Brian Armstrong
@brian_armstrong
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Co-founder & CEO at @Coinbase. Creating more economic freedom in the world. ENS: barmstrong.eth Co-founder @researchhub @newlimit
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Definitely giving this a listen (also available in your favorite podcast app).
.@jacobkimmel thinks he can find the transcription factors necessary to reverse aging. 0:00:00 – Three reasons evolution didn't optimize for longevity.0:12:48 – Why didn't humans evolve their own antibiotics?.0:26:08 – De-aging cells via epigenetic reprogramming.0:45:24 – Viral
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We want to have everything you want to trade. Going live to talk about DEX trading on Coinbase.
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Our summer intern program had a ~0.3% acceptance rate this year. Enjoyed doing this Q&A with our 2025 interns and @emiliemc, they had some awesome questions and ideas!
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Excited for this episode!.
.@jacobkimmel thinks that the functionality to reverse aging already exists in our epigenome. But then why didn't evolution already optimize for longevity? . Jacob explains that if you consider evolution as an optimizer, the gradients flow in a really surprising way. Naively,
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RT @PardonMyTake: Tuesday night max woke Big Cat up with a flashlight at 2am because he thought we were going to get sued. @forthepeople ht….
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I think we'll see $1M per bitcoin by 2030. Regulatory clarity is finally emerging, the US government is keeping a BTC reserve, there's a growing interest for crypto ETFs, among many other factors. (Not financial advice of course, it's impossible to guarantee)
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My cheeky pint podcast is live. Thanks for having me @collision!.
In one of my favourite Cheeky Pint episodes to date, @brian_armstrong brings us behind the scenes at @coinbase: their battles against North Korean hackers, war stories from breakneck early scaling, confronting people who won’t use AI to code, Coinbase becoming people’s primary
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RT @standwithcrypto: 66K grassroots crypto advocates in Illinois and 2.3M SWC advocates nationally. Insulting the millions of crypto vot….
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"We believe a market sets wages as a function of the marginal productivity of the worker. Therefore technology – which raises productivity – drives wages up, not down. This is perhaps the most counterintuitive idea in all of economics, but it’s true, and we have 300 years of
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First batch shipping out today - get yours at the link in the thread.
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Always curious and full of energy, Beagles turn every walk into an adventure 🐾🎉.
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Lots of in person testing for Coinbase One Card at the product sprint last week. You can’t beat buying things and getting Bitcoin back.
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Great progress on U.S. perpetual futures. Listed SOL and XRP, now available alongside BTC and ETH.
US traders, are you ready?. You can now access SOL and XRP perpetual-style futures on Coinbase Financial Markets. Trade with no monthly expirations and access up to 5x leverage within a secure and regulated environment. Explore the new perpetual-style contracts → here.
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Getting your IPO proceeds in stablecoins is a baller move. Big moment for all of crypto. Soon this will be the new normal.
History made by @Bullish and @Coinbase today. Proceeds from the Bullish IPO were settled in stablecoins. The majority were settled in USDC, along with a portion in EURC, with Coinbase as the exclusive custodian for those assets 🤝
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Had a ‘cheeky pint’ with @collision. I don't drink much alcohol anymore, so even a half pint made this a more candid interview than usual! More podcasts should include this hack. Our episode is going live later this week!
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RT @jeffyfish9: Flood gates are opening for peer reviews of funding proposals on @ResearchHub!. Interested in pushing open, distributed, in….
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False - bald since day 1 over here.
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The Coinbase team “surged” in New York last week to make progress on the Everything Exchange. 9am to 9pm (and beyond) daily. Energy was great. Going to ask every team working on a key initiative to schedule a similar surge in Q3.
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