# Fred Ehrsam

> Fred Ehrsam is co-founder of Coinbase. Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) and Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) 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

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

## Works with

- [Brian Armstrong](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/brian-armstrong/), Co-founder and CEO, Coinbase
- [Carson Roscoe](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/carson-roscoe/), Senior Software Engineer; core AgentKit and x402 engineer

## 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 Coinbase Developer Platform, Coinbase, Inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists Coinbase Developer Platform (Agentic Wallet, AgentKit, CDP MCP) and Coinbase MCP server (Coinbase for Agents) from Coinbase Developer Platform, Coinbase, Inc.. Coinbase's wallet infrastructure for agents, with programmatic transactions, spending controls and MCP integrations.

### How are Fred'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, 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

Not the same person as [Fred Ehrsam](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/fred-ehrsam-2/) (x402 Foundation (Linux Foundation)), as far as the research can tell.

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