The Brief
What Coinbase is
Composed · as of Jul 16, 2026in graph since Jul 16, 2026
Coinbase is a publicly listed cryptocurrency exchange and the company behind Base, the Ethereum Layer-2 network.
About Coinbase
Founded in 2012 by Brian Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam, Coinbase is one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges and became a publicly traded company on Nasdaq (ticker COIN) in 2021. It offers a broad suite of retail and institutional crypto products.
Products & Initiatives
Coinbase incubated Base, an Ethereum Layer-2 built on Optimism's OP Stack, which its Base team — led by jesse-pollak — announced in 2023. Its consumer products include the Coinbase exchange and the self-custody Coinbase Wallet. Descout tracks Coinbase as the organization behind Base and as the anchor for its creator, Jesse Pollak.
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