Opinion: Coinbase would end democracy if it helped Bitcoin | Protos
Coinbase once wrote a manifesto in which it declared, “We don’t advocate for any particular cause or candidates internally that are unrelated to our mission, because it is a distraction from our mission.” Employees are told in their internal communication policies that they will not “debate causes or political candidates internally that are unrelated to work.” Despite this policy, Coinbase has still maintained external endorsements of candidates, with Brian Armstrong highlighting that Coinbase has integrated its “ Crypto policy efforts right into our app.” For the 2022 election, Coinbase has also continued to support political candidates through its Coinbase Innovation PAC. Presumably, these candidates must be related to Coinbase’s mission since they are advocating for them, but several of these candidates have actively worked to undermine and destroy democracy in the United States, a fact apparently unrelated to Coinbase’s miss...