The American Innovation Project (AIP) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit launched by the crypto industry in 2025 to “educate” policymakers on cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. As a tax-exempt educational group it is barred from substantial lobbying and must cast its work as nonpartisan education rather than advocacy — though several of its board members come from established crypto-advocacy organizations, and the line between education and lobbying may be tested in practice. It is backed by crypto entities including Coinbase, Kraken, DCG, Paradigm, Andreessen Horowitz, and the Cedar Innovation Foundation crypto dark money group.