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Brian Armstrong

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Co-Founder and CEO at Coinbase

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Brian Armstrong is the co-founder and CEO of Coinbase. He founded the company, which has become one of the largest in the Bitcoin space, in June 2012. He is also the co-founder of GiveCrypto, working to build an open financial system for the world. Before founding Coinbase, Armstrong worked as a Software Engineer at AirBNB from 2011 to 2012. He had also previously founded UniversityTutory.com and worked as a software engineer at CarWoo.com.

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Investments

Name
Round
Valuation
Amount
Date
Ampleforth Ampleforth
Seed -- $ 3 M
Mar 20, 2018
dYdX dYdX
Seed -- --
Dec 20, 2017

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