Armstrong says 'silent majority' supports Coinbase apolitical stance in leaked audio

Cointelegraph

Published Oct 16, 2020 12:44PM ET

Updated Oct 18, 2020 03:00PM ET

Coinbase leadership recently moved to curb sociopolitical discourse within their company, mandating that the team should focus on the company's mission rather than politics. Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong later held an all-hands meeting, billed as an "ask me anything" session, to discuss changes in company culture with his employees. Audio of this staff-wide meeting from Oct. 1 was subsequently leaked to media outlet Motherboard; the technology wing of Vice media.

"An internal all-hands meeting obtained by Motherboard shows Coinbase management was accused of 'stunting internal discussion' and that it forced employees to delete political Slack messages," Motherboard wrote.

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