Coinbase cofounder Brian Armstrong gave $6,600 to Vance’s 2028 campaign.
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The crypto world rejoiced when Donald Trump announced J.D. Vance as his running mate. For the first time, a “bitcoiner” – Vance holds between $100,000 and $250,000 worth of BTC according to his most recent financial disclosure – has a shot at the White House.
Federal Election Commission records reveal how far up the crypto chain enthusiasm for Vance has spread. Only two billionaires have given the maximum personal contribution–$6,600–to Vance’s 2028 senate reelection campaign: Brian Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam, the cofounders of the Coinbase crypto exchange, where Vance reported holding his BTC.
The gifts, which Vance received last September, are nothing out of the ordinary. Ehrsam and Armstrong have given close to $300,000 to dozens of candidates over the past two years, and more than 60 donors from industries as…
