Keisha Lance Bottoms
Candidate for Governor (2026)
Running in Georgia (statewide)
Position summary
Keisha Lance Bottoms, the former Atlanta mayor, joined cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase's Global Advisory Council in April 2024. In that paid role she advises the company and acts as a voice on crypto policy to the public and lawmakers, with a stated focus on financial access for communities that are unbanked or underbanked. She has acknowledged early wariness about crypto (Atlanta's 2018 ransomware attack demanded Bitcoin) but came to see digital assets as widely used by Atlantans and worth having representation around. She also took part in the Crypto Town Hall Atlanta, a community panel on Coinbase's channel, alongside the Atlanta Blockchain Center and Rep. Chuck Efstration.
