Congress' Most Prolific Crypto Trader Is a Georgia Trucking Operator
2024-12-05

Mike Collins, a first-term Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, may not have a high profile on crypto policy, but he has a very active crypto portfolio. And his trading indicates that memecoin enthusiasm has reached the shores of Congress.
Collins, whose committee assignments keep him far from the core decisions on U.S. crypto legislation, has kept a busy hand in the buying and selling of digital assets. Earlier this week, Collins made small buys of Ski Mask Dog and Aerodrome (AERO) – each of the purchases categorized in the congressional financial filings as between $1,000 and $15,000.
A trucking company operator who arrived in Congress last year, Collins is among a handful of direct crypto traders on Capitol Hill. And his is the most extensive record, according to his disclosures, with 19 trades going back to November, including in Ethereum's ether ETHUSD, Velodrome Finance and The Graph (GRT). When his purchase of Ski Mask Dog and AERO was noted on social media site X, he responded by posting an image of Pepe the Frog.
Ski Mask Dog is another in a long series of dog-based memecoins, which are typically volatile and often humorously inspired tokens. Aerodrome is one of the biggest decentralized exchanges on Base.
Collins has an "A" rating from crypto advocates Stand With Crypto, noting his support of digital assets legislation including the high-profile Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act BTCUSD, ETH and litecoin LTCUSD in February.