Good discussion of the different viewpoints and equities around Coinbase’s decision.

Despite a personal bias towards more inclusive/anti-racist policies, this article does a great job explaining Coinbase’s position (including link to source material) and covers different opinions in Silicon Valley regarding this stance. There’s something to be said about keeping religion & politics out of the workplace, and despite inclusive/anti-racist policies not necessarily being either, a company being clear on their stance here (one way or the other) will give future employees more clarity as to whether Coinbase is a company they’d like to work for.

A great, balanced look into Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong's position on politics in the workplace. The article doesn't take sides and even references former Google employee James Damore in a balanced way. My take- politics didn't use to be such a big part of the workplace and as politics in the U.S. become more divisive, it's logical to assume that your workforce will also become more divisive, which is bad for company culture and ultimately bad for profits and therefore bad for the company's stakeholders. Talking politics will always make its way into a workforce, but trying to limit those discussions until employees have clocked out for the day isn't as controversial or "contrarian", as this piece put it, as some would suggest.