October 2024: Begich Questioned Crypto Influence On Opponent's Campaign According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich seized on her apparent lack of expertise with crypto and said that showed how influence is peddled in Washington. 'And I wanted to raise this question because I wanted to show Alaskans, look, this is how people buy votes in Congress. This is what they do,' he said." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 10/11/24]