who is ceo of coinbase

Coinbase, an American cryptocurrency exchange platform, was launched in 2013 by Gavin Wright, who was then the CEO of Block.one. Wright had previously been the COO of the cryptocurrency platform and, in 2010, the CEO of the New York-based cryptocurrency exchange, Block.one. Wright stepped down as CEO of Coinbase in 2015, but he remains an executive at the company. The platform offers services for buying and selling cryptocurrencies, as well as for exchanging fiat currencies. As of October 2021, the company is led by Scott Lyston, who succeeded Wright as CEO in 2015.