Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is reportedly adding an ex-Binance advisor to her campaign team.
The Harris campaign has hired David Plouffe, according to a new report from Politico – an ex-political advisor to former President Barack Obama who once served on Binance’s Global Advisory Board.
An anonymous source familiar with the matter tells Politico “there will be several new roles/assignments” and that “[Plouffe] is the largest.”
However, a campaign official said Plouffe will have a specific role and that “he will not be advising the entire campaign as a senior.”
Harris, who became the Democratic nominee last month after President Joe Biden abruptly withdrew from the presidential race, recently reached out to crypto companies, including crypto exchange Coinbase, payments platform Ripple and stablecoin publisher Circle, as a means to deepen her relationship party with the crypto world.
At the time, it was reported that Harris’ message to leading crypto companies was that Democrats are now “pro-business, responsible business.”
Crypto Exchange co-founders Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss have taken a closer look at Harris’ attempt to reset her party’s relationship with the industry. Cameron saw Harris’ move as a bluff, while Tyler said Democrats gave crypto four years of terror.
Last week it was reported that anti-crypto Senator Gary Peters of Michigan is in the mix to serve as the vice presidential candidate for the Harris campaign.
Peters, who co-sponsored a bill by Senator Elizabeth Warren that would make the crypto industry comply with the same anti-money laundering rules that apply to traditional finance, has an ‘F’ rating from the digital asset nonprofit Stand With Crypto.
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