election agency's advice to send NFTs as a campaign fundraising incentive

Cointelegraph

Published Oct 04, 2022 05:32PM ET

Updated Oct 04, 2022 07:20PM ET

The legal team behind nonfungible token firm DataVault Holdings has requested an advisory opinion from the United States Federal Election Commission on using NFTs for fundraising efforts.

In a Sept. 21 letter to FEC acting general counsel Lisa Stevenson, DataVault’s lawyers proposed sending NFTs as “souvenirs” to individuals who contributed to political committees, as well as giving the token holder the option to use it for promoting a campaign “strictly on a volunteer basis and without any compensation.” The NFT firm requested the FEC provide guidance on how it may operate as a commercial vendor — issuing the tokens to political committee members seemingly without violating federal campaign finance laws.

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