"It was a really great meeting of minds between me as a policy guy and him as kind of a business guy that saw the potential of the technology," Shirzad said.
Moreno was out of cash after spending all he had on a tough and expensive primary, said David McIntosh, an early backer of Moreno's Senate bid and president of the Club for Growth, a conservative organization that focuses on American economic issues. Fairshake played a crucial role for Moreno's campaign starting in the summer, McIntosh said.
Moreno's victory over Brown "sent a really strong signal to Washington that the voters are going to support candidates who are pro-blockchain," McIntosh said.