Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong had invested about $74 million in the pro-crypto political action committee Fairshake, and in a series of preset trades that began less than a week after Trump's election, Armstrong sold $100 million worth of Coinbase stock and subsequently sold about $437 million worth of stock, which appreciated by $129 million compared to before the election. He explained the plan on X a few days before the election, saying he was diversifying "into moonshots" but would keep his "vast majority" of shares.