Jeff Roberts, crew creator at Fortune and creator of the most novel Audible book, “Kings of Crypto: Coinbase and the Coming Disruption of Finance,” discusses Coinbase’s past, most novel and future. On this episode, we duvet:

  • when Coinbase duped Apple with its app and at final got kicked out of the App Retailer
  • when Coinbase’s hot wallet got hacked
  • how CEO Brian Armstrong handled challenges like the Bitcoin block dimension debate and an IRS summons on all its customers’ actions for years
  • how it handled the competition from Binance
  • why that led to “screaming within the board room”
  • the “total mercenary” and “fascinating asshole” who tore the leadership ranks aside and led to a resolution of exits by prime professionals
  • why Brian and JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon met privately
  • where Coinbase goes from 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 Change Review version: https://www.amazon.com/Kings-Crypto-Startups-Cryptocurrency-Silicon-book/dp/B085TRJY8X

Jeff’s interview with Coinbase cofounder Fred Ehrsam at Consensus: Allotted: 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-products and services-to-bitcoin-exchanges-11589281201

Brian Brooks turning into performing comptroller of the Office of the Currency: https://www.coindesk.com/a-broken-down-coinbase-attorney-is-about-to-change into-performing-head-of-us-bank-regulator

Coinbase going remote-first: https://blog.coinbase.com/put up-covid-19-coinbase-will-be-a-remote-first-firm-cdac6e621df7

Hyperlinks from news recap:

https://unchainedpodcast.com/90-million-down-the-bathroom/