Coinbase
Ben Jeavons is a Senior Engineering Manager at Coinbase, leading retail trading teams since May 2020. Prior to this role, Ben served as an Engineering Manager and later as Director of Engineering at CARD.com, where responsibilities included technical product strategy and overseeing engineering teams. Ben has also contributed to various projects at Acquia as a Senior Software Engineer and played a pivotal role as the Local Team Lead for DrupalCon Denver 2012. Early career experiences include roles at Growing Venture Solutions, pingVision, and Enthusiast Group, starting as a Web Developer. Ben holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Colorado Boulder.
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.