# Fred Ehrsam

> Fred Ehrsam is co-founder of Coinbase. x402 on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Co-founder, Coinbase.

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 Fred builds

- [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, Coinbase, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Brian Armstrong](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/brian-armstrong/), Co-founder and CEO, Coinbase
- [Erik Reppel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/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

- 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](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/fred-ehrsam/) (Coinbase Developer Platform, Coinbase, Inc.), as far as the research can tell.

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