Armstrong has consistently advocated for talent-based immigration, stating the US should attract the world's best talent to remain competitive. Coinbase is an active H-1B visa sponsor, filing hundreds of applications annually. Armstrong has not made anti-immigration statements and in 2025 welcomed DOGE staff to join Coinbase after their government service ended, signaling openness to global talent recruitment.
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Armstrong's 2020 "apolitical" memo explicitly banned employee DEI activism and social cause advocacy at work, offering severance to those who disagreed — 60 employees (5%) took the offer. He praised Google's CEO for adopting a similar "mission-first" policy in 2024. Armstrong frames his stance as protecting business focus rather than opposition to diversity itself, but the effect has been to shut down internal DEI organizing.
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Brian Armstrong — DEI: OPPOSED Armstrong's 2020 "apolitical" memo explicitly banned employee DEI activism and social cause advocacy at work, offering severance to those who disagreed — 60 employees (5%) took … https://reciepts.tech/stance/1242