Founder of a listed tool
Fred Ehrsam
Co-founder, Coinbase, named behind the x402 listing on Anchor Terminal.
What Fred builds
x402 A · Pay-per-call protocols
Protocol for per-request stablecoin payments using HTTP 402.
Co-founder, Coinbase, researched 28 October 2026 · the people behind it
Works with
- Brian Armstrong Co-founder and CEO, Coinbase
- Erik Reppel Co-author of the x402 whitepaper; TSC Chair, x402 Foundation
Questions
Who is Fred Ehrsam?
Fred Ehrsam co-founded Coinbase after working as a trader at Goldman Sachs. He later co-founded a crypto-focused venture capital firm, where he is a general partner, and is co-founder and CEO of Nudge, a neurotechnology startup working on non-invasive brain-computer interfaces.
What does x402 Foundation (Linux Foundation) make?
Anchor Terminal lists x402 from x402 Foundation (Linux Foundation). Protocol for per-request stablecoin payments using HTTP 402.
How are Fred's tools graded?
x402 is graded A, 80 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.
Sources (9)
- 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
- 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
Not the same person as Fred Ehrsam (Coinbase Developer Platform, Coinbase, Inc.), as far as the research can tell, since the listings name them at different companies with different or no profiles.
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