# Brian Armstrong, Co-Founder and CEO of Coinbase

**Author:** The Social Radars
**Type:** Essay
**URL:** https://www.ycombinator.com/library/K3-brian-armstrong-co-founder-and-ceo-of-coinbase


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In this episode of The Social Radars, Jessica Livingston and Carolynn Levy talk to Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian
Armstrong about the company’s earliest days, why he applied to YC (multiple times), and his experiences in the
ever-evolving world of cryptocurrency.

