Coinbase CEO announces documentary on cryptocurrency and exchange
Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong introduced in a collection of tweets on Oct. 4 {that a} crypto-centric documentary capturing his journey of constructing a tech startup from the bottom up will likely be accessible Oct. 7 on Amazon Prime, iTunes, YouTube and different streaming platforms.
The documentary, Coin: A Founder’s Story, intends to tug again the curtain and present folks what it’s actually prefer to construct a tech firm from the bottom up and encourage others who wish to do the identical.
In line with the CEO, documentary director Greg Kohs and his group had “unprecedented entry” to Armstrong’s firm, capturing the loopy ups and downs over the span of the final three years. The announcement stated that the documentary will seize “the nice, unhealthy, and ugly” of constructing a tech startup from the bottom as much as changing into a public firm.
1/ Huge announcement: we have been working with director Greg Kohs on a documentary about cryptocurrency and Coinbase during the last three years, and will probably be popping out this Friday on Amazon Prime/iTunes/YouTube and so forth.
See the trailer right here: https://t.co/JNAc2pjJPf
— Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong) October 4, 2022
Armstrong shared, “I agreed to do that documentary as a result of I needed to demystify what it takes to construct a tech startup and encourage extra folks to start out corporations. I additionally needed to demystify crypto.”
The CEO additionally stated he hopes to point out that tech founders are simply common folks attempting to create a product that folks need, including that “everybody working in crypto believes it might create a extra truthful, free, and international monetary system.”
The CEO inspired everybody to look at the movie, together with policymakers, as he believes it’ll assist advance the reason for cryptocurrency, in addition to present the motivations of many hard-working people steering the business ahead.
On Sept 26, Cointelegraph reported that blockchain firm Veritaseum was suing Coinbase for $320 million {dollars} in an alleged patent infringement case.