why aren't all 59 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public
record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 1 checkable
ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't;
assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card:
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▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable
Disclosure
Armstrong: Coinbase is not leaving the United States
“Well, we're not leaving America, that's for sure.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
Disclosure
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…”
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.”
Assertion Supported
Balaji: Coinbase Earn is on track for $100M in revenue
“Coinbase Earn is on track for a hundred million revenue.”
Assertion Supported
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.”
Assertion Supported
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.”
Disclosure
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.”
Disclosure
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.”