Coinbase Global, Inc., branded Coinbase, is an American publicly traded company that operates a cryptocurrency exchange platform. Coinbase is a distributed company; all employees operate via remote work and the company lacks a physical headquarters.

It is the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States by trading volume.[4] The company was founded in 2012 by Brian Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam.[1]

In May 2020, Coinbase announced it would shut its San Francisco, California headquarters and change operations to remote-first, part of a wave of several major tech companies closing headquarters in San Francisco in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.[5][6][7]