Coinbase Floats Crypto Think Tank to Research DeFi, Web3
- Hermine Wong, a former US govt official, was appointed director.
- Coinbase to publish annual surveys in partnership with UMich.

Coinbase, an American cryptocurrency exchange, has launched the Coinbase Institute, a global crypto-native think tank.
The exchange selected Hermine Wong as the Director of the Institute. Wong is a former US government official who worked with the Executive Office of the President’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA).
Additionally, Coinbase announced a partnership with the University of Michigan (UMich) to kick off the first comprehensive annual survey of U.S. households’ adoption of and sentiments toward crypto.
Moreover, the American company unveiled two other initiatives: the Coinbase Primers, which will “break through the noise to provide clear explanations of key issues along with the latest numbers and analysis,” and the Coinbase Institute Monthly Insights Report on digital asset markets.
“Our mission is to accelerate rigorous, novel research, and to bring together the best minds across disciplines to fuel progress on decentralization, web3 and the future of finance,” the exchange wrote in a blog post announcing the launch of the institute.
Coinbase said the work of the research arm will cut across many disciplines and provide expert analysis and insights about what is happening in the global crypto economy.
The new launches follow last month's introduction of Coinbase Intelligence, a growing suite of products the firm said it developed in an effort to address the compliance Compliance In finance, banking, investing, and insurance compliance refers to following the rules or orders set down by the government regulatory authority, either as providing a service or processing a transaction. Compliance concerning finance would also be a state of being following established guidelines or specifications. This designation can also encompass efforts to ensure that organizations are abiding by both industry regulations and government legislation. Understanding ComplianceCompliance is a system of checks and balances that prevents fraud and inefficiencies.Additionally, this also ensures cooperation with federal financial regulations with the ultimate goal of protecting the public and provide needed information to governmental agencies to stop fraud, money laundering, and terrorist funding. Compliance in the financial industry offers stability to the markets and serves to protect customers, workers, and taxpayers from ethical threats that are inherited in individual decisions.Many organizations are also obligated to track and store compliance data. This includes all data that is relevant or belongs to a company, brokerage, etc. that can be used for the purpose of implementing or validating compliance or regulatory reporting.Given shifting regulations and the importance of compliance, the use of advanced software is increasingly being implemented to help companies manage their compliance data more efficiently. This cache includes calculations, data transfers, and audit trails.While finance is a globally unified concept, compliance is not. Regulatory compliance varies across both industries and jurisdictions. For example, the financial regulatory structures of one country may be lacking or different in another. Of note, the most tightly regulated jurisdictions in terms of compliance in the forex industry include the United States, United Kingdom or most European Union countries, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and others. In finance, banking, investing, and insurance compliance refers to following the rules or orders set down by the government regulatory authority, either as providing a service or processing a transaction. Compliance concerning finance would also be a state of being following established guidelines or specifications. This designation can also encompass efforts to ensure that organizations are abiding by both industry regulations and government legislation. Understanding ComplianceCompliance is a system of checks and balances that prevents fraud and inefficiencies.Additionally, this also ensures cooperation with federal financial regulations with the ultimate goal of protecting the public and provide needed information to governmental agencies to stop fraud, money laundering, and terrorist funding. Compliance in the financial industry offers stability to the markets and serves to protect customers, workers, and taxpayers from ethical threats that are inherited in individual decisions.Many organizations are also obligated to track and store compliance data. This includes all data that is relevant or belongs to a company, brokerage, etc. that can be used for the purpose of implementing or validating compliance or regulatory reporting.Given shifting regulations and the importance of compliance, the use of advanced software is increasingly being implemented to help companies manage their compliance data more efficiently. This cache includes calculations, data transfers, and audit trails.While finance is a globally unified concept, compliance is not. Regulatory compliance varies across both industries and jurisdictions. For example, the financial regulatory structures of one country may be lacking or different in another. Of note, the most tightly regulated jurisdictions in terms of compliance in the forex industry include the United States, United Kingdom or most European Union countries, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and others. Read this Term needs of financial institutions, crypto businesses, law enforcement agencies and corporations new to crypto.
The Four Pillars
According to Coinbase, the new think tank will be anchored on “four core pillars of work.”
These are to conduct and publish rigorous cutting-edge crypto and web3 research, as well as convene collaborative discussions with thought leaders, academics, policymakers and the crypto community.
In addition, the institute has been tasked with forging partnerships with academic institutions and think tanks to accelerate early-stage research and technical innovation.
Further, the think tank is expected to build an interdisciplinary in-house team to advance public knowledge and awareness of crypto and web3.
Who Will Steer the Think Tank?
Apart from Wong, who is also a former officer of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of State, Coinbase also chose Dr Cesare Fracassi to serve as the institute's first Chief Economist and Director of Economic Research.
Other members of the Board are Nagpurnanand Prabhala, a Professor of Finance at the Johns Hopkins University Carey School of Business, and Manju Puri, a J.B. Fuqua Professor of Finance at the Duke University Fuqua School of Business.
Coinbase, an American cryptocurrency exchange, has launched the Coinbase Institute, a global crypto-native think tank.
The exchange selected Hermine Wong as the Director of the Institute. Wong is a former US government official who worked with the Executive Office of the President’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA).
Additionally, Coinbase announced a partnership with the University of Michigan (UMich) to kick off the first comprehensive annual survey of U.S. households’ adoption of and sentiments toward crypto.
Moreover, the American company unveiled two other initiatives: the Coinbase Primers, which will “break through the noise to provide clear explanations of key issues along with the latest numbers and analysis,” and the Coinbase Institute Monthly Insights Report on digital asset markets.
“Our mission is to accelerate rigorous, novel research, and to bring together the best minds across disciplines to fuel progress on decentralization, web3 and the future of finance,” the exchange wrote in a blog post announcing the launch of the institute.
Coinbase said the work of the research arm will cut across many disciplines and provide expert analysis and insights about what is happening in the global crypto economy.
The new launches follow last month's introduction of Coinbase Intelligence, a growing suite of products the firm said it developed in an effort to address the compliance Compliance In finance, banking, investing, and insurance compliance refers to following the rules or orders set down by the government regulatory authority, either as providing a service or processing a transaction. Compliance concerning finance would also be a state of being following established guidelines or specifications. This designation can also encompass efforts to ensure that organizations are abiding by both industry regulations and government legislation. Understanding ComplianceCompliance is a system of checks and balances that prevents fraud and inefficiencies.Additionally, this also ensures cooperation with federal financial regulations with the ultimate goal of protecting the public and provide needed information to governmental agencies to stop fraud, money laundering, and terrorist funding. Compliance in the financial industry offers stability to the markets and serves to protect customers, workers, and taxpayers from ethical threats that are inherited in individual decisions.Many organizations are also obligated to track and store compliance data. This includes all data that is relevant or belongs to a company, brokerage, etc. that can be used for the purpose of implementing or validating compliance or regulatory reporting.Given shifting regulations and the importance of compliance, the use of advanced software is increasingly being implemented to help companies manage their compliance data more efficiently. This cache includes calculations, data transfers, and audit trails.While finance is a globally unified concept, compliance is not. Regulatory compliance varies across both industries and jurisdictions. For example, the financial regulatory structures of one country may be lacking or different in another. Of note, the most tightly regulated jurisdictions in terms of compliance in the forex industry include the United States, United Kingdom or most European Union countries, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and others. In finance, banking, investing, and insurance compliance refers to following the rules or orders set down by the government regulatory authority, either as providing a service or processing a transaction. Compliance concerning finance would also be a state of being following established guidelines or specifications. This designation can also encompass efforts to ensure that organizations are abiding by both industry regulations and government legislation. Understanding ComplianceCompliance is a system of checks and balances that prevents fraud and inefficiencies.Additionally, this also ensures cooperation with federal financial regulations with the ultimate goal of protecting the public and provide needed information to governmental agencies to stop fraud, money laundering, and terrorist funding. Compliance in the financial industry offers stability to the markets and serves to protect customers, workers, and taxpayers from ethical threats that are inherited in individual decisions.Many organizations are also obligated to track and store compliance data. This includes all data that is relevant or belongs to a company, brokerage, etc. that can be used for the purpose of implementing or validating compliance or regulatory reporting.Given shifting regulations and the importance of compliance, the use of advanced software is increasingly being implemented to help companies manage their compliance data more efficiently. This cache includes calculations, data transfers, and audit trails.While finance is a globally unified concept, compliance is not. Regulatory compliance varies across both industries and jurisdictions. For example, the financial regulatory structures of one country may be lacking or different in another. Of note, the most tightly regulated jurisdictions in terms of compliance in the forex industry include the United States, United Kingdom or most European Union countries, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and others. Read this Term needs of financial institutions, crypto businesses, law enforcement agencies and corporations new to crypto.
The Four Pillars
According to Coinbase, the new think tank will be anchored on “four core pillars of work.”
These are to conduct and publish rigorous cutting-edge crypto and web3 research, as well as convene collaborative discussions with thought leaders, academics, policymakers and the crypto community.
In addition, the institute has been tasked with forging partnerships with academic institutions and think tanks to accelerate early-stage research and technical innovation.
Further, the think tank is expected to build an interdisciplinary in-house team to advance public knowledge and awareness of crypto and web3.
Who Will Steer the Think Tank?
Apart from Wong, who is also a former officer of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of State, Coinbase also chose Dr Cesare Fracassi to serve as the institute's first Chief Economist and Director of Economic Research.
Other members of the Board are Nagpurnanand Prabhala, a Professor of Finance at the Johns Hopkins University Carey School of Business, and Manju Puri, a J.B. Fuqua Professor of Finance at the Duke University Fuqua School of Business.