Coinbase, an American
cryptocurrency exchange, has launched the Coinbase Institute, a global
crypto-native think tank.
The exchange selected Hermine Wong as the Director of the Institute. Wong is a former US government official who worked with the Executive Office
of the President’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA).
Coinbase also announced
a partnership with the University of Michigan (UMich) to kick off the first
comprehensive annual survey of U.S. households’ adoption of and sentiments
toward crypto.
The American company
further unveiled two other initiatives: the Coinbase Primers, which will “break
through the noise to provide clear explanations of key issues along with the
latest numbers and analysis,” and the Coinbase Institute Monthly Insights
Report on digital asset markets.
“Our mission is to
accelerate rigorous, novel research, and to bring together the best minds
across disciplines to fuel progress on decentralization, web3, and the future
of finance,” the exchange wrote in a blog post announcing the launch of the institute.
Coinbase said the work
of the research arm will cut across many disciplines and provide expert
analysis and insights about what is happening in the global crypto economy.
The new launches follow last month’s introduction of the Coinbase Intelligence, a growing suite of products the firm said it developed in an effort to address the compliance needs of financial institutions, crypto businesses, law enforcement agencies and corporations new to crypto.
The Four Pillars
According to Coinbase,
the new think tank will be anchored on “four core pillars of work”.
These are to conduct and
publish rigorous, cutting-edge crypto and web3 research, as well as convene
collaborative discussions with thought leaders, academics, policymakers, and
the crypto community.
The institute has also been tasked to forge partnerships with academic institutions and think
tanks to accelerate early-stage research and technical innovation.
Additionally, the think
tank is expected to build an interdisciplinary in-house team to advance public
knowledge and awareness of crypto and web3.
Who Will Steer the Think
Tank?
Asides from Wong, who is
also a former officer of the the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and
the Department of State, Coinbase also chose Dr. Cesare Fracassi to serve as
the institute’s first Chief Economist and Director of Economic Research.
The exchange also
announced Christian Catalini, founder of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology’s Crypto-economics Lab; Marco Di Maggio, faculty member in the
Finance Unit of the Harvard Business School; and Vikramaditya Khanna, Professor of
Law at the University of Michigan William W. Cook Law School, as members of the institute’s Advisory Board.
Other members of the
Board are Nagpurnanand Prabhala, a Professor of Finance at the Johns Hopkins
University Carey School of Business; and Manju Puri, J.B. Fuqua Professor of
Finance at the Duke University Fuqua School of Business.
Coinbase, an American
cryptocurrency exchange, has launched the Coinbase Institute, a global
crypto-native think tank.
The exchange selected Hermine Wong as the Director of the Institute. Wong is a former US government official who worked with the Executive Office
of the President’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA).
Coinbase also announced
a partnership with the University of Michigan (UMich) to kick off the first
comprehensive annual survey of U.S. households’ adoption of and sentiments
toward crypto.
The American company
further unveiled two other initiatives: the Coinbase Primers, which will “break
through the noise to provide clear explanations of key issues along with the
latest numbers and analysis,” and the Coinbase Institute Monthly Insights
Report on digital asset markets.
“Our mission is to
accelerate rigorous, novel research, and to bring together the best minds
across disciplines to fuel progress on decentralization, web3, and the future
of finance,” the exchange wrote in a blog post announcing the launch of the institute.
Coinbase said the work
of the research arm will cut across many disciplines and provide expert
analysis and insights about what is happening in the global crypto economy.
The new launches follow last month’s introduction of the Coinbase Intelligence, a growing suite of products the firm said it developed in an effort to address the compliance needs of financial institutions, crypto businesses, law enforcement agencies and corporations new to crypto.
The Four Pillars
According to Coinbase,
the new think tank will be anchored on “four core pillars of work”.
These are to conduct and
publish rigorous, cutting-edge crypto and web3 research, as well as convene
collaborative discussions with thought leaders, academics, policymakers, and
the crypto community.
The institute has also been tasked to forge partnerships with academic institutions and think
tanks to accelerate early-stage research and technical innovation.
Additionally, the think
tank is expected to build an interdisciplinary in-house team to advance public
knowledge and awareness of crypto and web3.
Who Will Steer the Think
Tank?
Asides from Wong, who is
also a former officer of the the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and
the Department of State, Coinbase also chose Dr. Cesare Fracassi to serve as
the institute’s first Chief Economist and Director of Economic Research.
The exchange also
announced Christian Catalini, founder of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology’s Crypto-economics Lab; Marco Di Maggio, faculty member in the
Finance Unit of the Harvard Business School; and Vikramaditya Khanna, Professor of
Law at the University of Michigan William W. Cook Law School, as members of the institute’s Advisory Board.
Other members of the
Board are Nagpurnanand Prabhala, a Professor of Finance at the Johns Hopkins
University Carey School of Business; and Manju Puri, J.B. Fuqua Professor of
Finance at the Duke University Fuqua School of Business.
