The FinTech Report Podcast: Episode 63: John O’Loghlen, MD Coinbase APAC

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Making digital currencies available for everyone: from retail to Stablecoins to DeFi/Web3: a discussion with Coinbase The FinTech Report Podcast: Episode 63: John O’Loghlen, MD Coinbase APAC Founded in 2012, Coinbase is a digital currency wallet and platform where merchants and consumers can transact with digital currencies like bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin. Coinbase want to make digital currency accessible and approachable for everyone. Coinbase is listed on the NASDAQ - ticker code is ‘COIN’ - so they are regulated by the SEC. Coinbase has just under 3800 employees, and US$320 Billion funds under management. John O’Loghlen is MD for Coinbase APAC - Prior to Coinbase John spent a decade with Ant Group and Ali Baba, spent many years working in China and other Asian countries. He started his career with Goldman Sachs in London. In this episode we cover: Fundamentals of digital assets: are they an asset, a currency, a commodity? Over the past decade we’ve seen crypto adoption increase. How many Australians are holding digital assets? In addition to crypto, what other types of digital assets are they holding? Retail, institutional and ‘Base’ - the developer platform.

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