Jeff Roberts, workers author at Fortune and writer of the latest Audible e book, “Kings of Crypto: Coinbase and the Coming Disruption of Finance,” discusses Coinbase’s previous, current and future. On this episode, we cowl:
when Coinbase duped Apple with its app and ultimately acquired kicked out of the App Retailer
when Coinbase’s scorching pockets acquired hacked
how CEO Brian Armstrong dealt with challenges just like the Bitcoin block dimension debate and an IRS summons on all its prospects’ actions for years
the way it dealt with the competitors from Binance
why that led to “screaming within the board room”
the “full mercenary” and “good asshole” who tore the management ranks aside and led to numerous departures by prime execs
why Brian and JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon met privately
the place Coinbase goes from right here
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Episode hyperlinks:
Jeff Roberts: https://twitter.com/jeffjohnroberts
Kings of Crypto on Audible: https://www.amazon.com/Kings-of-Crypto/dp/B085PY7S7H
Harvard Enterprise Assessment version: https://www.amazon.com/Kings-Crypto-Startups-Cryptocurrency-Silicon-ebook/dp/B085TRJY8X
Jeff’s interview with Coinbase cofounder Fred Ehrsam at Consensus: Distributed: https://www.coindesk.com/video/the-kings-of-crypto-an-inside-look-at-the-history-of-coinbase
JPMorgan banks Coinbase: https://www.wsj.com/articles/jpmorgan-extends-banking-services-to-bitcoin-exchanges-11589281201
Brian Brooks turning into appearing comptroller of the Workplace of the Foreign money: https://www.coindesk.com/a-former-coinbase-lawyer-is-about-to-become-acting-head-of-us-bank-regulator
Coinbase going remote-first: https://weblog.coinbase.com/post-covid-19-coinbase-will-be-a-remote-first-company-cdac6e621df7
Hyperlinks from information recap:
https://unchainedpodcast.com/90-million-down-the-toilet/
