Fred Ehrsam is co-founder and managing partner of Paradigm. He is an advisor to Namebase. He is a co-founder and board member, as well as a member of the Audit and Compliance Committee at Coinbase. He is also a member of the board of directors of Fireblocks. Co-founder and President of Coinbase. He holds the position of advisor at 0x. Previously, he was a currency trader at Goldman Sachs in New York, where he traded and managed Goldman's electronic market making platform. He also analyzed portfolios at BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, and worked in nanostructure research. He received his bachelor's degree in computer science and economics with honors from Duke University.