Kyrsten Sinema Pivots to Crypto
Kyrsten Sinema accepted tens of thousands of dollars from crypto companies while in Congress. Now she’s leveraging those ties as a new adviser to Coinbase, the $73 billion crypto exchange platform.
Kyrsten Sinema speaks with reporters in the Capitol Building on December 20, 2023, in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)
On Wednesday, former Arizona senator Kyrsten Sinema announced her first post-congressional plans: serving as an adviser to Coinbase, a $73 billion cryptocurrency exchange platform. The move comes after Sinema took nearly $10,000 from the company and tens of thousands more from other crypto interests, all while pushing bills to limit oversight of the volatile, largely unregulated industry.
While still in office in September 2024, Sinema appeared at a public event sponsored by Coinbase, telling a crowd that “it’s important that we use this election cycle to ensure that the crypto community’s voice is heard.”
Now that she’s out of a job as a lawmaker after announcing she would not run again in 2024, Sinema has turned her support for the industry into her next gig. She will join Coinbase’s Global Advisory Council alongside former Trump campaign manager Chris LaCivita, who stewarded President Donald Trump’s pro-crypto 2024 platform.
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