# Fred Ehrsam (slim)

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

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Co-founder, Coinbase.

Fred Ehrsam co-founded Coinbase after working as a trader at Goldman Sachs.

## 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.

### What does x402 Foundation (Linux Foundation) make?

Anchor Terminal lists x402 from x402 Foundation (Linux Foundation).

### 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.

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.