Coinbase CEO prompts furious accusations of hypocrisy as he pushes political misinformation

Less than a month after Brian Armstrong declared Coinbase should "Be laser focused on achieving its mission," he seemingly violated his own policy by tweeting a political post riddled with falsehoods... during business hours.

In an Oct. 23 tweet from Armstrong's personal account, the Coinbase CEO posted a link to a blog written by Rob Rhinehart on Kanye West's presidential run with the tagline "Epic post."

Twitter previously locked the New York Post's account for an article making unverified claims about Hunter Biden.

The blog post, entitled "Why I am Voting for Kanye West," also seemingly goes against Armstrong's stance on expressing political views at the crypto firm.

In September, Armstrong wrote a controversial blog post claiming Coinbase's mission did not include advocating "For any particular causes or candidates internally that are unrelated to our mission because it is a distraction from our mission."

"We won't debate causes or political candidates internally that are unrelated to work," stated Armstrong at the time.

Members of the crypto community moved between accusing the Coinbase CEO of outright hypocrisy for making a political statement - at 12:12 PM PST on a business day, assuming Armstrong works similar hours to those of his employees.

Ironically, the controversy surrounding Armstrong's recent tweet is exactly what he said he hoped to avoid by making Coinbase an "Apolitical culture."

Sixty Coinbase employees, or roughly 5% of its staff, reportedly left the crypto firm following the September announcement.

Armstrong claimed in an Oct. 1 meeting that a "Silent majority" of employees sided with him on keeping politics out of Coinbase.