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The Future of Crypto | Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase | Ep. 21

Brian Armstrong is the co-founder and CEO of Coinbase, a leading cryptocurrency company that provides exchange, brokerage, and custody services to 100M+ verified users in over 100 countries.

Brian ArmstrongguestJack Altmanhost
Aug 13, 202546mWatch on YouTube ↗

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EPISODE INFO

Released
August 13, 2025
Duration
46m
Channel
Uncapped with Jack Altman
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

(If you enjoyed this, please like and subscribe!) Brian Armstrong is the co-founder and CEO of Coinbase, a leading cryptocurrency company that provides exchange, brokerage, and custody services to 100M+ verified users in over 100 countries. Founded in 2012, Coinbase went public in 2021 on the NASDAQ under the ticker COIN and as of August 2025 has a market cap of $83 billion. Brian is also the co-founder of New Limit, a longevity biotech company on a mission to significantly extend human lifespan that recently raised a $130M Series B led by Kleiner Perkins and angels including John and Patrick Collison, Elad Gil, and Joshua Kushner, among others. We covered:

  • Working with the government
  • When to jump to the hot new thing
  • Choosing what frontiers to prioritize
  • The inner game of being contrarian

Timestamps: (0:00) Intro (0:26) Becoming the everything chain (4:20) Story behind the GENIUS Act (5:33) Working with regulators (10:45) The future of crypto and the government (17:10) When to jump to the hot new thing (23:03) Choosing what frontiers to prioritize (29:59) Brain-computer interface tech (34:48) Inside the mind of a contrarian (43:52) Creating a sustainable lifestyle More on Brian: https://www.coinbase.com/ https://www.newlimit.com/ https://x.com/brian_armstrong More on Jack: https://www.altcap.com/ https://x.com/jaltma https://linktr.ee/uncappedpod Email: friends@uncappedpod.com

SPEAKERS

  • Brian Armstrong

    guest
  • Jack Altman

    host

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Uncapped with Jack Altman, featuring Brian Armstrong and Jack Altman, The Future of Crypto | Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase | Ep. 21 explores Coinbase’s everything exchange vision, regulation battles, and frontier bets ahead Armstrong argues that most asset classes will migrate on-chain because blockchain rails are faster, cheaper, globally accessible, and enable new market structures (24/7 trading, fractionalization, novel governance).

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