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    Brian Armstrong

    CEO of Coinbase and co-founder of NewLimit

    CEO and co-founder, Coinbase · Co-founder, NewLimit

    Background

    Brian Armstrong is an American businessman and investor. He is the CEO of Coinbase, a cryptocurrency platform he co-founded with Fred Ehrsam in 2012.

    He is also a co-founder of NewLimit, an anti-aging startup.

    Organizations

    Coinbase: Coinbase is an American cryptocurrency exchange. Brian Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam founded it in 2012.

    NewLimit: NewLimit is a longevity startup based in South San Francisco. It aims to extend human healthspan by reversing the aging process at the cellular level.

    Key facts

    Current title
    CEO of Coinbase, which he co-founded with Fred Ehrsamsource
    Coinbase
    In 2012, Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam co-founded Coinbase; Armstrong was its first CEOsource
    Born
    January 25, 1983, near San Jose, Californiasource
    Education
    Rice University: dual bachelor's degree in economics and computer science in 2005, followed by a master's in computer science in 2006source
    NewLimit
    Co-founder of NewLimit, an anti-aging startupsource

    WYDE coverage of Brian Armstrong

    WYDE Newsroom has published 7 articles about Brian Armstrong, from Mar 23, 2026 to Sep 11, 2026. Brian Armstrong is a named leader in 3 stories, a founder in 3 stories and the subject of 1 story. The most recent is Coinbase's AI News Alert Called a World Cup Result Before Kickoff.

    Crypto & DeFi

    Coinbase's AI News Alert Called a World Cup Result Before Kickoff

    Coinbase sent users an AI-generated breaking news alert saying Norway beat Brazil 3-2 nearly six hours before the match started, and the company says it has made updates to prevent a repeat.

    Sep 11, 2026 · 2 min read · Quoted or named as leader

    Crypto & DeFi

    The SEC Pays $150,000 to End a Records Lawsuit Over Gensler's Deleted Texts

    A joint status report ends the two-year Coinbase FOIA fight over the SEC's missing Ethereum records, after the agency deleted former Chair Gary Gensler's text messages and wiped 21 official phones.

    Jul 24, 2026 · 2 min read · Quoted or named as leader

    Healthcare

    Life Biosciences Doses the First Patient as Cellular Rejuvenation Reaches Human Trials

    Life Biosciences dosed the first patient in its ER-100 partial epigenetic reprogramming trial and NewLimit raised $435 million for its own first human trial, moving cellular rejuvenation and longevity science from mice into people in 2026.

    Jul 14, 2026 · 2 min read · Founder

    Crypto & DeFi

    Coinbase CEO's Longevity Startup NewLimit Raises $435 Million at $3.1 Billion Valuation

    NewLimit, the cell-reprogramming startup co-founded by Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, raised a $435 million Series C led by Founders Fund, tripling its valuation.

    Jun 23, 2026 · 2 min read · Founder

    WYDE Weekly

    We signed Feed the Children. The White House debunked the banks. Iran priced Hormuz in Bitcoin. 20,000 meals.

    $EAT hit #1 on Base at +150%. Three states signed the DUNA Act. Schwab opened crypto to 38.9 million accounts. The FDIC is implementing stablecoin rules Monday. Here's the full week.

    Apr 13, 2026 · 7 min read · Subject of the story

    Crypto & DeFi

    Treasury Secretary and SEC Chair Publicly Push CLARITY Act to Trump's Desk as Senate Markup Deadline Nears

    Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and SEC Chair Paul Atkins pushed the CLARITY Act to Trump's desk this week as the Senate Banking markup deadline nears.

    Apr 13, 2026 · 3 min read · Quoted or named as leader

    Crypto & DeFi

    Sam Altman's World and Coinbase Launch Identity Layer for AI Agent Commerce

    Sam Altman's World launches AgentKit with Coinbase x402, enabling verified human-backed AI agents to transact autonomously using stablecoin micropayments.

    Mar 23, 2026 · 2 min read · Founder

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