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balaji srinivasan

balaji srinivasan

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Balaji Srinivasan is the Founder and Board Member of Coin Center. He Founded Coin Center in 2014 along with Jerry and Alex, which has grown to become the leading non-profit firm focused on developing sound government policy toward digital currency like Bitcoin and public blockchain technology. His mission is to develop a better understanding of these technologies and to promote digital currency innovation by producing and publishing policy research from academics and experts, Guiding policymakers and media about blockchain technology.Before Co-Founding Coin Center, Srinivasan was the Chief Technology Officer at Coinbase where he was responsible for supervising the integration of Earn.com into Coinbase and the resulting expansion to 100+ countries. There he organized both the business and technical aspects of the USDC stablecoin launch which is now at $1B in market cap along with other team members. Balaji Srinivasan's net worth is estimated to exceed $150 million, reflecting his successful ventures and strategic roles in the tech industry.

Details

  • Organization: Coin Center
  • Location: Singapore
  • Education: Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and M.S., in Chemical Engineering  from Stanford University
  • Skills: Venture capital and Bitcoin

Experience:

  • Angel Investor at balajis.com from Nov 2012 - Present 
  • Cofounder and Board Member at Coin Center from 2014 - Present 
  • CTO at Coinbase from Apr 2018 - May 2019 
  • CEO and Cofounder at Earn.com from Oct 2017 - Apr 2018 
  • Lecturer, in Departments of Statistics and Computer Science Stanford University from Jan 2006 - Jan 2018 

FAQ's

1. What are Balaji Srinivasan's contributions to Coinbase?

 After Coinbase acquired Earn.com for approximately $120 million in 2018, Srinivasan played a significant role in the launch of the USD Coin (USDC) and He raised $300 million for Coinbase.

2. What is the net worth of Balaji Srinivasan?

Balaji Srinivasan's estimated net worth is over $150 million.