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Anissimov: Deployed crypto protocols protect billions in assets

Andrei Anissimov · "Crypto Startup School" Documentary · Oct 9, 2020 · at 0:52

Andrei Anissimov, a founder participating in a16z's Crypto Startup School, describes the scale of the software projects his team has built.

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“There's some things that we've deployed that are now protecting billions of dollars, which is exciting and frightening at the same time.”

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The claim, plainly

Software deployed by Andrei Anissimov and his team protects billions of dollars in assets.

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Assessment

The resolution criteria require confirmation that software/smart contracts deployed by Andrei Anissimov's team protected at least $2 billion in crypto assets as of October 2020. Anissimov served as Senior Software Engineer and Engineering Manager at Coinbase Custody until October 2020. Public financial disclosures and SEC filings (S-1) confirm that Coinbase Custody held over $8 billion in crypto assets under custody in April 2020, rising to over $20 billion by November 2020. Additionally, total platform assets grew from $17 billion at year-end 2019 to $90 billion by year-end 2020, easily satisfying and exceeding the $2 billion threshold.

Coinbase publicly reported over $8 billion in stored crypto assets for Coinbase Custody in April 2020 and over $20 billion in institutional assets by November 2020.
Coinbase Global's SEC S-1 filing confirmed total platform assets grew from $17 billion at year-end 2019 to $90 billion by year-end 2020.
Andrei Anissimov managed and engineered software systems for Coinbase Custody until his departure in October 2020.

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[1] decrypt.co [2] medium.com [3] sec.gov [4] coinbase.com [5] ethresear.ch [6] flashbots.net [7] kagels-trading.de [8] erfolgreiche-trader-strategien.de

"Coinbase Custody" "$7 billion" OR "$10 billion" OR "$8 billion" 2020 "Andrei Anisimov" "a16z" "Andrei Anisimov" Coinbase "Andrei Anisimov" smart contracts OR TVL OR assets "Coinbase Custody" "assets under custody" OR AUC 2020 "billion" "Coinbase Price Oracle" TVL OR "billion" Andrei Anissimov crypto

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