American entrepreneur — co-founder and CEO of Coinbase — who built the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the US and took it public in 2021 — a leading advocate for cryptocurrency regulation that enables innovation.
Creates the compliant cryptocurrency exchange model — Coinbase's strategy of working with regulators from the beginning (rather than treating regulation as the enemy) created the most trusted crypto-to-fiat gateway and demonstrated that a crypto company could succeed within rather than against the regulatory framework.
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