Armstrong voted against USDC, which now makes Coinbase ~$1B in revenue
Brian Armstrong · Coinbase CEO Explains the Future of Crypto · Jun 4, 2025 · at 9:33
Brian Armstrong reflects on internal voting at Coinbase while discussing how minority-vote project funding saved major products.
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“USDC, I will tell you, I actually voted no on USDC to like, which was a terrible, now it's like almost a billion dollars of revenue or something for us.”
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