I saw Bitcoin as an actual market opportunity: as a trillion-dollar marketplace with long-term potential.

The next phase of the journey is to move from speculation to actual use cases - people getting into Bitcoin because they want to use it.

I describe Bitcoin as 'the Skype of money.'

Bitcoin has so much potential, and that's why the believers are trying to facilitate its use as a currency, so people use to buy things and spread it around more.

I trust bitcoin more than I trust my bank.

Coinbase is 'the' brand in the Bitcoin space. Their founder Brian Armstrong was amongst the first good entrepreneurs to emerge in this space. While others championed ideological or underground/illicit interests, Brian saw an opportunity to change the world for the better and build a big business out of it.