The Ledger

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Armstrong: Coinbase is not leaving the United States
“Well, we're not leaving America, that's for sure.”
Brian Armstrong Sep 21, 2023 ▶ 2:24 All-In Summit: In conversation with Brian Armstrong
Assertion Supported
Brian Armstrong: Coinbase has reached over 100 million global signups
“Yeah, I mean, we've had over a hundred million people sign up globally.”
Brian Armstrong Sep 21, 2023 ▶ 21:19 All-In Summit: In conversation with Brian Armstrong
Assertion Supported
Armstrong: Coinbase had no material exposure to FTX, Alameda, or FTT
“And I again, just for the sake of clarity, I should say that Coinbase did not have any material exposure to Alameda FTX or FTT token.”
Brian Armstrong Nov 12, 2022 ▶ 29:20 E104: FTX collapse with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong + election results, macro update & more
Assertion Partly supported
Calacanis: Coinbase holds $6 billion in cash against a $12 billion market cap
“Coinbase, six billion cash, twelve billion dollar market cap.”
Jason Calacanis May 13, 2022 ▶ 58:23 E80: Recession deep dive: VC psychology, macro risks, Tiger Global, predictions and more
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Armstrong: Coinbase limits posting in large Slack channels to VPs and above
“Some of the things I mean, we've been trying is, for instance, if we get any kind of a slack room that has, say, more than 500 or a thousand people, we'll often try to limit it. So only, you know, you can, you have to be a VP or level nine and above can only p…”
Brian Armstrong Apr 23, 2022 ▶ 15:00 E77: Tech work culture, crypto regulation, stablecoins, $NFLX & more w/ Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong
Assertion Supported
Sacks: Only 5% of Coinbase staff took severance over political ban
“They gave a generous severance package to anyone who didn't go along with it. It was only five percent took it.”
David Sacks Dec 23, 2021 ▶ 51:04 E60: The 2021 Bestie Awards PLUS Jack Dorsey starts the Web3 Wars
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Balaji: Coinbase Earn is on track for $100M in revenue
“Coinbase Earn is on track for a hundred million revenue.”
Balaji Srinivasan Sep 25, 2021 ▶ 8:29 Balaji Srinivasan: role of decentralization, China/US breakdown & more
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Sacks: Only 5% of Coinbase employees took Armstrong's exit offer
“Only five percent of Coinbase's employees took Armstrong up on that offer to leave.”
David Sacks Nov 11, 2020 ▶ 49:51 E12: Biden wins, Pfizer vaccine, markets rip, Trump's next act, COVID endgame scenarios & more
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CZ: Blockchain.info was larger than Coinbase with 2M wallets in 2013-2014
“At the time, Blockchain was the largest user platform in the industry, right? So they had about two million wallets more than Coinbase at the time.”
Changpeng Zhao (CZ) Feb 10, 2026 ▶ 34:35 Binance CEO: 4 Months in Prison, $4 Billion Fine, and What Comes Next
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Armstrong: Coinbase does not have an exclusivity deal with Circle
“We don't have like an exclusive with circle or anything like that. We actually list other stable coins on our platform.”
Brian Armstrong Jan 23, 2026 ▶ 11:15 Coinbase CEO's Top 3 Crypto Trends for 2026 + More from Davos!
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Armstrong: Coinbase integrated an AI agent to teach users financial strategies
“We've integrated one into Coinbase app. It can kind of teach people about dollar cost averaging and, you know, tax loss harvesting.”
Brian Armstrong Jan 23, 2026 ▶ 23:34 Coinbase CEO's Top 3 Crypto Trends for 2026 + More from Davos!
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