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James Morek

Co-head Of Institutional Sales, EMEA & APAC at Coinbase

James Morek is an experienced finance professional specializing in institutional sales across the EMEA and APAC regions. Currently serving as Co-Head of Institutional Sales at Coinbase since May 2022, James brings over a decade of expertise from a previous role as Managing Director and Head of International Liquidity Sales at BlackRock from January 2011 to May 2022. Earlier experience includes positions at Anglo Irish Bank, where James worked in Institutional Treasury Sales and as an Institutional Credit Analyst, as well as a role as Corporate Credit Analyst at Close Brothers. James holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Economics with Business from the University of Plymouth.

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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.