Barry Weiss

And I was sort of like going back and looking at your, maybe it's unfair to say it this way, and you'll tell me if it's not fair, but this political evolution really that you've gone through. Because I went back a little bit before that, and June of 2020, you sounded a lot like a lot of other CEOs and founders when you tweeted in the wake of George Floyd's death that, I've decided to speak up.

And I was sort of like going back and looking at your, maybe it's unfair to say it this way, and you'll tell me if it's not fair, but this political evolution really that you've gone through. Because I went back a little bit before that, and June of 2020, you sounded a lot like a lot of other CEOs and founders when you tweeted in the wake of George Floyd's death that, I've decided to speak up.

It's a shame that this even needs to be said in this day and age. But racism, police brutality and unequal justice are unequivocally wrong. And we need to work to eliminate all of them from society. So that's what you said in June. By September of 2020, you're saying no politics in the workplace.

It's a shame that this even needs to be said in this day and age. But racism, police brutality and unequal justice are unequivocally wrong. And we need to work to eliminate all of them from society. So that's what you said in June. By September of 2020, you're saying no politics in the workplace.

It's a shame that this even needs to be said in this day and age. But racism, police brutality and unequal justice are unequivocally wrong. And we need to work to eliminate all of them from society. So that's what you said in June. By September of 2020, you're saying no politics in the workplace.

Tell me about your decision to go from someone that was speaking out very clearly on political issues, and there was a tremendous amount of pressure on everyone to do that at the time, to someone saying, you know what, we're here to do business and keep politics outside of Coinbase.

Tell me about your decision to go from someone that was speaking out very clearly on political issues, and there was a tremendous amount of pressure on everyone to do that at the time, to someone saying, you know what, we're here to do business and keep politics outside of Coinbase.

Tell me about your decision to go from someone that was speaking out very clearly on political issues, and there was a tremendous amount of pressure on everyone to do that at the time, to someone saying, you know what, we're here to do business and keep politics outside of Coinbase.

I was like... You're saying that that tweet that I read in June, that you were kind of blackmailed to put that out.

I was like... You're saying that that tweet that I read in June, that you were kind of blackmailed to put that out.

I was like... You're saying that that tweet that I read in June, that you were kind of blackmailed to put that out.

Well, yeah, the playbook is the person wrong thinks and then the sort of the hounds are unleashed to go and find anything that will further discredit you now that you've added yourself as a baddie.

Well, yeah, the playbook is the person wrong thinks and then the sort of the hounds are unleashed to go and find anything that will further discredit you now that you've added yourself as a baddie.

Well, yeah, the playbook is the person wrong thinks and then the sort of the hounds are unleashed to go and find anything that will further discredit you now that you've added yourself as a baddie.

What do you regret most about that period?

What do you regret most about that period?

What do you regret most about that period?

When you did it, I cheered so hard. It felt like such a – I had left the New York Times that July and you put that out in September. I wonder if you experienced the phenomenon that I've experienced a lot of times over the past five years, maybe longer, of kind of what people say in private versus what they say in public.

When you did it, I cheered so hard. It felt like such a – I had left the New York Times that July and you put that out in September. I wonder if you experienced the phenomenon that I've experienced a lot of times over the past five years, maybe longer, of kind of what people say in private versus what they say in public.

When you did it, I cheered so hard. It felt like such a – I had left the New York Times that July and you put that out in September. I wonder if you experienced the phenomenon that I've experienced a lot of times over the past five years, maybe longer, of kind of what people say in private versus what they say in public.