Coinbase
Doug Sharp serves as the Senior Director and Associate General Counsel at Coinbase since March 2020, where responsibilities include overseeing corporate governance, capital markets, securities reporting, and M&A efforts, among others. A notable achievement includes the successful hiring of a team of over 15 attorneys and paralegals and leading Coinbase's direct listing on Nasdaq. Prior to this role, Doug worked as a Corporate Associate at Fenwick & West from October 2014 to March 2020, managing corporate legal projects for prominent technology companies, including Airbnb and Dropbox, with a focus on significant venture capital rounds. Doug holds a JD from Stanford Law School and a BA in Public Policy from the University of Michigan, with additional education from the University of Oxford.
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Coinbase
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Founded in 2012, Coinbase is a digital currency wallet and easy-to-use platform that enables people to purchase and sell cryptocurrency and access the broader crytoeconomy. Coinbase supports hundreds of cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin, and dogecoin. Coinbase’s mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. They aim to build a more fair, accessible, efficient, and transparent financial system enabled by crypto. Today, Coinbase serves approximately 103 million verified users, 14,500 institutions, and 245,000 ecosystem partners in over 100 countries as they work towards their mission of bringing equality of opportunity to the world by building an open financial system. Coinbase is guided by two principles: first, be the most trusted company in their domain. Second, create user-focused products that are easier and more intuitive to use. In addition to cryptocurrency, Coinbase also supports an NFT (non-fungible tokens) marketplace.