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Calling all builders!
We’re thrilled to announce the first-ever Coinbase Ventures Summit where we’re bringing together top aspiring crypto founders to spend time with us and
@brian_armstrong
to brainstorm, debate, and discuss ideas to advance the space.
1/ I'm sharing the 10 ideas I'm most excited about in crypto right now. If you're building something in crypto or thinking about doing so - check it out.
We’re building lots at Coinbase, but we don't have time to tackle everything. So I figured I'd share these. Bear markets are…
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Hello world, we’re excited to officially join Twitter!
To kick things off, here’s a brief history of Coinbase Ventures and an overview of how we fit into the crypto ecosystem 🧵
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Decentralized social networks are an idea whose time has come...
Introducing the web3 social stack.
(👀👀
@elonmusk
)
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Exciting news to share: Coinbase Ventures recently made a strategic investment into
@Rocket_Pool
by purchasing RPL tokens from the Rocket Pool team.
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Coinbase Ventures has been actively investing in the crypto ecosystem through several ups and downs since 2018, assembling a portfolio of ~400 companies.
Events of the past few weeks have undoubtedly shaken public confidence and have raised questions across the industry.
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Quick fyi - Coinbase Ventures made an equity investment in FTX; we do not hold any FTT.
With venture investing, there's always a chance an investment goes to zero. In the case of FTX, doing so would not affect Coinbase’s operations.
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We’re pleased to announce our first six investments from the Base Ecosystem Fund:
@avantisfinance
@bsx_labs
@OnboardWallet
@OpenCoverDeFi
@paragraph_xyz
@truflation
Each of these teams is contributing meaningfully to the
@BuildOnBase
ecosystem and we’re grateful to partner…
Onchain Summer may be over, but the momentum on Base is just getting started
The Base Ecosystem Fund, led by
@cbventures
, was launched to invest in the next generation of onchain projects
Today, we’re sharing our first six investments
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We're excited to share our recent strategic investment in
@SocketDotTech
as part of a continuing collaboration between Coinbase and Socket.
Socket powers the bridging experience within
@CoinbaseWallet
and helps developers and apps onboard more seamlessly onto
@BuildOnBase
.
1/ We're thrilled to announce a $5M strategic investment from
@cbventures
and
@hiFramework
into Socket!
With this investment, we expand our collaboration with Coinbase to bring cross-chain primitives to their products like Coinbase Wallet and Base.
🧵👇
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We know the Rocket Pool team shares this belief and we’re delighted to support them via active participation in their Oracle DAO and using ETH from our corporate balance sheet to operate several hundred nodes on the Rocket Pool network alongside our friends
@Unit_410
.
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Thank you to the
@SeamlessFi
team for the kind words and recognition! We’re grateful and deeply appreciative of the award, and are thrilled to accept this grant on behalf of
@coinbase
and
@base
.
Recently the
@SeamlessFi
community created a grants program to inspire
@base
builders, creators, and eco supporters.
Seamless is excited to announce that
@Coinbase
has received SEAM in recognition of their ongoing support, strengthening our partnership.
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Simple, effortless payments on
@BuildOnBase
, no download required – congrats Beam
@eco
!
INTRODUCING BEAM
The first self-custody payments wallet built for the mainstream — no download or signup required.
Beam is the easiest way on the planet to send anyone money.
Try it out with a single click 👇
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We’re honored to help support Rocket Pool’s long-term growth and look forward to engaging with and contributing to the Rocket Pool community in the years ahead.
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Protocol and Web3 infrastructure projects build the plumbing that underpins everything in crypto & web3, and the highways upon which value moves; together they create the foundation for the applications of tomorrow.
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@elonmusk
@farcaster_xyz
@desoprotocol
@takiapp
@lensterxyz
@SpruceID
@ensdomains
@SubsocialChain
@Highlight_xyz
@bonfire_tweets
@yugalabs
Learn how the next generation of social networks can give users control over their data, identity, and relationships, enable permissionless innovation, and rewire the power structures of social media.
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If you'd like to join our existing founders, there are over 500 open roles across our portfolio companies.
Give them a look!
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Decentralized finance (DeFi) is creating a new internet based financial system that’s more transparent, accessible, and global than the existing one.
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Despite recent setbacks, we remain committed to investing in the best founders in the space working to build out the crypto economy. Reach out to us!
We believe recent events underscore the importance of building a more open and transparent financial system, now more than ever.
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If you're building on this stack, we'd love to chat – DM's open!
PWAs will bring web3 mobile apps to millions.
We made it simple to build your own, with:
→ Email & social auth (embedded wallets)
→ AA wallets (ERC-4337 for signless + gasless UX)
→ thirdweb React SDK (PWA dApp template)
Here's the ultimate web3 mobile stack 👇
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We’ve been able to get to know Dave and Darren over the past year and have deep admiration for their commitment to building one of the largest, decentralized staking networks over the past 6+ years.
