David Plouffe, Kamala Harris' 2024 presidential campaign adviser, joins Coinbase's Global Advisory Council

David Plouffe, who worked as an adviser on former US Vice President Kamala Harris' 2024 presidential campaign, will be joining Coinbase's Global Advisory Council.

David Plouffe, who served as an adviser on former US Vice President Kamala Harris' 2024 presidential campaign, will be joining Coinbase's Global Advisory Council, the exchange announced Thursday.

Plouffe, a former campaign manager for former US President Barack Obama, will be one of several officials, industry leaders and others to advise the exchange on policies moving forward in the US and abroad, as well as its role in future elections.

The appointment of Plouffe to the council marked one of his first roles in crypto and policy since leaving Harris' campaign.

"It's important to understand that someone who holds crypto or stablecoin, that might not be the most important issue to them voting," Plouffe said at Coinbase's State of Crypto Summit.

"The voter might be most interested in, 'What's going to happen with the economy?' Or, 'Is this candidate going to bring people together?' Or, 'Is this candidate going to focus on issues that are important to me, like education or healthcare?'" he added.

Plouffe's addition to the Coinbase council could signal efforts by the exchange to continue to remain politically active in the US. CEO Brian Armstrong has grown close to the Trump administration since the 2024 election, supporting the GENIUS stablecoin bill in Congress ahead of a crucial vote and meeting with the president one-on-one.

"We've got to get this right. It's important for the country, and we're going to do it together," Trump said of his crypto policies in a prerecorded message to attendees of the Coinbase summit.

At the time of publication, neither the Senate nor the House of Representatives had passed either the GENIUS Act or the digital asset market structure bill, but senators were expected to vote on the stablecoin bill soon.

The Coinbase council members have included several former US lawmakers, such as Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Pat Toomey.

Trump also addressed attendees at the Thursday Coinbase event, speaking in a prerecorded message about his future crypto policies, including support for the GENIUS Act and a digital asset market structure bill.