“Squad” member Rep. Rashida Tlaib has voted against major crypto legislation in Congress but doesn’t mind holding digital currencies Bitcoin and Ethereum in her $1.2 million retirement account, according to her latest financial disclosure.
The Michigan Democrat’s Charles Schwab retirement account includes up to $15,000 in the Grayscale Ethereum Staking Mini ETF and another $15,000 in an iShares Bitcoin ETF — among 41 separate holdings, the disclosure filed this month showed.
The Democratic Socialists of America member’s ownership stake comes as digital currencies are preparing to get a legislative push this fall — and despite Tlaib voting against the pro-crypto CLARITY Act along with her vote for a resolution to ban “crypto corruption.”
Digital assets rallied this week with Bitcoin jumping to $71,000 as President Trump pushed for Senate action on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, which brings crypto under commodities regulations. The Senate is set to vote on it in September when lawmakers come back from recess.
Even if the push stalls, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Michael Selig said Thursday his agency is ready to “codify” a regulated market structure for crypto “using the agency’s existing authorities.”
Tlaib’s holdings are piled in a traditional IRA, a Roth IRA, and a pair of college savings accounts — as lawmakers must disclose assets only in broad ranges.
Tlaib, who stumped Florida Senate primary winner and DSA convert Angie Nixon at a “Chomp the Oligarchy” event his month, also holds mortgages of up to $750,000 and a Detroit rental property worth up to $250,000.
Her other investments include international funds focused on Europe and Asia, international bond funds and a fund designed to hedge against exposure to the US dollar.
Tlaib did not return a request for comment.
