on the blockchain

Nick Tomaino of 1confirmation on 20 Minute VC.

How did this developer with no rich friends start a crypto VC fund with $26 million after getting pushed out of Coinbase? He had built a personal brand. Crypto folks made fun of him at the time for raising only $26 million. […]

on the blockchain

SEC files charges.

First they filed charges against Binance, and then against Coinbase the next day. They’re miffed about the exchanges not registering with them, but also did not make any reasonable form of registration available to them. I expect plenty of expert opinions and commentary […]

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Titles.

Gokul Rajaram, whose LinkedIn profile shows him as “Product and Business Helper” at Doordash, advises CEOs at the earliest stages of companies to hold the line on titles. Oh, he’s also a Board Member at Pinterest and Coinbase and a […]

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How Coinbase is rethinking compensation

Coinbase’s latest changes should inspire us all. They’re going to pay 75th percentile compared to a peer group of big tech companies, removing all negotiation from offers and adopting annual equity grants instead of traditional 4-year grants. “Eliminating negotiations doesn’t […]