On July 22, CEHV partner Adam Cochran wrote on the X platform that although Harris has no public position on cryptocurrencies, many people related to him have expressed support: Buttigieg (a potential running mate) said it should be a commodity rather than a security; Shapiro (a potential running mate) authorized cryptocurrency as Pennsylvania's "currency" while serving in the state banking department; Montoya, one of her former advisers to the advance team, is a proponent of cryptocurrencies. Harris and Warren hated each other.