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Coinbase: History & Companies

Coinbase Global, Inc. is an American cryptocurrency exchange. It was founded in 2012 by Brian Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam. Coinbase has over 100 million users, and is the largest U.S. based cryptocurrency exchange as well as the world's biggest bitcoin custodian, as of 2024. The company operates in more than 100 countries and holds nearly US$516 billion in…

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Coinbase topic overview

The analysis highlights History and Companies as prominent areas in the source structure around Coinbase.

Related topics
120
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
125
Extracted relationships
219
Concept neighborhoods
29
Bridge connections
125

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 87 topics
Products · 11 topics
Overview · 10 topics
Legal compliance · 8 topics
Operations and financials · 4 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
June 2012; 14 years ago (2012-06), in San Francisco, California, U.S.
Founders
Brian Armstrong · Fred Ehrsam
Industry
Cryptocurrency
Owner
Brian Armstrong (19%)
Headquarters
San Francisco
Area served
100+ countries

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Products

Operations and financials

Legal compliance

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Coinbase connects Entity context

The extracted context around Coinbase shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Coinbase → Airbnb, Andreessen Horowitz, Armstrong, Armstrong's, Ben Reeves, Blockchain, Brian Armstrong, British, Combinator, Fred Ehrsam, Fred Wilson, Goldman Sachs, In December, In May, In October, June, Olaf Carlson-Wee, Reddit, Ribbit Capital, Series Another extracted example is Coinbase → According, Coinbase's, District Judge Loretta Preska, Exchange Commission, February, India, Ishan Wahi, Ishan's, May, New York, Nikhil Wahi, On January, On July, On May, Philip Martin, Ramani, Sameer Ramani, Seattle, SEC, Securities. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Coinbase

Top relations

related to 2012–2019: founding and early years · 25
Coinbase → Airbnb, Andreessen Horowitz, Armstrong, Armstrong's, Ben Reeves, Blockchain, Brian Armstrong, British, Combinator, Fred Ehrsam, Fred Wilson, Goldman Sachs, In December, In May, In October, June, Olaf Carlson-Wee, Reddit, Ribbit Capital, Series
related to Insider trading complaint (2022) · 24
Coinbase → According, Coinbase's, District Judge Loretta Preska, Exchange Commission, February, India, Ishan Wahi, Ishan's, May, New York, Nikhil Wahi, On January, On July, On May, Philip Martin, Ramani, Sameer Ramani, Seattle, SEC, Securities
related to 2020–2021: remote-first working and IPO · 22
Coinbase → Aaron Renn, Also, Armstrong, Black, Black Lives Matter, CEO Brian Armstrong, COVID-19, Facebook, Google, In December, In June, In May, In October, In September, May, New York-based, Tagomi, The, The New York Times, Twitter
related to Regulator concerns (2023—2024) · 19
Coinbase → According, British, Coinbase's, DNB, DNB's, Dutch Central Bank, FCA, Financial Conduct Authority, Financial Services, In January, In July, Netherlands, New York State Department, NYDFS, October, That, The, The FCA, US
related to 2022–2025: SEC lawsuit and dismissal; other updates · 17
Coinbase → Adweek, April, Coinbase's, In, In February, India, National Payments Corporation, QR, Russia, Russian, Super Bowl LVI, The, This, Ukraine, Unified Payments Interface, UPI, Users
related to Business and Institutional Products · 16
Coinbase → Additionally, API, Coinbase Business, Coinbase Commerce, Coinbase Developer Platform, Coinbase Prime, Coinbase Wallets, Custody, ETH, Features, InternetCoinbase Payments, It, QuickBooks, The, These, Xero
related to Customer complaints (2018—2021) · 16
Coinbase → At, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Customers, February, Financial Times, However, In March, January, MCC, On February, Quartz, The, This, Visa, Web, Worldpay
Products · 13
Coinbase → Coinbase (app), Coinbase Advanced, Coinbase Business, Coinbase Card, Coinbase Commerce, Coinbase Custody, Coinbase Developer Platform, Coinbase Earn, Coinbase One, Coinbase Payments, Coinbase Prime, Coinbase Wallet, USD Coin
related to Operations and financials · 13
Coinbase → Center, CEO Zeeshan Feroz, Charlotte, Coinbase's, Excellence, From, In, In April, North Carolina, Reuters, San Francisco, The, US
related to Retail Trading Products · 10
Coinbase → Advanced, Card, Circle Internet Financial, Coin, Coinbase Pro, Earn, One, The, Visa, Wallet

