Coinbase protocol specialist Viktor Bunin publicly defended Coinbase’s sponsorship of the U.S Army’s June 2025 parade, arguing that Coinbase was culturally ahead of critics and categorizing the critics as a disconnected cultural elite.

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Coinbase protocol specialist Viktor Bunin argued that the crypto exchange is 'ahead of the cultural curve again,' and claimed the majority of people complaining about Coinbase’s sponsorship 'fall into the cultural elite bucket.'

'The US military is not political, it’s American,' Viktor Bunin, a protocol specialist at Coinbase, said in response. 'The men and women defending our nation and our way of life deserve our respect and support,' Bunin said. 'Coinbase is based and ahead of the curve on cultural issues yet again.'