Coinbase
Shashank Agrawal is currently a Blockchain Security Research Engineering Manager at Coinbase, with additional expertise as an Advisor for IOSG Ventures since September 2023. Prior experience includes a role as a Senior Technologist in Security & Cryptography at Western Digital, where research on security and cryptography challenges was conducted. Shashank served as a Senior Staff Research Scientist and Team Lead at Visa, focusing on multi-party computation, cryptographic proofs, and authentication methods. Earlier positions include postdoctoral research at The University of Texas at Austin, research internships at Microsoft, and a role as a Web Developer during Google Summer of Code. Shashank holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and has obtained both a Master's and a Bachelor's degree from the International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad, totaling extensive knowledge in cryptography and security.
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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.