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BLOCK INC.

Lobbying for BLOCK INC.

 Filing 3rd Quarter - Report
Reporting period
3rd Quarter 2025
July 1 - Sep 30 · Posted Oct 21, 2025
Expenses
$550,000.00
What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using A: the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.
Client based in
California

Official filing document

 Lobbyists on this filing 1
  • ANDRES BASCUMBE
    Previously held: Rep. Maxine Waters; House Committee on Financial Services; Rep. Gerald Connolly; Rep. Henry Waxman.

A "covered position" is a government job the lobbyist held in the 20 years before registering, which the law requires them to name. See the revolving door for former members of Congress across all filings.

 Government bodies contacted 4
  • Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  • SENATE
  • Treasury, Dept of

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

 Bills named in this filing 3
 Lobbying activity 5
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

Issues related to financial services, fintech, merchant services, payments, including mobile payments and payment processing, industrial loan companies (ILCs), and small business lending (no bill). Issues related to cryptocurrency, artificial intelligence, and digital assets, including S. 1582, the GENIUS Act; S.394, Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act of 2025; and H.R.3633, the CLARITY Act of 2025.

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Issues related to artificial intelligence and digital assets, including bitcoin. Legislative services related to financial services tax issues and P.L. 119-21. Legislation related to third party settlement organization information reporting requirements and virtual currency taxation.

Banking

Issues related to financial services and mobile payments (no bill). Issues related to artificial intelligence and digital assets, including bitcoin (no bill).

Computer Industry

Issues related to consumer privacy and data.

Science/Technology

Issues related to artificial intelligence and digital assets, including bitcoin.

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.

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