Coinbase explicitly declared itself a mission-focused company through a public manifesto that prohibited political activism and limited internal discussion to topics directly related to its core mission.

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Several years ago, Coinbase published a manifesto in which it decreed that it was a 'mission-focused company' and stated, 'We don’t advocate for any particular causes or candidates internally that are unrelated to our mission, because it is a distraction from our mission.'

In the same document where it stated the limits it would respect, it also wanted to curtail political discussions inside the company, stating that employees of Coinbase will not 'Debate causes or political candidates internally that are unrelated to work.'