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Brian Armstrong has become the new face of crypto.
Coinbase Global, the cryptocurrency exchange he co-founded in 2012, is one of the last big digital-asset companies standing after a string of high-profile collapses and government crackdowns. Armstrong’s former rivals—FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried and Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who once boasted far greater influence and wealth—are either in jail or facing time behind bars.
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