Coinbase CEO Wants to ‘Overthrow Corrupt Dictators’ After Hiring Team That Sold Spyware to…Corrupt Dictators
In a livestream Q&A, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong outlined his vision for the future. Among the typical crypto company goals (reach one billion users, revolutionize the economy), Armstrong revealed a much stranger ambition: “overthrow some corrupt dictators in the world.”
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Brian Armstrong’s Ambition to Overthrow Dictators
In the Q&A, someone asked the following question: “What’s the most ambitious thing Coinbase wants to do in five years. Any weird moonshot stuff?”
Armstrong responded:
“Maybe, you know, honestly like overthrow some corrupt dictators in the world, that would be awesome.”
He also hinted at improving bitcoin’s use case in collapsing economies such as Venezuela:
