Brian Armstrong

And when markets are down, we do get acquisitive.

We can buy back our stock.

There's all kinds of opportunities in any market condition.

That's a great point.

I mean, yeah, I remember in one day, sometimes I go speak with members of the government and bank CEOs.

And then I also go to crypto meetups where there's a bunch of hackers.

And they're like, why are you dressed like a banker?

And so we've tried to be a bridge between the crypto world and the traditional financial world because most of the money still resides in the traditional financial system and we need to be a bridge to get more and more of it into the crypto world so everything can be more efficient and global and cheap.

So I try to speak, I feel like I'm a translator.

I speak a little bit of bank and I speak hacker

And, you know, I try to translate between two.

I wear the uniform all the time.

I wear the same thing to work every day, unless I'm at Davos or the East Coast, I wear a suit.

It's like anybody evolves.

I was a software engineer early in my career.

Kind of shy and introverted, to be honest.

And I had never managed anybody before starting Coinbase.

And then, you know, but you start off and you've got three people and 10 people and 25 people.

And there were periods where we went through hyper growth, where I felt like I was in way over my head, you know, and I had a great board around me.

I hired some great executives.