For context, this is a second hit piece by NYT on Coinbase. The first one was almost exactly a month ago [0]. They started after Coinbase specifically took a stance to separate political activism from work [1] and offered the employees who were not happy with it to take a severance package.
[0] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/27/technology/coinbase-crypt...
[1] https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-is-a-mission-focused-comp...