Brian Armstrong

Co-Founder & CEO of Coinbase

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San Francisco, CA, USA
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Brian Armstrong Biography

Brian Armstrong is the co-founder and CEO of Coinbase. Armstrong founded the company, which has become one of the largest in the Bitcoin space, in June 2012.

Armstrong's early career included working as a developer for IBM and consultant at Deloitte. In 2010, he came across the Bitcoin white paper published under the alias Satoshi Nakamoto. In 2011, he joined Airbnb as a software engineer, and was exposed to payment systems in the 190 countries Airbnb operated in at the time. While at Airbnb, he saw the difficulties of sending money to South America. He began working weekends and nights to write code in Ruby and JavaScript to buy and store cryptocoins. In 2012, he entered the Y Combinator startup accelerator and received a $150,000 investment, which he used to found Coinbase.

Armstrong holds three degrees from Rice University: a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, and a Master’s Degree in Computer Science.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 05/25/2024.

Brian Armstrong Videos

  • Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong on risks of potential regulation
    Coinbase CEO and co-founder Brian Armstrong spoke with CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin about the risk potential regulation poses to the company and the...
  • Investor Relations Series: Introduction to Coinbase by Brian Armstrong
    Coinbase is building the cryptoeconomy – a more fair, accessible, efficient, and transparent financial system enabled by crypto. The company...
  • Brian Armstrong on the Crypto Economy
    Brian Armstrong first recognized the potential of cryptocurrencies after witnessing firsthand the tragic consequences of hyperinflation in Argentina....

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