Fun fact I unsuccessfully pitched Coinbase on making their own USD stablecoin in late 2016 / early 2017 and wrote up a whole spec for it :P

But big subscriber to ideas are cheap and it's all about the execution i.e. team that ended up launching USDC crushed it and timing was great

Developer ecosystem @farcaster, co-founder @bountycaster. Previously: co-founder of Scalar Capital, product at Coinbase, co-producer @ethereumfilm

damn this is great lore. have always wondered why coinbase didn't do their own earlier

building @revealcam | previously @perl, cofounder SBLY.com, eng at Stripe | alum South Park Commons | peter-kim.com

Wasn't worth the risk back when I pitched it (market was way different then obviously)

I wish they’d took the risk and trusted you tho