Economics
Coinbase Leads Move to Bring Bitcoin to Masses
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Brian Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam certainly look like the kind of guys who could help bitcoin recover from its wild years.
They are tall and textbook fit, and as poised as Swiss bankers -- Vulcan Swiss bankers. Armstrong, 31 and a former software engineer at Airbnb Inc., shaves his head. Ehrsam, 26 and a former foreign-exchange trader at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., keeps his hair short and very much in place. When they discuss bitcoin, they rarely smile. Do not try to make them laugh.