Episode · Cheeky Pint · 2025-08-20
Books mentioned on Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong on bitcoin going to $1 million, electing a pro-crypto Congress, and Jamie Dimon
Brian Armstrong joins John Collison to talk about what’s happening behind the scenes at Coinbase: battling North Korean hackers, war stories from early scaling, confronting people who won’t use AI to code, Coinbase becoming people’s primary financial account, and why banks are now embracing crypto.
Brian Armstrong discussed The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Innovator's Dilemma
Clayton Christensen's classic management book examines how established companies can fail when confronted with disruptive technological changes.
Discussed“It's a little bit of that Innovator's Dilemma type thing—Clay Christensen— where culturally it's so hard to get an organization where they're making tons of money off the traditional system.”
Where to get it
