Fred Ehrsam is a co-founder and senior advisor at Paradigm, as well as the co-founder and chief executive officer of Nudge, a neurotechnology company dedicated to developing non-invasive brain-computer interfaces; he co-founded Coinbase, and from 2012 to 2017, served as president and remains a member of the board. The official website also lists him as a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, and notes that he was an early investor in OpenAI, Anthropic, Anduril, and Space X and other frontier technology companies. Before founding Coinbase he worked in foreign exchange trading at Goldman Sachs in New York. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Economics from Duke University.
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Fred Ehrsam is a co-founder and senior advisor at Paradigm, as well as the co-founder and chief executive officer of Nudge, a neurotechnology company dedicated to developing non-invasive brain-computer interfaces; he co-founded Coinbase, and from 2012 to 2017, served as president and remains a member of the board. The official website also lists him as a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, and notes that he was an early investor in OpenAI, Anthropic, Anduril, and Space X and other frontier technology companies. Before founding Coinbase he worked in foreign exchange trading at Goldman Sachs in New York. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Economics from Duke University.
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BlockBeats, citing reports, stated that Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, co-founder Fred Ehrsam, and President Emilie Choi have established Rule 10b5-1 plans to sell up to approximately 13600000 shares in total COIN。
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong plans to sell up to November 16, 2026 during the period from October 22, 2027 to 8167400 shares of Class A common stock at predetermined price conditions. Fred Ehrsam and Emilie Choi also adopted stock sale plans.
According to Bloomberg, Fred Ehrsam's Primavera has signed multiple contracts with Venezuela's state-owned oil company and plans to take over the operation of several oil fields and increase crude oil production.