91 - Brian Armstrong and The Future of Coinbase

Brian Armstrong is the Founder and CEO of Coinbase. As a pillar of innovation and adoption in crypto, Brian is playing a pivotal role in determining the kind of future we’ll see in the space.

The Crypto movement is a battle for hearts and minds, and Coinbase is fighting on the front lines.

Building bridges between the legacy world and the Metaverse is a daunting task, but Brian has been a headstrong leader with a powerful vision. Coinbase finds itself in a position to maximize a user’s choice for what they do with their assets.

With new features on the way like their NFT platform, Coinbase is steadily opening the doors for composability, decentralization, and ultimately… sovereignty.

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Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro
7:30 Brian Armstrong & His Start
14:11 Why Coinbase?
19:00 Money, Tech, and Values
25:48 The Drive and Vision
29:36 The Future of Coinbase
32:56 Retail, Institutions, and Developers
36:32 Relationship with DeFi
40:32 Coinbase Lend & CeDeFi
47:30 Public Goods & Decentralization
51:39 Eating All the Banks
58:09 Custody & Sovereignty
1:02:30 The Metaverse
1:10:02 NFTs and Mainstream
1:16:52 Withdraw to Layer 2
1:18:34 Regulation
1:26:40 Taking on the SEC
1:32:12 Maturing and Growing
1:36:27 Closing & Disclaimers

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Resources:

Brian on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong?s=20
Coinbase:
https://www.coinbase.com/
The Master Switch:
https://www.amazon.com/Master-Switch-Rise-Information-Empires/dp/0307390993

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