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Rocket Pool is a leading liquid staking network on Ethereum, allowing users to stake ETH while retaining liquidity. With an emphasis on decentralization, the Rocket Pool network now consists of over 3,100 node operators with more than 780k ETH staked.
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We look forward to sharing more about what we’re watching and investing in around the ecosystem.
Follow us here and subscribe to the Coinbase Ventures Newsletter to receive future insights, sourced from the entire team.
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In addition to our efforts this Onchain Summer with the launch of
@BuildOnBase
mainnet, we believe scaling Ethereum’s infrastructure in a safe, decentralized manner is critical to bringing the next billion users onchain.
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As falling BTC & ETH prices tested the conviction of many, this nimble team set out to find visionaries working to advance crypto & web3.
We were fortunate to partner with brilliant founders like
@rleshner
,
@dfinzer
,
@nikil
,
@2Ragu
,
@KevinChou
,
@twobitidiot
and others.
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Currently, we invest across five general categories.
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A deeper look at social protocols
Jack Dorsey has said that Twitter should have been a protocol.
What did he mean?
Let's explore social protocols using
@farcaster_xyz
as an example🧵
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Coinbase Ventures started from humble beginnings, with no full time staff, formal processes, or outside investors.
It was a labor of love, led by folks around Coinbase including
@balajis
,
@ShanAggarwal
,
@maxbranzburg
,
@js_horne
,
@jmart_199
,
@zosegal
, and David Farmer.
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🚨
@EthereumDenver
Roll Call –
@yiryan
and
@jonathankingvc
from the
@Coinbase
Ventures team will be onsite at
#ETHDenver
. Come say hi 👋 at Home Base starting this Thursday to learn more about
@BuildOnBase
I'll be hanging out at Home Base at
@EthereumDenver
on Wed-Sat - come through and talk about
@BuildOnBase
!
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NFT, gaming, and metaverse teams are building a new web centered around ownership, reinventing everything from art, music, play, social experiences, and more.
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We’ve made a follow-on investment in
@pedrouid
and
@WalletConnect
; an open protocol that connects applications with user's wallets.
We're excited to back a core piece of open web3 infrastructure as they significantly expand their services and embrace decentralization.
We at WalletConnect are thrilled to announce that we have raised $12.5 million in an ecosystem round aimed at driving the next evolution in our growth!
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Currently, the tooling available to web3 developers is much less robust than that of web2. Companies in our platform and developer tools category are working to simplify the developer experience and onboard the next 1M developers into web3.
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Over the years, we've added a full-time team and grown our portfolio to nearly 400, all while remaining focused on finding and backing the most ambitious founders in the industry.
To date, we’ve invested in teams operating in 40+ countries around the world.
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In 2018,
@emiliemc
joined Coinbase as VP of Business from LinkedIn and helped stand-up a new Corporate Development team to lead M&A and drive product strategy.
Emilie and team realized early on that there was a ton of innovation happening, both inside and outside of Coinbase.
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Now that we’re back in a crypto winter, we find ourselves in familiar territory to where Coinbase Ventures first got its footing.
We remain confident that the best opportunities lie ahead and continue to seek out brilliant founders pushing the industry forward.
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Despite a bear market setting in, the team saw a unique opportunity to double-down on the space by investing in the bold founders building through winter; missionaries, not mercenaries, as the saying goes.
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We didn't want to recreate the typical corporate venture firm, so we carved out a different approach and proposed the idea to
@brian_armstrong
. He quickly suggested to write a blog post and go ship it!
In a matter of hours, Coinbase Ventures was born.
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Centralized finance (CeFi) creates bridges between the new financial system and the old one for individuals, businesses, and institutions alike; critical for onboarding the next 1B+ users.
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"We look at this as a generational opportunity to invest in crypto startups right now."
Thoughts on recent volatility and the current state of the market from
@ShanAggarwal
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Learn about the core security considerations at each stage of the web3 development lifecycle and emerging solutions that can help prevent and mitigate security threats
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Whether you’re already building a crypto project or simply have an initial problem space you're passionate about, we’d encourage you to watch Brian’s video, read our Request for Builders, and share what inspires you most in crypto – apply here:
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It’s time to update the financial system and along with the products and services Coinbase is building today, we’re sharing a Request for Builders with 10 ideas we’d like to see exist:
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A deeper look into the web3 security stack from
@jonathankingvc
As the web3 ecosystem continues to gain momentum, there’s an opportunity for web3 security to be proactive and prevention-focused.
With that said, I’m excited to share
@cbventure
’s POV on the web3 security stack 🧵
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WalletConnect is a critical tool within the broader web3 developer stack, which we cover in depth, here.
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Subscribe to the Coinbase Ventures Newsletter for future landscapes and insights from what we're seeing around the cryptoeconomy.
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