Biden's campaign team hires a member of the Coinbase advisory board as a consultant for the 2024 election
ChainCatcher news, Biden's campaign team has hired Keisha Lance Bottoms as a senior advisor for the 2024 election. Lance Bottoms served as the mayor of Atlanta from 2018 to 2022 and joined the Coinbase advisory board in April 2024, after resigning from her position as a White House advisor in 2023.Foreign media The Hill reported on June 27 that Lance Bottoms will continue to stay with Coinbase during President Biden's campaign, which is expected to conclude with the U.S. voter election in November. The news outlet reported that the former mayor stated that cryptocurrency is a "non-political, unifying issue." It is currently unclear whether Lance Bottoms will provide advice to Biden's campaign team on cryptocurrency-related issues.According to The Hill, Lance Bottoms previously stated at the Stand With Crypto Atlanta event: "Cryptocurrency provides an opportunity to enhance financial freedom for communities that typically lack bank accounts and are underbanked."