Coinbase Global, Inc.

Coinbase was founded in 2012 by Brian Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam and became a publicly listed company on Nasdaq in April 2021. It operates as a remote-first company without a formal headquarters, rather than being headquartered in San Francisco.

The company serves consumers through its trading and financial applications, institutions through Coinbase Prime, and developers through the Coinbase Developer Platform. Its offering spans crypto trading, custody, staking, stablecoin infrastructure, derivatives, payments, and blockchain-development tools.

Coinbase is particularly strong in regulated crypto custody and market infrastructure. Its scale is reflected in its reported assets on platform, crypto trading-volume market share, institutional relationships, and global ecosystem of partners.