Five years, a few bull markets, and 100's of IRL activations later, my Coinbase run is over.
I came to crypto because the internet should move value the way it moves information: open, instant, and owned by the people using it.
I came to Coinbase because of the people.
I'm proud of what we built with
@CoinbaseWallet and what it is today.
Crypto apps were painful to use. Getting them in front of real people was the fastest way to figure out what sucked and fix it. It took building Base Cafe's around the world and onboarding thousands of merchants to start making USDC payments work.
@brian_armstrong gave us the space to do things differently: tremendous agency, a long-term view, and no theater led to an unreasonable amount of shipping with joy.
Forge and the AI work I did across Coinbase came from the same place: less stuff between an idea and getting it into someone's hands.
I'm proud of the team and culture we built inside the Coinbase mothership and am fortunate to have led the most talented engineers, designers, and product people I've ever worked with.
Right before the end, I got one last thing through: changing the name back to Coinbase Wallet. yw.
Thank you to Brian and
@emiliemc for the trust, and
@jessepollak and
@cobie for pushing what's possible.
🙇 to my ride-or-die Wallet OGs
@shalinpei and
@sid_coelho ,
@0xaneri and the whole team. You are all truly the best.
To all the CT folks I met along the way: you're all way cooler in person and i'm lucky to have met so many of you. 💙
Time to build on a new frontier. 🫡