{"id":2594,"date":"2024-11-13T14:17:47","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T14:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=2594"},"modified":"2024-11-13T14:17:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T14:17:47","slug":"coinbase-ceo-brian-armstrong-says-using-crypto-sometimes-means-pushing-back-on-bad-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=2594","title":{"rendered":"Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Says Using Crypto Sometimes Means &#8216;Pushing Back On Bad Government&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Coinbase Inc.<\/strong> (NASDAQ:<a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/stock\/COIN#NASDAQ\">COIN<\/a>) CEO <strong>Brian Armstrong<\/strong> has emphasized his company&#8217;s mission as extending beyond merely modernizing the financial system, arguing that increasing &#8220;economic freedom&#8221; sometimes requires resisting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/11\/41783773\/the-future-of-crypto-regulation-under-a-trump-administration-headwinds-are-now-tailwinds\">overreach by governments.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>What Happened: <\/strong>Armstrong <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/brian_armstrong\/status\/1856161311622586540\">posted<\/a> on <strong>X <\/strong>(formerly Twitter), where he stressed that Coinbase\u2019s mission includes standing up against &#8220;bad government,&#8221; a stance he links directly to his belief in the transformative power of cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<p>In a post-election analysis, Armstrong highlighted a recent shift in U.S. politics that he sees as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/11\/41783773\/the-future-of-crypto-regulation-under-a-trump-administration-headwinds-are-now-tailwinds\">pro-crypto<\/a>, attributing it to a growing appetite among Americans for financial alternatives and innovation in digital assets.<\/p>\n<p>Armstrong&#8217;s &#8220;crypto lens&#8221; reflections followed the election of 257 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/10\/41654131\/pro-crypto-congress-in-2025-experts-see-stablecoins-as-key-area-for-advancement\">pro-crypto lawmakers<\/a> to the U.S. House of Representatives\u2014a result he views as a signal that opposition to cryptocurrency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/11\/41810873\/coinbase-ceo-brian-armstrong-warns-being-anti-crypto-is-a-good-way-to-end-your-career\">could now be politically disadvantageous.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Ohio Senate race emerged as a focal point &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/cryptocurrency\/24\/11\/41939381\/coinbase-ceo-brian-armstrong-says-using-crypto-sometimes-means-pushing-back-on-bad-governm\" alt=\"Coinbase\" ceo brian armstrong says using crypto sometimes means back on bad government>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coinbase Inc. (NASDAQ:COIN) CEO Brian Armstrong has emphasized his company&#8217;s mission as extending beyond merely modernizing the financial system, arguing that increasing &#8220;economic freedom&#8221; sometimes requires resisting overreach by governments. What Happened: Armstrong posted on X (formerly Twitter), where he stressed that Coinbase\u2019s mission includes standing up against &#8220;bad government,&#8221; a stance he links directly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-2594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2594\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}