Coinbase is a digital asset exchange company headquartered in San Francisco, California. They broker exchanges of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and other digital assets with fiat currencies in 32 countries, and bitcoin transactions and storage in 190 countries worldwide.
Coinbase has a wide range of products including an API for developers and merchants to build applications and accept payments in both digital currencies. As of May 2018, the company had 24 million registered users.
Coinbase was founded in June 2012 by Brian Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam. Armstrong is a former software engineer at Airbnb and Ehrsam is a former trader at Goldman Sachs. The company has received venture capital funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Union Square Ventures (USV), Ribbit Capital and DFJ Growth among others. In 2013, Coinbase launched its Vault service which allowed users to buy and store bitcoins offline as a way to prevent theft.
The same year they also launched the first regulated Bitcoin exchange in the US. In December 2016, Coinbase launched trading of Ethereum (ETH) on its platform for professional investors. In May 2017 they added Litecoin (LTC) trading.
Where is Coinbase office?
The Coinbase office is located in San Francisco, California.