An interview with Brian Armstrong on crypto and economic freedom, Coinbase’s “no politics in the workplace” policy, the crypto downturn, regulation, and more (Hannah Murphy/Financial Times)

Stephanie Murray / The Block:
CEO Brian Armstrong says the Coinbase app will let US users see a new scorecard evaluating lawmakers on crypto policy issues, register to vote, and find events  —  – Coinbase is getting political: The exchange added new app features to help users evaluate lawmakers, register to vote and find political events.

Jeff John Roberts / Fortune:
Brian Armstrong’s “Coin: A Founder’s Story”, a documentary commissioned to show the “good, bad, and ugly”, feels like a hagiography to reset his narrative  —  Pass the popcorn.  Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong just announced a new film titled Coin …

Christine Hall / TechCrunch:
MarginEdge, which provides software for restaurant management and bill payment, raised a $45M Series C led by Ten Coves, bringing its total funding to $71M+  —  The global pandemic was tough on the restaurant industry, one that was already slow to adopt technology but then also had to quickly learn …

Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Internal memo: Amazon’s head of workplace health and safety Heather MacDougall is leaving the company on October 7; MacDougall joined Amazon in 2019  —  – Heather MacDougall will depart Amazon on Oct. 7, according to a memo viewed by CNBC.  — MacDougall joined Amazon in 2019 as vice president …

Benjamin Pimentel / Protocol:
An interview with Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao on delisting tether and USDC, stablecoin and CBDC evolution, the “Chinese company” label, the downturn, and more  —  In crypto, he is known simply as CZ, head of one of the industry’s most dominant players.

Nelson Wang / CoinDesk:
Coinbase Q3: net revenue down 28% QoQ to $576M, net loss down 50% to $545M, subscription and services revenue up 43%, and monthly transacting users down to 8.5M  —  The crypto exchange’s transaction revenue fell 44% from the second quarter, however.  —  Crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN) …