David Plouffe, who has held significant positions in the cryptocurrency sector, is set to join the campaign team of Vice President Kamala Harris as a senior advisor. Plouffe previously served as the manager of Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign and was an upper-level aide during Obama's re-election in 2012. He has also expressed numerous views on cryptocurrencies in the past, having served as a global advisory board member at Binance and as a global strategic advisor at Alchemy Pay. In an interview from 2023, Plouffe commented on the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, stating that it has prompted the public to pay more attention to the cryptocurrency industry.