Mason Lynaugh, executive director of Stand With Crypto, said on Friday that the incoming 120th Congress will seat more than 300 pro-crypto lawmakers, according to the advocacy group's own tally — a sharp increase from roughly 96 members who held that stance in 2023.

Lynaugh made the remarks in a Friday interview as the new Congress prepares to convene in January 2027, following the November 2026 midterm elections. Midterm cycles are the regular mechanism through which the composition of Congress turns over, with all 435 House seats and roughly one-third of Senate seats on the ballot every two years.

Stand With Crypto was launched in 2023 by Coinbase and campaigns for crypto-friendly legislation in Washington, D.C. The organization maintains a public scorecard that assigns letter grades to federal lawmakers based on their records and stated positions on digital asset policy, and it uses that framework to count how many sitting members qualify as pro-crypto.

When the 118th Congress took office in January 2023, the group's tally counted roughly 96 pro-crypto members. The House of Representatives and the Senate together seat 535 voting members, so a tally above 300 would mean that, by the group's measure, a majority of members of Congress hold a pro-crypto designation. The headcount is relevant to the group's legislative aims because bills in Congress — including any affecting digital assets — need majority support in both chambers to advance. Attention now turns to January 2027, when the newly seated 120th Congress organizes and sets its early agenda, with the group's public scorecard available as a reference for individual lawmakers' grades.

This article was first published by COINOTAG on November 13, 2026: Stand With Crypto Expects Over 300 Pro-Crypto Lawmakers in Next Congress