Uncapped with Jack Altman
Uncapped #21 | Brian Armstrong from Coinbase
Conversations with people I admire about things I’m genuinely interested in.
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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
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Timestamps:
() Intro
() Becoming the everything chain
() Story behind the GENIUS Act
() Working with regulators
() The future of crypto and the government
() When to jump to the hot new thing
() Choosing what frontiers to prioritize
() Brain-computer interface tech
() Inside the mind of a contrarian
() Creating a sustainable lifestyle
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