# Brian Armstrong (slim)

> Brian Armstrong is co-founder and CEO of Coinbase and co-founder, Chair and CEO of Coinbase. Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP), Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) and x402 on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder and CEO, Coinbase.

Brian Armstrong co-founded Coinbase with Fred Ehrsam and is its CEO.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barmstrong/
- X: https://x.com/brian_armstrong

## What Brian builds

- [Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/coinbase-cdp-agentkit.md), graded BB, 71.3/100, in Agent wallets & spending controls. Coinbase's wallet infrastructure for agents, with programmatic transactions, spending controls and MCP integrations. Co-founder and CEO, Coinbase, researched 2026-10-28.
- [Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/coinbase-mcp.md), graded C, 60.2/100, in Agent wallets & spending controls. Coinbase's remote MCP server connects an agent to a person's Coinbase account to trade crypto, eligible US stocks and futures, manage portfolios and pay for x402 data from the account's USDC balance, after the person signs in with OAuth. Co-founder, Chair and CEO, Coinbase, researched 2026-10-28.
- [x402](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/x402.md), graded A, 80/100, in Pay-per-call protocols. Protocol for per-request stablecoin payments using HTTP 402. Co-founder and CEO, Coinbase, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Carson Roscoe](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/carson-roscoe/), Senior Software Engineer; core AgentKit and x402 engineer
- [Fred Ehrsam](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/fred-ehrsam/), Co-founder, Coinbase
- [Erik Reppel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/erik-reppel/), Co-author of the x402 whitepaper; TSC Chair, x402 Foundation
- [Fred Ehrsam](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/fred-ehrsam-2/), Co-founder, Coinbase

## Questions

### Who is Brian Armstrong?

Brian Armstrong co-founded Coinbase with Fred Ehrsam and is its CEO.

### What does Coinbase Developer Platform, Coinbase, Inc., x402 Foundation (Linux Foundation) make?

Anchor Terminal lists Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP), Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) and x402 from Coinbase Developer Platform, Coinbase, Inc., x402 Foundation (Linux Foundation).

### How are Brian's tools graded?

Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) is graded BB, 71.3 out of 100; Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) is graded C, 60.2 out of 100; x402 is graded A, 80 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.linkedin.com/in/carsonroscoe/
- https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/
- https://www.coinbase.com/developer-platform
- https://support.cdp.coinbase.com/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coinbase
- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/coinbase
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Armstrong_(businessman)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Ehrsam
- https://x402.org/
- https://x402.org/contact/
- https://x402.org/linux-foundation-announces-operational-launch-of-x402-foundation-to-standardize-internet-native-payments-for-ai-agents-and-applications/
- https://x402.org/leadership/
- https://x402.org/x402-whitepaper.pdf

These are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched.