Today we’re thrilled to announce that Asiff Hirji is joining Coinbase as our President & Chief Operating Officer. Asiff joins us from one of our venture capital partners, Andreessen Horowitz, where he focused on accelerating growth at a number of portfolio companies. We are incredibly excited to have him join Coinbase full time to help us on our mission towards creating an open financial system.

Before Andreessen Horowitz, Asiff:

Was President and COO of TD Ameritrade, the world’s largest online broker, helping them grow to 4,000 employees

Ran HP Enterprise Services (reporting to Meg Whitman) with nearly 200,000 employees and $14B in revenue

He has also held senior leadership and governance roles at TPG Capital, Saxo Bank, and Bain Capital.

“Coinbase is moving into an exciting phase of our journey. Asiff’s knowledge of traditional financial services, as well as his deep technical expertise, makes him the perfect person to guide our operations as we grow into new markets and products,” said Brian Armstrong, CEO and Co-founder of Coinbase.

Asiff brings to Coinbase a truly unique mix of skills and experience. He has significant experience running large investment platforms and brokerages. Asiff’s mix of technical skill, business knowledge and corporate growth experience is truly unique, and exactly what Coinbase needs as we solidify our position as the leading digital currency company. His experience will be invaluable as interest from large financial institutions continues to increase and as we expand into new markets and products such as Coinbase Custody.

“Asiff is an elite operator, with fantastic domain expertise from Ameritrade, and a deep technical background,” said Ben Horowitz, General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz. “For these reasons, we are absolutely thrilled that he is joining Coinbase. He is the perfect fit.”

And from Asiff himself: