When Silicon Valley Stopped Trying to Save the World

Brian Armstrong, the CEO of Coinbase, did something unthinkable in Silicon Valley: he said there would be no politics in his company. (Photo by Christie Hemm Klok for *The Washington Post* via Getty Images)

Four years ago, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong was treated as a heretic when he insisted on leaving politics out of work. Now he looks prophetic.

By Michal Lev-Ram

04.30.24 — Tech and Business

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In September 2020, Brian Armstrong, the CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase, did something unthinkable in Silicon Valley: he said there would be no politics at his company.

This was right after the summer of George Floyd and Covid lockdowns and microaggressions in the workplace—when companies as conventional as Nordstrom and IBM were al…

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