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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.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Does she have any relationships in Washington left to leverage?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Payment for services rendered.

[–] halcyoncmdr 2 points 1 week ago

Of course she does. She doesn't have any decent relationships with regular people anymore, but she spent her entire time in Congress making the relationships necessary to lobby and "consult" for the rest of her life without issue.