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

company million cryptocurrency us exchange also announced may users cryptocurrencies bitcoin 2025 2023 would reported services trading platform assets customers

Coinbase relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 219 structured relationships around Coinbase. Examples in this analysis include Coinbase → Area served → 100+ countries and Coinbase → Founded → June 2012; 14 years ago (2012-06), in San Francisco, California, U.S.. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
CoinbaseArea served100+ countries1.00infobox
CoinbaseFoundedJune 2012; 14 years ago (2012-06), in San Francisco, California, U.S.1.00infobox
CoinbaseFoundersBrian Armstrong1.00infobox
CoinbaseFoundersFred Ehrsam1.00infobox
CoinbaseHeadquartersSan Francisco1.00infobox
CoinbaseIndustryCryptocurrency1.00infobox
CoinbaseISINUS19260Q10761.00infobox
CoinbaseKey peopleBrian Armstrong (Chair, CEO)1.00infobox
CoinbaseKey peopleEmilie Choi (President, COO)1.00infobox
CoinbaseKey peopleAlesia Haas (CFO)1.00infobox
CoinbaseMembers108 million (2023)1.00infobox
CoinbaseNet incomeUS$2.58 billion (2024)1.00infobox
CoinbaseNumber of employees3,772 (2024)1.00infobox
CoinbaseOperating incomeUS$2.31 billion (2024)1.00infobox
CoinbaseOwnerBrian Armstrong (19%)1.00infobox
CoinbaseProductsCoinbase (app)1.00infobox
CoinbaseProductsCoinbase One1.00infobox
CoinbaseProductsCoinbase Advanced1.00infobox
CoinbaseProductsCoinbase Wallet1.00infobox
CoinbaseProductsUSD Coin1.00infobox
CoinbaseProductsCoinbase Card1.00infobox
CoinbaseProductsCoinbase Earn1.00infobox
CoinbaseProductsCoinbase Business1.00infobox
CoinbaseProductsCoinbase Commerce1.00infobox
CoinbaseProductsCoinbase Custody1.00infobox
CoinbaseProductsCoinbase Payments1.00infobox
CoinbaseProductsCoinbase Prime1.00infobox
CoinbaseProductsCoinbase Developer Platform1.00infobox
CoinbaseRevenueUS$6.56 billion (2024)1.00infobox
CoinbaseTotal assetsUS$22.5 billion (2024)1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Coinbase bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Million, Company and Exchange. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Coinbase
    • Million
    • Company
    • Exchange
    • Cryptocurrency
    • May
    • Announced
    • Trading
    • Customers
    • Platform
    • Us
    • Services
    • Would
  • coinbase
    • Million
    • Company
    • Exchange
    • Cryptocurrency
    • May
    • Announced
    • Trading
    • Customers
    • Platform
    • Us
    • Services
    • Would
  • cryptocurrency exchange
    • Exchange
    • Bitcoin
    • January
    • Million
    • Crypto
    • Cryptocurrencies
    • Customers
    • Company
    • Services
    • Trading
    • May
    • Users
  • u.s. securities and exchange commission (sec)
    • Bitcoin
    • January
    • Million
    • Crypto
    • Company
    • Customers
    • May
    • Global
    • Also
    • Us
    • Said
    • Sec
  • holding company
    • Also
    • Us
    • Announced
    • Million
    • Billion
    • Exchange
    • Cryptocurrencies
    • Said
    • Service
    • Assets
    • Reported
    • Would
  • office of foreign assets control
    • Billion
    • Platform
    • Crypto
    • Us
    • May
    • Blockchain
    • Transactions
    • Service
    • Customers
    • Trading
    • Bitcoin
    • Company
  • public company
    • Also
    • Us
    • Announced
    • Million
    • Billion
    • Exchange
    • Cryptocurrencies
    • Said
    • Service
    • Assets
    • Reported
    • Would
  • cryptocurrency wallet
    • Exchange
    • Cryptocurrencies
    • Customers
    • Services
    • Trading
    • Million
    • Bitcoin
    • Users
    • Global
    • Payments
    • Transactions
    • January

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Coinbase, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Coinbase with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
CoinbaseHistory · splits 38 ⟂ 88
CoinbaseProducts · splits 114 ⟂ 12
CoinbaseOverview · splits 115 ⟂ 11
CoinbaseLegal compliance · splits 117 ⟂ 9
CoinbaseOperations and financials · splits 121 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

Coinbase

Nodes126
Edges125
Triples219
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015873
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Coinbase to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History & Companies, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Coinbase · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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