Coinbase public status unlocked deals with BlackRock and Meta
Brian Armstrong · Brian Armstrong: Coinbase’s Failed NFT Launch, Thoughts on SBF & FTX, Crypto Winter | 20VC #946 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings · Nov 7, 2022 · at 23:12
Brian Armstrong, co-founder and CEO of Coinbase, discusses the business benefits of going public, stating that institutional credibility helped Coinbase secure partnerships with major Fortune 500 companies.
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“We've been able to close deals with, you know, BlackRock, the largest asset manager in the world, and, you know, Meta, formerly Facebook, like we're now, especially with our Coinbase cloud business and things like that, we're now able to power things with Fortune, 500, which wasn't really happening before.”
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